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• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-27 • ( 30 )

  Today’s otter, Kit the sea otter pup, comes from MNN, the Mother Nature Network. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to… Read More ›

• The Bland Perfection of Token Women

  By tigtog on 2010-02-26 • ( 13 )

  Why the glamorous hair and make-up? Why not a more realistic neat/tidy small town look? All I will be thinking is “why is she working in that laundromat instead of trying to be a Hollywood actress?” when of course the answer is that the real woman is indeed trying to be a Hollywood actress, and the director/producers have, for some reason, chosen to highlight this Tinseltown glamour instead of costuming their female characters as typical inhabitants of a small town.

• Femmostroppo Reader – February 25, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-02-26

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. furikku: In which I babble about Writing Minorities – “And since the categories have developed over… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger: Kittehs Caring For You. And Delurking Day!

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-25 • ( 14 )

  Today’s Cheezburger theme is…. Kittehs In Healthcare! Post your own favourite in-theme Cheez here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear. Please post a link to a FULL webpage, rather than a direct link to an image… Read More ›

• Many roads, one surname

  By Mary on 2010-02-25 • ( 32 )

  In yesterday’s SMH Catherine Deveny asked Why do (don’t go there) most children(don’t go there) still end up with (don’t go there, don’t go there, don’t go there!) their father’s surname? She’s fairly clearly talking about a certain, already small… Read More ›

• Quickhit: Stop funding homeopathy, say British MPs

  By tigtog on 2010-02-24 • ( 46 )

  We conclude that placebos should not be routinely prescribed on the National Health Service

• My daughter makes me laugh

  By tigtog on 2010-02-23 • ( 8 )

  IF U CAN READ THIS, I’VE LOST MY SHOE

• Quick Hit: Won’t someone think of the physics?

  By Mindy on 2010-02-23 • ( 9 )

  And here I was thinking that movies needed pass the Bechdel Test to be better. But apparently I was wrong. What movies really need to do is stick to proper physics. Well I’m glad we got that sorted, aren’t you?

• The perfect trifecta. And by “perfect”, I mean…

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-23 • ( 29 )

  Sometimes, I’m almost tempted to believe there’s a special, special place in hell for people like US Republican State Delegate Bob Marshall of Manassas who says: Disabled children are God’s punishment to women who have aborted their first pregnancy. Yes,… Read More ›

• For the record: Garrett and ministerial code of conduct

  By tigtog on 2010-02-23 • ( 4 )

  On principle, Peter Garrett should resign and if he doesn’t, he should be asked to go.

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