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• Idol Speculation

  By tigtog on 2007-10-12 • ( 15 )

  I don’t watch Australian Idol, because I hate the over-ornamented vocal style that is the current vogue. However, I’m well aware that a lot of people really enjoy watching the performances, and that a lot of kids dream about winning… Read More ›

• Scapegoating feminine communication

  By lauredhel on 2007-10-11 • ( 8 )

  Sometime Hoyden guest-blogger sajbrfem has a terrific post up at Diary of a Research Artist: “Blogoz and meandering thoughts about blog hierarchy”. We missed her dearly at Perth’s Femmecon, but at least she got a day at Blogoz as a… Read More ›

• Drinking while in the possession of a vagina

  By lauredhel on 2007-10-11 • ( 21 )

  Yet another case of invisible rapists. Rape is something that just “happens” to women who “leave themselves vulnerable”. Male violence is to be considered a ubiquitous, inevitable force; the only way the world can combat it is to put the… Read More ›

• Too busy to blog: here, have some kittehs

  By tigtog on 2007-10-11 • ( 3 )

  Should have more time to write next week.

• Wednesday Wow: Painted Clouds

  By tigtog on 2007-10-10 • ( 1 )

  I needed something tranquil after reading about antisocial trends in multi–player gaming forums.

• Schools, competition, drive for perfection and anorexia

  By tigtog on 2007-10-10 • ( 3 )

  School culture may promote anorexia The study shows that schools play a critical role in the development of girls’ self image, confidence and self-esteem, with many of the girls citing particular high school experiences as defining moments in their anorexia…. Read More ›

• The League of Maternal Justice wants YOU!

  By tigtog on 2007-10-09 • ( 1 )

  If you’ve ever breastfed, or supported a mother who breastfed, or support the right of other mothers to freely breastfeed no matter what, the League wants you tomorrow as part of the Great Virtual Breast Fest. There’s an emphasis on… Read More ›

• Too long

  By tigtog on 2007-10-09

  Mark at LP points out that it’s been exactly three long years since the Howard government was last elected.

• Designer genomes: a chassis for building almost anything?

  By tigtog on 2007-10-09 • ( 2 )

  Grauniad: I am creating artificial life, declares US gene pioneer Craig Venter, the controversial DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human genetic code, has built a synthetic chromosome out of laboratory chemicals and is poised to announce… Read More ›

• Feeling just a little bit delicate

  By tigtog on 2007-10-08 • ( 3 )

  This mob got me boozing yesterday morning, and the bubbly was so nice we kinda kept going for the rest of the day. Drowning our rugby sorrows, I guess. So, light posting from me today. Originally uploaded by tigitogs in… Read More ›

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