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• 18th Down Under Feminists Carnival – last day for submissions!

  By lauredhel on 2009-11-02

  The Eighteenth Edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is fast approaching! This is the last day for submissions, so get your posts in RIGHT NOW. This edition will be hosted by Jo Tamar at Wallaby. Submit your October posts,… Read More ›

• In a nutshell

  By tigtog on 2009-11-01 • ( 16 )

  zuzu sums up, because some people are still playing the “but isn’t feminism all about choice? Support my choice!” card

• Quickhit: Pedestrian-bridge lifts turned off at night

  By lauredhel on 2009-10-31 • ( 3 )

  The ABC: Lift closures referred to rights commission The New South Wales Opposition has referred the Minister for Transport David Campbell to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, claiming his policies are endangering the elderly and disabled. The Roads… Read More ›

• Happy Halloween

  By Mindy on 2009-10-31 • ( 12 )

  An open thread where you can discuss Halloween, or anything else you like. I always think that this minion looks too happy and playful to be an effective evil minion. Maybe that’s why he’s broken.   ETA: there is a… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-10-31 • ( 5 )

  Happy Halloween, folks! Today’s otter comes courtesy of my-hospitality.com. Adorable Lakes Aquarium otters, Mia and Smudge, soon got into the Halloween party spirit when their keepers decided to give them a different and appropriately themed seasonal challenge. The otters’ usual… Read More ›

• Wordless Friday: Toy Store Abominations

  By lauredhel on 2009-10-30 • ( 12 )

• Quandary

  By tigtog on 2009-10-30 • ( 15 )

  Do I tell the rest of the family* about the big box of chocolate I just got in the post, or do I squirrel it away as a stash to be raided at will for the next few months?

• Quickhit: “40 years of the Internet” summed up in one post

  By tigtog on 2009-10-30 • ( 5 )

  No, not this one. This post, over at PC World …

• Brickbat – Sumo Salad Ad

  By Mindy on 2009-10-30 • ( 9 )

  It was on early this morning. The start was a take off of anti-smoking advertising “Every burger is doing you damage”. Then it showed a picture of a young woman’s bottom and waist with voiceover “this is a healthy woman”… Read More ›

• Roads are only for cars, opines ridiculous columnist

  By tigtog on 2009-10-29 • ( 11 )

  his cartoon accompanying Miranda Devine’s typical exhibition of frothing at the mouth over cyclists! Using roads that by rights should only have cars on them! is way OTT offensively topsy-turvy from reality, where it is motorists who regularly turn to the thuggish side against cyclists.

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