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Femmostroppo Reader – March 23, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. The Health Debate – Kevin grins, Abbott grits and Journalists talk. – “Oh cry me a… Read More ›
Rudd v. Abbott at the Press Club
Knowing the opponents as we do, I’m predicting that Abbott will probably have more zinger soundbites and that Rudd will have more grasp of the figures and keep on bring it back to Abbott’s lack of any comprehensive policy at all.
TAS & SA Elections – March 22, 2010
Special State Election roundup!
Noel Pearson v. Abbott: welcomes to country and acknowledgment of traditional owners
If you can’t sit through those few minutes or few seconds it is unlikely that you are only annoyed with the occasional political correctness or silliness of it.
Canberra’s great communicators
I have found the last few weeks of relentless spin about Rudd’s sudden transition from last year’s alleged cynical spinmeister whose soundbites mesmerised a malleable public to this year’s alleged droning word-salad-tosser who can’t convey his vision to the voters to be the most tedious period of media non-analysis for years.
Blow for non-binary folks – Norrie’s ‘ungendered’ status withdrawn
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages has withdrawn the birth certificate they had granted to Norrie May-Welby, stating “Sex Not Specified”. It says it cancelled Norrie’s “recognised details certificate” after… Read More ›
Crazy Bromains 2: This Time It’s Personal.
[cross-posted to Shakesville] Hey everyone, I’m Napalmnacey. I’ve blogged for years informally at my LJ, logansrogue, and now I’m contributing at Hoyden! I’m an artist, musician and singer, and I’m working on my first novel. I write and draw comics… Read More ›
WA Government to apologise for abusive, illegal adoption system
The West Australian today reports that the WA government may become the first State government to publicly acknowledge and fully apologise to all mothers and children forced into adoptions, and harmed by illegal adoption practices. For decades in the mid… Read More ›
Between two senior politicians and three journalists, none of us knows how to make it work
The media narrative over the last few days has been remarkably replete with Abbott the Adventurer articles and astonishingly bare of Lost In The Political Wilderness articles. Why is that, I wonder?
Hoyden About Town 