My Easter Post on The Drum
Little did I know that leading churchmen around the nation were going to dedicate their Easter messages this year to painting atheism as mad, bad and dangerous to know.
Full Story »Second Chance Prom for Constance McMillen
Which she wouldn’t need if she didn’t live in a town full of sanctimonious liars. Congratulations to Fulton, Mississippi for the place you now hold in the annals of bigotry.
Full Story »ObTrollWrangling: On Deserving New Chances
The problem with Paul’s activities is him presenting that persona as having had fictional abuse problems that he knows are common shared histories amongst the group of women he is contacting, and asking those people for advice as if he is a real life troubled young woman. Anyone who doesn’t see that this is creepy as fuck needs to spend a great deal of thinking time on the matter.
Full Story »Latest from WikiLeaks: Collateral Murder
The so-called weapons that the gunship soldiers thought they saw were all in fact cameras. They shot to death a group of people walking down the street, and then slaughtered people with children coming to help the wounded, just because some of them had cameras.
Full Story »Virtual Traveling: Stourhead, Wiltshire
Stourhead is an absolutely stunning landscape garden set in a river valley in Wiltshire which has been artfully dammed and diverted to make for a lovely meandering promenade with plenty of spots for sculptures and architectural follies to be scattered – it was one of the first gardens to be created according to the principles of the English Landscape Movement. There are also more rambling woodland walks full of enormous rhododendrons and other flowering shrubs amongst the trees.
Full Story »Femmostroppo Reader – April 5, 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. Feminist Intersection: Contemporary feminism isn't necessarily anti-racist | Bitch Magazine – “Now I’ve got to give it up to all the righteous feminist people out there who are representing and are [...]
Full Story »Endangered Sunday: Bilbies
Kids around Australia know the bilby because of a successful program begun over 10 years ago to encourage people to give chocolate bilbies to kids at Easter instead of chocolate bunnies
Full Story »Perfect, just perfect
A school and the community around them made a peaceful counter-protest to the Westboro Baptist Church’s demonstration against the school for actively promoting not just tolerance but loving acceptance of people who have attributes outside the narrow lines of what Fred Phelps deems acceptable.
Full Story »Femmostroppo Reader – April 3, 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. Breaking: Victorian women liked sex! – “As with a restrictive corset worn for far too long, it’s time to free yourself of the notion of Victorian women as the epitome of [...]
Full Story »Otterday! And Open Thread.
Today’s Otterday is hosted by an April First Loch Ness Otter, courtesy of Beg Bits, a wildlife tour operator in Mull. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading a good book [...]
Full Story »Dragon trailer doesn’t do it justice
How To Train Your Dragon is the best family entertainment film since Monsters Inc- pure feel-good escapism.
Full Story »It’s Carnival time! Submit your posts now.
The Twenty-Third Edition (can you believe it?) of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is fast approaching! The deadline for submissions is the 2nd of April – tomorrow – so get your posts in now. This 23rd edition will be hosted at Bri (scarlett-heartt) at Fat Lot Of Good. Submit your March posts, or those any [...]
Full Story »Femmostroppo Reader – April 1, 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. No True Scotsman – “t was not surprising that the group recently arrested and charged with plotting to kill police officers, then those mourning at their funeral using IEDs have nowhere [...]
Full Story »Thursday Cheezburger: Vampire Kittehs
Today’s theme is… Vampires! Post your own favourite vampire (or werewolf!) LOLcat here, 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 only – that is, no URLs with .jpg, .png, .gif (etc) on the end. This makes [...]
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