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• Friday Hoyden: Germaine Greer

  By tigtog on 2008-08-22 • ( 86 )

  I found this image on this media release page at the Southern Cross University website, which uses it to illustrate promotional information for “An Evening With Germaine Greer” that took place in early 2008. I chose it because it is… Read More ›

• In other important news, you will get wet if you walk in the rain

  By tigtog on 2008-08-22 • ( 3 )

  An ad on telly for some sort of “oil candle” that uses, as its tagline, as if this is a super-duper high tech feature, “WHEN THE OIL RUNS OUT, IT STOPS BURNING”. So very unlike the home life of our… Read More ›

• Quick hit: Smoking ad history, from Lucky Strike to the Marlboro Man

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-21 • ( 6 )

  The New England Journal of Medicine has a slideshow of 20th-century cigarette advertisements, with a commentary that reveals some of the marketing changes that took place as public awareness of the health damage from tobacco smoking grew. Allan Brandt Discusses… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-21 • ( 2 )

  Runnerup: Pocket Protector.

• Why I haven’t blogged on the Victorian abortion decriminalisation bill

  By tigtog on 2008-08-21 • ( 2 )

  Because Helen at Cast Iron Balcony covered all the issues so well that I had nothing to add – read it there.

• Question OTD: What makes for a blog that excites you?

  By tigtog on 2008-08-21 • ( 11 )

  I’ve totally nabbed this idea from this post at Feministing, although I’m putting a bit of extra spin on it, because I like a bit of analysis alongside my lists of links. For those of you who use feedreaders, which… Read More ›

• Wednesday Links

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-20 • ( 9 )

  Shakesville has this amazing photo of the Olympic torch and the full moon. And from the comments: International Table Tennis Federation vice president Claude Bergeret, miffed with the lack of popularity of his sport, proposes a solution: “We are trying… Read More ›

• Now this is what I call a netroots base

  By tigtog on 2008-08-20 • ( 4 )

  Running for Office: It’s Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner Sean Tevis’ innovative method of raising internet fundraising in his venture to oust and replace his current State Representative (basically equivalent to one of… Read More ›

• Whoydensday: Hugohugohugo! Moffmoffmoff!

  By tigtog on 2008-08-20 • ( 19 )

  Can’t believe that we didn’t mention/celebrate this news last week. Steven Moffat won his third consecutive Hugo for his work on Doctor Who, this time for the Season 3 episodeBlink (previously he won for Season 1’s The Empty Child/The Doctor… Read More ›

• What kind of space is Hoyden About Town? (And our new guidelines summary)

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-19 • ( 20 )

  ‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,’ it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.’ ‘The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different… Read More ›

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