NaBloPoMo 2016 – Hoyden About Town

Read This OTD: Invent A Phantom Enemy To Advance Your Culture Wars

By tigtog on 2016-11-30

Political correctness: how the right invented a phantom enemy | The Long Read on The Guardian

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This my axiom, by me, which is mine

By tigtog on 2016-11-28 • ( 1 )

Axiom: Recklessly broad generalisations lead to arseholery.

Lithography published by Currier & Ives portraying three kittens at a party where they are enjoying food and wine on a table..

QOTD: on the blaming of progressive scolds/shamers for the rise of Trumpists

By tigtog on 2016-11-25 • ( 3 )

I wish all of you celebrating Thanksgiving a day that you feel good about afterwards, however you’ve decided to make that happen. Good luck. Here’s some jolly kittens to inspire you.

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Read This OTD: Feminist Frequency & Lauren Chief Elk on Beyond The Safety Pin

By tigtog on 2016-11-15

This call-to-activism post from Anita Sarkeesian lists useful resources for those who want to become more politically engaged as they contemplate President-Elect Trump. So if you’ve been wondering what you can do, here’s some food for thought. Lauren Chief Elk and others have some thoughts as well.

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Follow @ShaunKing to see how President-Elect Trump has emboldened haters

By tigtog on 2016-11-12 • ( 3 )

Mashable shares a depressingly long list of hateful attacks shared online since Trump’s election: just a sampling of reports tweeted by Shaun King. Read it and weep, because it’s only going to get worse.

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Media Circus: 4chan meltdown has begun #electionday edition

By tigtog on 2016-11-09 • ( 5 )

I’m basically just following my poliwonks list on Twitter today while considering switching away from the repetitive News24 coverage and getting in some Netflix. How about you?

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QOTD: Daphne du Maurier

By tigtog on 2016-11-07

“There’s nothing so dangerous as a headstrong girl who knows her own mind.”

Cheesy Sunday Monday

By tigtog on 2016-11-07

My favourite of the current crop of “replacing movie weapon with selfie-stick” memes – Conan selfie!

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Myths about alpha males redux

By tigtog on 2016-11-05 • ( 2 )

“Of course, even if the lupine origins of the alpha-male trope weren’t obsolete, the notion that the term can even apply to human social structures is inherently absurd.”

So my plans for writing today didn’t quite work out

By tigtog on 2016-11-04

I really wanted to vent about politics on my keyboard today, but it didn’t happen. However, one of our Geek Feminist friends Valerie Aurora had her ally-training work profiled in the Guardian, so that’s a happy happening!