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• Shakespeare’s Preoccupations

  By Anna on 2013-05-14 • ( 14 )

  

  I thought it would be fun to share my list of things I have noticed Shakespeare does repeatedly, and ask if you have any others.

• Signal Boost: petition Disney to keep Brave’s Merida marketing true to movie

  By tigtog on 2013-05-14 • ( 8 )

  

  ‘Brave’ creator blasts Disney for ‘blatant sexism’ in princess makeover:

• Chutzpah of the Day: Field and Game Australia edition

  By tigtog on 2013-05-13 • ( 3 )

  Field and Game Australia’s Rod Drew said protesters should be investigated over the incident. He said it could be more than just a coincidence that the slaughter happened on the year that duck protesters had been sitting for firearm and… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2013-05-11 • ( 21 )

  

  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?

• Can’t blog – rehearsing!

  By tigtog on 2013-05-10 • ( 12 )

  

  My singing group has our recital tonight! So have a montage of Riker getting his leg over a series of chairs.

• Signal Boost: women being prosecuted for retracting domestic violence allegations

  By Anna on 2013-05-09 • ( 3 )

  

  From Destroy the Joint, a call for action at NSW state level: call upon the Attorney General Greg Smith to issue a direction to the NSW DPP under the Director of Public Prosecutions Act to ensure that no one is prosecuted solely for retracting an allegation of domestic or sexual violence without the approval of a senior lawyer within the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
  Update: Attorney-General Greg Smith has made a statement that he has no plans to revise the existing laws relating to this matter. Now is the time to up the pressure.

• Quick link: Adults Who Give Children Guns

  By Anna on 2013-05-08 • ( 9 )

  

  From my friend Mel, an Aussie living in Philadelphia:
  Adults who give children guns are as bad as adults who give children porn.

• Hippos: sometimes scary, sometimes cute

  By tigtog on 2013-05-05 • ( 2 )

  

  Two hippo stories.

• The 60th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!

  By Chally on 2013-05-04

  

  All the details on the latest edition and how to submit to the next one!

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2013-05-04 • ( 14 )

  

  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?

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