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• “Ew” baby gear du jour.

  By lauredhel on 2007-10-29

  Spotted on ivillage: [description: baby T-shirt sloganned “I Drink Alone”, with a feeding bottle in place of the letter “I” in “drink”.]

• Born to be aloud?

  By tigtog on 2007-10-29

  Image Source: screen capture from this news story Obviously not! Only the quiet gays should adopt children! My descent into spelling snark here is a form of deflection, I guess, from pondering sadly just how much Rudd is going to… Read More ›

• Evolutionary Psychology Bingo!

  By lauredhel on 2007-10-28 • ( 4 )

  PunkAssBlog has seen a Great Need, and filled it. Evolutionary Psychology Bingo! This particular bingo card specifically addresses the antifeminist/sex-essentialist uses of evpsych. My splorf favourite? “Confusion over whether they’re rationalising polyamory or nuclear-family patriarchy, but whatever they’re rationalising, only… Read More ›

• Sunday Affectations: “Book Decor”

  By lauredhel on 2007-10-28 • ( 5 )

  Books by the foot. and Book Decor. Srsly. Choose between colour-coordinated libraries such as “Foreign Language Antique Leather”:

• Gratuitous David Tennant Blogging

  By tigtog on 2007-10-27 • ( 9 )

  Drawing by jennicat5 based on a publicity photo Because, well, why the hell not?

• A Senate preference deal to celebrate

  By tigtog on 2007-10-27 • ( 19 )

  In Queensland, the Australian Greens and the Australian Democrats have agreed to a preference swap deal, to maximise the chance that at least one non-major Senate candidate will win a seat. I’m so glad to hear this. Good on Andrew… Read More ›

• Maningrida Legal Challenge to Territory Invasion: The new Wik/Mabo?

  By lauredhel on 2007-10-27 • ( 3 )

  Map of Arnhem Land showing Maningrida location [Image source: Burarra Gathering] I have a feeling the words “Maningrida” and “Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation” are going to be on everyone’s lips before long. The ABC and Age are now reporting that people… Read More ›

• Charles Perkins Oration: Marion Scrymgour

  By lauredhel on 2007-10-27 • ( 2 )

  [Image credit: NT Labor Party] Via Aboriginal Art & Culture, the full text of Marion Scrymgour’s Charles Perkins Oration from last week. Scrymgour is the first female Aboriginal Minister in an Australian parliament. Whose national emergency?“¨Caboolture and Kirribili? or Milikapiti… Read More ›

• International Day of Action on the NT Invasion, November 17

  By lauredhel on 2007-10-26 • ( 6 )

  From Fire Fly (at She Who Stumbles), the WOC blog, Vox ex Machina, Critical Bloggers, Automatic Preference, and Ubuntu: Call for Solidarity with Aboriginal People in the Northern Territory Stop the Invasion! International Day of Action, November 17th In June… Read More ›

• The gendered language of snark: help a Hoyden out

  By lauredhel on 2007-10-26 • ( 25 )

  “Drama queen”. “Attention whore”. “Pearl clutching”. “Flounce”. “Hysterical”. These are all insults based on the assigned femininity of the target (or on campness, a flavour of femininity). And that femininity is assumed to be an inherently negative characteristic. Our language… Read More ›

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