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  • Femmostroppo Reader – August 12, 2009

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    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. ETA – lots today! Read them after the cut:

  • Quickhit: victim-blaming a 12 year old

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    I’ve just put up a post over at Sack Kyle & Jackie O that addresses some of the questions being asked about whether the whole scandal still matters now that “Rachel” asked police last week to not investigate further and now the claims by family members on last night’s A Current Affair that she wasn’t raped, that the sex was “consensual”. A 12 year old, passed out drunk while at a party she’d lied about going to, had consensual sex with a (not much) older boy with other people in the room, according to them. So why didn’t any of those other people stop it?

  • We are dying

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    We are dying, and apparently it’s our own damn fault. As pointed to by Deborah in the latest Otterday thread, scooter users in Australia are dying. We are dying because footpaths obstructed by cars and tree prunings and rubbish force… Read More ›

  • 11 August 2009: Yolngu Nation Federation

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    Edited to add 11 Aug 2136(+8): The Indigenous people of north-eastern Arnhem Land have formed a federation and declared self-government — and nobody noticed. There is almost complete radio silence in the media, blogs, twitter… everywhere. It’s rather eerie. SMH:… Read More ›

  • Femmostroppo Reader – August 11, 2009

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    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. Teenagers who are raped leave school at earlier age – because most schools don’t cope properly… Read More ›

  • Nong of the day: “socialised medicine” division

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    “People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless.”

  • It’s all connected: story and song

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    Stuff I’m reading [click through to the links for context]: I’m reading girlejones at mynxii’s place: The arts are the mechanism through which individuals of society express themselves, commentate and protest. It’s what gives individuals a voice and it’s a… Read More ›

  • Quote of the Day: Domestic terrorist networks

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    “Make no mistake, these are domestic terrorists,” says Spillar. “And we feel the DOJ and the FBI must treat them as such. “

  • Gratuitous Gregory Peck blogging

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    I’m not sure what it is about this man just standing there with a script and looking over his glasses, but MROWR.

  • Tinkering alert

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    Trying to improve a couple of things, so if something suddenly looks a little odd, just wait a minute and refresh the page and it will probably have been sorted out.