Datum the First: On April 8, 2007 Tim O’Reilly wrote a Draft Blogger’s Code Of Conduct …In the nearly seven years since, many similar initiatives have been proposed.
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Friday Hoyden: Yoko Ono
When Tigtog and Lauredhel asked me to introduce Yoko Ono as a Friday Hoyden, I was thrilled. I’m an avid reader of Hoyden About Town, and if anyone deserves hoyden status, I’ve always thought that it should certainly be Yoko.
I was asked to write the introduction because of my recent five-part blog series that analyzed Yoko Ono as cultural phenomenon from a feminist perspective.
Watson is no Galileo
I’ve used this quote before, but it bears repeating. “Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo it is not enough that you be persecuted by an unkind establishment, you must also be right.” ““ Robert Park James Watson, famous for… Read More ›
Hands up anyone who was offended
Few Complaints over Chaser song: According to a report by News Limited this morning, irate viewers called ABC to complain about the song and talkback radio had also been inundated with comments. But Taylor said he was not aware of… Read More ›
Well-crafted scorn is a joy forever
What a shame that our current options for Dear Leader of Orstraya are Beige and Beiger. We are most unlikely to be hearing anything about drover’s dogs, or mouths filled with Achilles heels, or even a statement as relatively mild… Read More ›
To the arsehole who thought the dent in his car was more important than my neighbour’s dog lying injured on the road
While you were abusing her for the horrible horrible dent in your car that a 25kg dog inflicted upon it, another car ran over the dog. He might have survived just you hitting him, but now he’s had to be… Read More ›
Feminism Friday snarkfest: “See what you made us do?”
A Christian white male junior college student launches into a tirade about feminism, in a stomach-churning expansion of the “Now see what you made me do?” principle. “What about a pole dancer mother?” Highlights and translations: … but the point… Read More ›
“No one deserves to go to jail just for being a massive dickhead”
Comedian Dave Hughes’ latest press release, issued in response to Kyle Sandilands threatening to punch him in the throat in revenge for Hughsie calling him a dickhead on air, even if it means Sandilands going to jail, quoted in full… Read More ›
Another Mike Adams column, another day where the rest of the world wonders WTF he’s smoking
Mike Adams is a professional American conservative – he writes columns on Townhall.com and writes books about being oh so lonely as a conservative college professor fighting the Evil Liberal Agenda (TM). I have regularly read his name mentioned in… Read More ›
PM admits to being warned against inappropriate behaviour
The Poison Dwarf, Glen Milne, has unleashed a story that’s been sat on since 2003 about Kevin Rudd attending a strip club in New York while drunk, at the invitation of a New York Post journalist. It’s obviously an attempt… Read More ›
