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• Mary Sues & Doctor Who

  By tigtog on 2008-05-28 • ( 36 )

  I posted an open Whoverse thread over at LP, for those who like such things, in which I mentioned the upcoming Season 4 character of Jenny, and whether she is indeed the biggest Mary Sue ever. I’m not sure though… Read More ›

• Reminder: Submit Posts for the Down Under Feminists Carnival!

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-28

  Submissions for the Inaugural Down Under Feminists Carnival are rolling in nicely! There are only three days left in the month – two and a half, in some timezones – so get submitting. You can find the carnival information page… Read More ›

• Non-scandalous photography: classic farm cat shot

  By tigtog on 2008-05-27 • ( 10 )

  image source (via Lauredhel) Lauredhel sent me the link to this pic yesterday, and while it made me chuckle it also made me sniffle a little. My dearly beloved two passed pusscats, Bella and Poco, were respectively a tabby and… Read More ›

• For the record

  By tigtog on 2008-05-27 • ( 14 )

  This is a photo taken of me when I was 14. It was taken at the social nudist club to which my family belonged, in a quiet area of bushland, and I was nude. It was part of a photo-shoot… Read More ›

• Beijing Olympics “Volunteers’ Guide” lays into people with disabilities

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-27 • ( 19 )

  The Beijing Olympics organisers have released a Volunteers’ Guide for the upcoming Olympics. And the guide has a chapter on volunteering skills, including a guide on how to interact with people with disabilities. This is good, right? Education, sensitivity training,… Read More ›

• The Poison Dwarf scrapes the barrel: now a comedy act is a “sex storm”

  By tigtog on 2008-05-26 • ( 5 )

  He’s trying to manufacture a scandal over the fact that the ALP candidate for the upcoming by-election for the seat of Gippsland did, as part of his duties as a cultural festival organiser in the region last year, support and… Read More ›

• “Women are treated better than men online”, says NerdBoobLoot-man

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-26 • ( 11 )

  This post is cross-posted at Shakesville. [image source] From a CyberPsychology & Behavior issue earlier this year: “Gender Swapping and Socializing in Cyberspace: An Exploratory Study” [1][fulltext PDF available free]. The goal of this small online survey was to examine… Read More ›

• Auntie ABC passes the “biased reporting” test

  By tigtog on 2008-05-26 • ( 1 )

  Today’s Age: THE ABC’s flagship radio current affairs programs — often the source of tension and controversy in the Howard years — have won overwhelming endorsement from a landmark report by an external expert. An audit of AM, PM and… Read More ›

• The Henson photo scandal: so many knees jerking, so little real debate

  By tigtog on 2008-05-26 • ( 93 )

  I haven’t written about the matter here until now because I’ve had to sort out my feelings on this one: as someone who grew up in the social nudist movement I hate the way that nudity in any context has come to be automatically associated with pornography, and yet I see the necessity of ensuring that minors are not exploited for sexual imagery as well.

• So, how’s your Sunday?

  By tigtog on 2008-05-25 • ( 6 )

  I’m still recovering from the excitement of seeing the Super 14 rugby semi-final last night at the Sydney Football stadium with a capacity crowd. I came home and celebrated the Waratahs’ win, so I’m ever so slightly still fragile. After… Read More ›

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