Things Younger than John McCain Anyone else seen any new snarkery around the intertubes lately? P.S. I took this shot on the weekend, of a bride slowly and oh so carefully picking her way through muddy ground to get to… Read More ›
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Follow up on NSW RSPCA Campaign: In which the NSW RSPCA continues to see Violated Women as a means to an end
Our Guest Hoyden author is regular commentor Su. In April Lauredhel blogged the NSW RSPCA Community Service Announcement that contained scenes of a man beating and kicking a woman, overdubbed with audio of a yelping dog. The justification for the… Read More ›
Online inconvenience
The handy-dandy online “TM Headstart” service is broken. ’tis most annoying, because I don’t get to tell youse all about my latest business venture until I’ve protected the name.
Dissect this
Superficial analysis, thy name is “When can I call myself a feminist again?” by Caille Millner She’s embarrassed by the dinosaur doyennes of the US Feminist Second Wave engaging in activism for the upcoming election, and so she’s throwing the… Read More ›
Bob Ellis: sexist scum
Rather bemused to find this story through Shakesville via Mark Steyn via Tim Blair via Currency Lad, but they’ve got Bob Ellis bang to rights regarding this column for ABC’s Unleashed. I’m getting to hate this woman. Her towering frigidity,… Read More ›
Terrible, horrible, scary UNNATURAL chemicals
Except of course, they aren’t. Our world is chemicals, our life is chemistry. This rant is brought to you by yet another TV talking head rabbiting on about “natural remedies, not those chemical ones” Sorry Kochie, all those natural remedies… Read More ›
Horrid neologism of the Day
effectuating as in “effectuating real change”. Please, sweet Flying Spaghetti Monster, make the compulsive adding of redundant syllables stop.
This week’s accessibility frustration
Adding this to the list of things I can’t access: Driving Change in the Disability Sector: A multi-disciplinary symposium The topic of inclusion is a concept that has many faces, many interpretations and although controversial, may in some instances be… Read More ›
“Open Source Boob Project”: Around the blogs
The Open Source Boob Project is demanding a round-up. I’ve tried to make this a fair portrayal of the buzz around the web. Original post by The Ferrett Not everyone wants to go public with it, and what happens at… Read More ›
“The Open-Source Boob Project”
This is just a post full of shameless feminist fangirling about machineplay on LJ. You may have heard by now about the Heinlein-lovin’ dude who thinks he invented objectification and groping at Penguicon, and who stormed out of his con… Read More ›
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