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• Gillard departs graciously

  By Mindy on 2013-06-27 • ( 14 )

  Julia Gillard is incredibly brave, astoundingly resilient, one of the toughest people we have seen in The Lodge. Through all the difficulties of her prime ministership she was stoic, dignified, composed, resilient. She departed in that style on Wednesday night…. Read More ›

• Media Circus: Farewell Oakeshott and Windsor edition

  By tigtog on 2013-06-26 • ( 15 )

  

  And hello Barnaby Joyce entering the Lower House in the next election.

• Quicklink: Internet Activism Matters

  By tigtog on 2013-06-26

  

  So. $25,000 donated to RAINN by Kickstarter, a new Kickstarter policy banning “seduction guides,” and an apology from Hoinsky along with a commitment to work with anti-violence organizations while rewriting his book.

  Not bad!

  I don’t know how else to say this: Internet activism matters. The next time someone tries to give you shit for “just blogging” or “just signing petitions,” point them to this and dozens of other examples of small things adding up to make a big difference.

• If Gillard is replaced, what does it mean to the rest of us?

  By Helen on 2013-06-25 • ( 20 )

  It’s on again. And it’s been on multiple times this year: repeated attempts by the media and some parliamentary hotheads to convince us that the PM should be rolled and replaced by a bloke. If this was to happen before… Read More ›

• I want a Republic and I’m excited about the Royal Baby

  By Mindy on 2013-06-25 • ( 8 )

  

  The Prime Minister is knitting a toy kangaroo for the new Royal Baby. Unleash the hounds.

• An article about domestic violence in the Guardian in which it’s OK to read the comments

  By tigtog on 2013-06-24 • ( 1 )

  

  I wish more online media premoderated comments like this article by Jill Dawson about how publicising celebrity incidents of family violence helps all of us to better name abuse.

• Shame File of the Day: SMH headline is pure bafflegab about “Supermoon”

  By tigtog on 2013-06-24 • ( 9 )

  “Super moon to bring wild weather to Sydney” – oh no it didn’t.

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2013-06-22 • ( 18 )

  

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading a good book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

• Happy June Solstice!

  By tigtog on 2013-06-22 • ( 5 )

  

  It was technically about 10 hours ago, but I was otherwise engaged.

• Chivalry

  By Anna on 2013-06-19 • ( 4 )

  

  On a whim, I just followed one of the “Related Posts” links at the bottom of today’s Quick Hit from Mindy, and found my way to her earlier link to a post at The Hairpin about a book of poems by Alice Duer Miller, published in 1915.

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