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• Apologies

  By tigtog on 2008-02-06 • ( 12 )

  I’m not well. I’m not sleeping, I have no appetite, I’m a mess. So I’m not getting things done. I’m late on the Femmobolsho awards, largely because I clicked the wrong button on Saturday and f*cking deleted my whole scorecard,… Read More ›

• Pop quiz: Women in Parliament

  By lauredhel on 2008-02-05 • ( 5 )

  Pop quiz! Pick the comment that came from the WA Liberal Party Women’s Affairs Spokesperson: 1. “There’s a definite flirtation level (from some male MPs) that does make you feel a bit awkward at times, you know because some of… Read More ›

• Baggy vaginas are Out for 2008: stiletto-therapy agenda science

  By lauredhel on 2008-02-05 • ( 15 )

  [image via Feminist Law Profs] We really need some new and stronger synonyms for “festering bilge”. Today’s media fashion tips are all about how we need to rectify our baggy vaginas with fashion therapy. From the Courier Mail comes the… Read More ›

• Boom-tish

  By tigtog on 2008-02-05 • ( 2 )

  Most of the time, the anti-feminist comments/emails we decline to publish over at Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog, are predictably tedious. At least this one had a punchline. EVERY WOMAN IN THIS THREAD NEEDS TO DO THE FOLLOWING 1. GET… Read More ›

• Don’t go out in the pouring rain

  By tigtog on 2008-02-05

  Am I the only one who gets an almost irresistible urge to do a d’Artagnan whenever I pass another pedestrian carrying an equally large furled umbrella?

• OK, I seem to have bollixed the comments

  By tigtog on 2008-02-04 • ( 5 )

  Update: All fixed now! I just got an email saying that at least one person has tried to comment and has been unable to. I just tried and I can’t do it either. I’ll try and fix it now, and… Read More ›

• Troy Buswell: In His Own Words

  By lauredhel on 2008-02-04 • ( 17 )

  [image source] Has anyone noticed a particular pattern in the speech of Troy Buswell, Leader of the WA Liberal Party? ABC News: “Walker-Buswell meeting set for today” quotes Buswell as saying: “I always have and will continue to respect Sue’s… Read More ›

• Going grey

  By tigtog on 2008-02-04 • ( 19 )

  I was listening on the radio this morning, as I drove to Central Station to pick up my father (who had an appointment at RPAH for a minor procedure aimed at controlling the progression of his Paget’s Disease), to one… Read More ›

• 2008 State of the Union tag cloud: addressing priorities and themes

  By tigtog on 2008-02-02 • ( 6 )

  This tag cloud was generated from the 2008 State of the Union address. The words which come up in the very largest font are no surprise. Saddening to see “liberty, freedom, progress, peace” quite so much smaller than “terrorist, security,… Read More ›

• “Groovy pediatrician”, says Christopher Noxon – uh, no.

  By lauredhel on 2008-02-01 • ( 7 )

  Off the Reuters feed, this bizarre article from Christopher Noxon, author of Rejuvenile. ” Has enthusiasm for breastfeeding gone too far?“, he asks. I almost didn’t read it, expecting the usual rant about “nipple Nazis” and “starving babies” from a… Read More ›

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