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• McCain prefers the injustice of the status quo to “more lawsuits”

  By tigtog on 2008-04-25 • ( 4 )

  Republican Senator John McCain, campaigning through poverty-stricken cities and towns, said he opposes a Senate bill that seeks equal pay for women because it would lead to more lawsuits.

  Senate Republicans killed the bill on Wednesday night on a 56-42 vote that denied the measure the 60 votes needed to advance it to full debate and a vote.

• xckd stupid

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-25 • ( 31 )

  Just when xkcd does something good, they start blundering around in a sexist haze. Because women who get restraining orders are all dishonest, conniving bitches who are just out to make your life difficult. Cue Bingo commenters. Go on, who… Read More ›

• Racist artwork from Marcotte’s Seal Press book “It’s a Jungle Out There”

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-25 • ( 35 )

  Some artwork from Amanda Marcotte’s book “It’s A Jungle Out There”, published by Seal Press, is now online at Dear White Feminists. I wrote about Seal Press a short while ago, here, and y’all know about the current AM/appropriation conversation… Read More ›

• Arizona legislature seeks to ban “race-based” clubs from campuses

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-25 • ( 1 )

  Brooklynite’s new blog is live (Congratulations!). Check it out at studentactivism.net. The entry that leapt out at me: “Arizona Law Would Ban “Race-Based” Clubs” A bill passed by a committee of the Arizona state legislature would prohibit groups “based in… Read More ›

• Lest We Forget: three images for ANZAC day

  By tigtog on 2008-04-25 • ( 12 )

  All over Australia and New Zealand, communities will gather around war memorials to remember those who have died in military service. We will listen to a speech, we will watch the laying of wreaths, we will recite the Ode to the Fallen, and we will listen to the Last Post. Later in the day we will watch those who survived, and those in service today, march to honour the dead. We will be reminded that such sacrifices should never be for unworthy causes.

• “Be a good girl now, or I’ll kill you.”

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-24 • ( 1 )

  Kay at the Gimp Parade has written a really, really important post: “The Russian”. Kay uses a ventilator to breathe. After a recent ICU stay in which a new tracheostomy was inserted, she transferred to a rehab hospital. She was… Read More ›

• “My Beautiful Mummy” book: Newsweek beat-up sucks most in

  By tigtog on 2008-04-24 • ( 1 )

  A dementedly objectifying book, aimed at kids, about why “Mummy” might want to have plastic surgery was profiled in Newsweek recently, and got a lot of people hot under the collar: WhatAreWeTeachingOurChildren, ThisWillCorruptTheValuesOfOurYouth, etc etc etc. Now, the author of… Read More ›

• “Open Source Boob Project”: Around the blogs

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-24 • ( 9 )

  The Open Source Boob Project is demanding a round-up. I’ve tried to make this a fair portrayal of the buzz around the web. Original post by The Ferrett Not everyone wants to go public with it, and what happens at… Read More ›

• Comments temporarily bollixed working again

  By tigtog on 2008-04-24 • ( 3 )

  Bugger. My fault for trying to tweak something. Fixing as fast as I can. Fixed now. Sorry.

• Netiquette: pseudonyms, valid email addresses and declining to publish anonymous comments

  By tigtog on 2008-04-24 • ( 6 )

  Large parts of this post are much less relevant since we implemented registration for commentors. If you are administrators of your own blogs, you may still find it educational. The point remains to distinguish between pseudonyms as long-term net aliases… Read More ›

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