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  • Your badge is mine, copper

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    Via Feministe and Feministing: A 19-year-old prostitute feared that no one would believe her if she said an off-duty Boston police officer kept forcing her to perform sex in his car. So one night, she fled his car with a… Read More ›

  • That’s a relief

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    Sometime last night my entire domain disappeared due to a web-hosting hiccup. Once I discovered this and let them know they had it back up in half an hour though, so thankyou webhosts!

  • Sidelined

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    Hello, my name is tigtog, and I have a sports-viewing addiction. I apologise for not mentioning this earlier. I’m not as heavily addicted as some (I can give it up anytime, honest!), but I do enjoy a bit of biffo… Read More ›

  • Collectors and hoarding

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    I was conversing with a neighbour this morning, who’s just moved into a new house a whole block and a half away from the house she used to live in. We were discussing gardening (I have an established garden, she’s… Read More ›

  • Busy day, recommended

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    Spent the day doing holiday things with the kids in various air-conditioned spaces (it was HOT today) which was fun, capped off with a coupla hours in the cinema watching Little Miss Sunshine, which mr tog and I were very… Read More ›

  • We know war is hell, but don’t expect any help when you come back

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    From August, this collaborative post on PTSD-denial between Respectful of Otters and Idealistic Pragmatist dissects a scornful Canadian columnist’s hatchet-job on veterans with ongoing mental trauma problems arising from their military service. The columnist concerned is joining an increasing number… Read More ›

  • Um, stunned

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    Updated to add: Hoyden about Town will still at times link to articles at Alas A Blog, because of the many strong feminist voices there, but will undertake to always provide the option of a link to a googlecached page… Read More ›

  • Quick reminder

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    Sydney innerwest grogblogmeet tomorrow night from 7pm in Enmore/Marrickville. Come and have a chinwag. More details here.

  • We’re just advertising clothes, honest!

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    Right. Sure you are, Fred Bare, and if you’ve still got this catalogue online next week I’ll be amazed.[UPDATE Monday 16th October: the catalogue images are no longer online. FURTHER UPDATE Jan 2007: the catalogue is back online but modified]… Read More ›

  • An outrageous claim!

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    That is the reaction of Australian retailers to a think-tank report which argues that the way they advertise and stock inappropriately sexualised clothing for young children amounts to corporate paedophilia. The report focussed on the growing “tween” market segment for… Read More ›