Onya Germs! Short summary: Professor Greer was in Melbourne town last weekend to be the keynote speaker at a literary conference on Jane Austen and Comedy. Many Ozbloggers who are fans of Jane Austen and Comedy attended (I would have… Read More ›
sexuality and health
“Rape Victim Rita”
Via Shakes and Feministing, the “Lusty Linda” doll. The malformed Linda has a fixed smile and a mood switch. In her “good mood”, plungings of the pen elicit encouraging remarks. In her bad mood, she yells “OW!” and “HELP! HELP!”… Read More ›
Is Missy Hillary a lipsniger?
Crossposted from LP in exile. I’m surprised that detailed lesbian slurs against Clinton have taken this long to arise, actually, given that her sexual preferences have been questioned since long before Gennifer Flowers’ memoirs put the allegations into print. The… Read More ›
Fetuses and roundworms: more alike than you might think
[image source] I’ve been following the Feministe thread about a little girl with a parasitic twin. The discussion meandered into a wrangling about whether or not a fetus can be thought about as a parasite. Coincidentally, the BBC now reports… Read More ›
The horror!
Check out Kirk Douglas’ eyes! John Travolta receiving the Santa Barbara Film Festival’s Kirk Douglas award, from 90-year-old Kirk Douglas, at the Four Seasons. 90 years old, and Kirk still can’t live down those beefcake sword and sandal movies! Maybe… Read More ›
Friday Feminism on the run: Nice Guys (TM) redux and what makes an ideal husband and father
Over at Feministe, Jill dissects a particularly loopy column/movie review from Jill Stanek (dialled up several notches even from her notoriously loose grip on what passes for analysis), where Stanek ends up in her column’s comments thread being reduced to… Read More ›
Sing it, sister
Helen Balcony responds to the study showing that some scheduled births (i.e. caesarians and inductions) were pushed back by a week or so in order to take advantage of the latest baby bribe bonus, noting that the analysis (which bemoans… Read More ›
Rape, booze, consent, and concern-trolling: The law can’t “turn you into a rapist”.
[Please read the note at the bottom of this post before commenting.] The Daily Telegraph reports: “Law ‘turns boys into rapists’ “ For other takes on this, check out Shakesville, abyss2hope, and The Curvature. Gah. I’ve been holding off blogging… Read More ›
Chestpuffing Pillock of the Week Prize
The Curvature has a very special commenter this week, going by the name of Hugh. Hugh muscled his way into “Rape Article Offensive-Off”, a post railing against the language of rape in the media. Cara’s particular targets were the report… Read More ›
Rwandan rape victim photo wins prize
That’s the headline from Reuters, and its starkness is almost compulsory in light of the story behind the portrait. The woman below, Joseline Ingabire, is embracing her second daughter Leah, conceived after months of repeated rapes, while her first daughter… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 