In what workplace is it ok for the employees to vote publicly on who’s the sexiest? Australia’s Parliament House. The Courier-Mail reports: Kate Ellis, the vivacious federal Minister for Youth and Sport, has been chosen as Australia’s sexiest MP in… Read More ›
gratuitous ogling
The Unilever Files: Still Wishing That Girls Were More Like Pot Noodle
Via The F-Word: this Pot Noodle advertisement is back. You’ll NEVER GUESS what company makes this. Unilever. Hard to believe, I know. They have no history of bigoted advertising at all, do they?
SF Sunday: worst costumes evah!
Two to kick off: Sting’s metal budgie-smuggler from Dune, or Leia’s metalkini from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi? Does it surprise anybody that leiasmetalbikini.com exists? (I didn’t bother to visit, if anyone does please report) I note in passing… Read More ›
Angst in the papers
This morning’s editorial in The Age is muted with respect to the two laws passed regarding reproductive choice in Victoria last week, opining that the abortion decriminalisation legislation goes too far with its explicit negation of a conscience clause, and… Read More ›
Mount Franklin Breast Cancer ads. Let’s start a Brown Colon Cancer Awareness campaign.
Oh, for fuck’s sake. The latest in the Mmm, Sexy Pink Breast Cancer! Save The Boobies Awareness sweepstakes comes from Mount Franklin, purveyors of pointless, wasteful, plastic-ridden, environmentally unfriendly bottled water. They’ve been doing the pink lids for a while,… Read More ›
Whoydensday: what are you doing here?
The work this must have taken! Forty-five years of Doctor Who summed up by one phrase. This was a birthday present I made for my friend’s 40th in 2005. We have a long-running in-joke about the phrase “What are you… Read More ›
“Bring breast awareness back to the workplace”
Remember Rethink? With all their huh-huh-boobies advertisements? Rethink, who thinks that the main focus of “breast cancer awareness” should be sexualised breasts and men? They’re at it again. This time, they’re exhorting us to “Bring breast awareness back into the… Read More ›
Whoydensday: the perennial question
The Guardian’s got a casting thread for the 11th Doctor! […] It was suggested in comments to the Guardian article that the casting probably needed to be a bit left-field, pointing out that neither Ecclestone nor Tennant were the obvious choice to play the Doctor at the time they were cast. So, any more out-field ideas?
Whoydensday: teh Doctor’s wimminz edition
It’s time again for: Marry, Shag or chuck off a Cliff? As usual, you may match one and only one of the characters below to each fate. Remember, the Doctor didn’t want to lose any of them – so what… Read More ›
Gratuitous David Tennant blogging (uncut TV interview edition (with added Jo Brand))
The video links below are oh so very Not Safe For Work. If you’ve got headphones the vision is safe, but if other people can hear the sound, definitely not. (Update: I’ve now added a partial transcript below) The origin… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 