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• Quote OTD: Humour is a social act that forms a social function

  By tigtog on 2016-08-11 • ( 1 )

  

  “Jokes about socially unacceptable things aren’t just “jokes.” They [normalise] that unacceptable thing, [telling] the people who agree with you that, yes, this is an okay thing to talk about.”

• The 99th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!

  By Chally on 2016-08-10

  

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

• So today I learnt a new acronym

  By tigtog on 2016-08-01 • ( 4 )

  

  PRATT: Point Refuted A Thousand Times.

  PRATT sums up nearly everything about certain people and ideologies, on and off the internet, that most annoys me.

• Media Circus: USA Convention Season Edition

  By tigtog on 2016-07-27 • ( 4 )

  

  What might Hillary really be thinking? How about Michelle?

  Here in Oz, buckle up for more Brandis Equivocation-Watch.

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By Mindy on 2016-07-09 • ( 7 )

  

  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 great book? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

• Media Circus: Australia votes 2016

  By tigtog on 2016-07-02 • ( 16 )

  

  Need a last minute guide and cheat sheet generator to take into the polling booth (and know which polling place near you has the oughta-be-obligatory Democracy Sausage sizzle happening)? Here’s the links you need.

• Friday Hoyden: Margaret of Anjou

  By Anna on 2016-07-01 • ( 1 )

  

  In the fifteenth century England was governed by a loose association of noble families, led by a King who may or may not have gained his crown as the most direct male descendant of the previous King. The two ways… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By Mindy on 2016-06-18 • ( 8 )

  

  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 great book? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

• The 97th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!

  By Chally on 2016-06-05

  

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

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By Mindy on 2016-05-28

  

  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 great book? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

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