From the Fine to the Ridiculous
No, I’m not dead, and no, the Grog’s Gamut fiasco hasn’t made me give up blogging about the patriarchy and the rest of the kyriarchy in favour of talking about shoes. Life has thrown more work at me lately than I can cope with, and I’m going around with my head bulging with posts I [...]
Full Story »True Mud
I’m not sure why, but Sesame Street have made a True Blood parody called True Mud. And here it is. Enjoy. And is this too much cleavage for Sesame Street? They thought so, what do you think? Have an enjoyable and safe long weekend (where it is a long weekend) and don’t forget double demerit [...]
Full Story »Thursday Cheezburger: I Can Relate
Today’s Cheezburger theme suits my low-spoons school holiday phase: I Can Relate. Post your own favourite relatable Cheez here – feel free to be more upbeat than me! – and wait for admin image magic to make it appear. Please post a link to a FULL webpage, rather than a direct link to an image [...]
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Did you know people with artificial legs shouldn’t go hiking?
Funny. I thought the whole point of a prosthetic leg was to enable a person who needs it to do pretty much the same range of things as a person who doesn’t have a prosthetic leg. Sometimes, it enables the prosthetic-leg-user to do those things even better than non-prosthetic-leg-users.
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Femmostroppo Reader – September 29, 2010
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.
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Sydney University colleges: after “Define Statutory”
Last year residents of St Paul’s College at the University of Sydney formed a Facebook page that described itself as “pro-rape, anti-consent”. What ended up being changed in response?
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Soapmaking Photo Walkthrough, Part Three: The Day After
So here we are the next day, folks, just itching to get the soaps out of their moulds. Enjoy them with me!
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If you can’t defend yourself, you shouldn’t be allowed to speak
James Massola’s outing of Grog’s Gamut‘s legal name and position in The Australian is an example of silencing of the less powerful: anyone who will not or cannot expose all of their words present and past, their name, their face, their body, their clothes, their family to mass scrutiny is being denied the ability to have political influence.
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The ‘but he can’t be’ meme continues
Brett Stewart is currently on trial on sexual assault charges. I haven’t read a lot about the case and I don’t have a firm opinion his guilt or otherwise as will be determined by the court. What I do have a firm opinion on is the ‘character references’ that are allowed to be given in evidence. [...]
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Firefox Bookmarklet to help with Down Under Feminists Carnival submissions
I’ve developed a Firefox bookmarklet that pre-fills most of the submission fields for the Down Under Feminists Carnival. Submit today!
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