June 2011
9 posts
“Just look at Keith Richards. That guy has done more drugs in his life than I...”
– Courtney Love (via dr-clear-heels)
May 2011
8 posts
Future projects
I am currently in the last, horrible slog to get my postgraduate degree finished (a Master of International Security at Sydney University, if you are curious). Five thousand or so words on the Southern Thailand insurgency stand between me and complete freedom. That said, it’s possible that #MCMadness (my Twitter Marie Claire “review”) may well not happen this month on account of...
Slutwalk: Some semi-formed thoughts
I’ve got to say I don’t like the word and I never have. I don’t use it. I try not to speak about people that way. I hate the double standard. I don’t like the word’s very sound. Yet here I am, planning on joining the Slutwalk in the city on June 13 in the name of my right to walk around without attracting abusive comments or sexual violence.
But for me the Slutwalk...
One last slice of Royal Wedding cake
Grazia , the magazine for women with too short an attention span to handle Marie Claire, dedicated an entire issue to the nuptials of Kate and Wills.
Most of it is what you’d expect: the big day, how hot was Pippa?, couples who also got married that day, how to have your own royal do, how to ape British style queens (one day I will actually bother to find out what Alexa Chung does besides...
Why I Do This To Myself (And You)
Last week I picked up my very first personal anonymous troll on Twitter. It was terribly exciting. I’ve had people say obnoxious stuff to me on Twitter before, and I’ve had people leave nasty comments on stories I’ve written (the lovely things people write on articles about suicide prevention! I hope you all get herpes of the eyeballs) and I’ve had some weird phone...
Musings of an Inappropriate Woman: How to be a... →
rachelhills:
Jill Filipovic published an interesting post on Feministe yesterday in which she reminded us, basically, that despite running one of the most visited feminist sites on the we, she is a human being - with a demanding job, a social life, a personal life, and her own set of personal problems…
April 2011
8 posts
Thank god that's over with
Yes well I suppose it was very nice in the end, and my mum bought me a commemorative mug, because we are Very Bad Republicans, and Kate’s dress was very pretty and good heavens some of those people in the crowd were a bit enthusiastic. Shame they couldn’t spare some of the 10,000 or so members of the international media in attendance to check in on, you know, large chunks of the Middle...
Yes, but are we tracking Ms Middleton's menstrual...
Press release I have just received, with Bookmaking Identity’s name deleted:
With speculation mounting Prince William and Kate Middleton may honeymoon in Australia, online bookmaker kerchingsuckers.com has framed a market on the royal couple heading Down Under.
kerchingsuckers.com is quoting odds of $7 (6-1) that Australia is one of William and Kate’s honeymoon destinations. Also, the...
CleOMFG
So I bought Cleo on the weekend. I read half of it on the bus on the way to Canberra, and then put it aside, reasoning that making fun of our national capital with some friends was probably better for my mental health. It was certainly better for my IQ.
I realise I join a long list of idiots wittering away about What Has Changed since 1972, when Ita Buttrose, who I generally regard as a bit of a...
“Amy [Poehler] was in the middle of some such nonsense with Seth Myers across the...”
– Tina Fey (via drinkyourjuice)
Shoot me if I post a pretty quote, ok?
You know what shits me? Aphorisms. And mission statements, inspirational quotes, affirmations, all of that crap.
Take this number, for instance:
“Never give up on someone you can’t go a day without thinking about”.
Well I mean that’s just stupid. Just because you think about them all the time doesn’t mean they are worthy of your thoughts, or that thinking about...
