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What is “healthcare”? A tale of a murderer, a victim, and a tattoo.

By lauredhel on 2010-05-25 • ( 10 )

[*** WARNING for detailed domestic violence description from the fourth paragraph on. ***] My local paper has been abuzz with righteous taxpayer outrage over the State paying for a tattoo removal for a woman, who I’ll call JMN. The story… Read More ›

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By tigtog on 2010-05-24 • ( 8 )

nigel molesworth is now tweeting

Daum on Palin on Feminism

By tigtog on 2010-05-24 • ( 3 )

While Palin remains a libertarian she’s not helping the fight against sexist or any other sort of oppression, so whether she calls herself a feminist or not, she’s not on my side.

Facebook privacy: they’re gonna fix it?

By tigtog on 2010-05-24 • ( 2 )

So they say. I bet they’re only going to go so far. They still want to profit from that info. FACEBOOK has caved in to pressure from critics and said it would simplify controls over the degree of privacy given… Read More ›

Femmostroppo Reader – May 23, 2010

By tigtog on 2010-05-23 • ( 1 )

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. McSweeney's Internet Tendency: An Open Letter to Anyone Who Has Experienced One of My Son's Meltdowns…. Read More ›

Weekend Wibble: Your Top F/SF Battle Scenes?

By lauredhel on 2010-05-23 • ( 5 )

I was just enjoying Fantasy’s Top Ten Fight Scenes: The Battles at Fantasy Magazine, and was wondering what y’all think. What are your top speculative fiction (let’s include fantasy and SF) battle scenes, and why? Do any of them pass… Read More ›

Zombie Cow’s “Privates”: sex ed or misogyny?

By lauredhel on 2010-05-22 • ( 128 )

[Some game graphics may be NSFW] Editor Note 2010/05/31: Welcome, new readers! Firstly, thanks to those who are engaging substantively and with attention to netiquette – it is much appreciated. Sadly, it seems a few of you aren’t reading the… Read More ›