Months later, the woman who spoke these four words is still dealing with cyber-harassment including rape and death threats
etiquette
I wish to make a deeply heartfelt apology to all motorists
In the wake of Elevatorgate, I realise that in habitually engaging in threat/risk-assessment vigilance every single time I cross the road, I have actually been doing you all a most grave injustice.
More Elevatorgate: cornering, uncongeniality and warning flags
Ironically, no one hates high pressure sales tactics more than skeptics. We can’t stand it when a sales associate gets in our face and uses cheap psychological tricks to try to make us buy stuff we don’t want. We take it as an insult to our intelligence. We resent it.
Bye bye Dawkins: a voice from the past
How very disappointing, but sadly not surprising, that he turned out be such a smug, patronising git about more than just religious beliefs.
Femmostroppo Reader February 3, 2011
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. I deliberately didn’t link to lots of coverage of Australian natural disasters or the Egyptian uprisings, because there’s just so much to sort through. What else did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.
Woman charged in Brokeback Mountain disturbance
Ah, but it’s not what you might think. UPDATE: She was fined $176 (A$ or US$ is unclear) and won’t have any conviction recorded so long as she behaves for 90 days.
Hoyden About Town 