Lazy Sunday
So, since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all! Mine was much less frenetic than last weekend,...
View ArticleTan No More
Never thought I’d be writing a post here based on a conversation with my hairdresser (but then I never thought I’d live to see the Immigration minister openly avowing that African refugees are less...
View ArticleFree your inner Winona
<img src= "http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/freewinona.JPG" According to Yen Magazine, the 90s are back. Or something. (Actually from a bit of shopping recently, I think the 80s...
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Mel at Footpath Zeitgeist* has a post up about the ethics of fashion: There has been more and more mainstream media coverage lately about issues of ethics in fashion, which is giving consumers this...
View ArticleA cuddly bear in a pink tie v. a Commie!
Read all about it over at PollieGraph! Crossposted at LP in exile, where readers may leave comments during LP’s server woes!
View ArticleThe new Facebook and the New New Face
A couple of signposts from the strange new world we live in, both from New York magazine. Vanessa Grigoriadis offers one of the most insightful analysis pieces I’ve seen on Facebook, asking Do You Own...
View Article"Electric Dreams" are not just in the home.
While the format of Electric Dreams is now thoroughly familiar – a modern-day family is placed in a facsimile of some past historical era, and their reactions to it recorded for the camera, this BBC...
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Brüno: "No big deal, whatever"
“The most famous Austrian since Hitler” When Brüno was released in Australian cinemas it was received less than enthusiastically by a member of the Melbourne queer press. The columnist wasn’t pleased...
View ArticleOn banning the Burqa
Nicolas Sarkozy wants to ban the Burqa. The French National Assembly looks set to agree. Despite all the blah about ‘Western values’, women in the West also have issues with compulsory sexualised...
View Article2011 Melbourne Cup thread
It’s that time of year again. Post whatever you like about the Melbourne Cup – tips for Tuesday, anecdotes, trivia, deconstruction, equine sock puppets, fashion advice, hangover cures, etc.
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