Weekend reader - links, because they’re worth it
I have a picture of a very gaunt, greasy-haired Nick Cave pasted into an old journal somewhere, in recognition of my love for The Ship Song and Breathless, but this excellent article is making me question my devotion. Maybe he is just a mysoginist soandso?
The 2010 Ernie Awards for most s-xist language are out, with Tony Abbott taking out the Silver Ernie for comments like, “what the housewives of Australia need to understand as they do the ironing,” and “Are you suggesting to me that when it comes to Julia, no doesn’t mean no?”
The interwebs are full of debates about mysoginy and the bias of book reviewers to male authors. Which made me pay attention to the idea that s-xism doesn’t exist anymore, just stupidity,
In all my years of reading about it, tearing open those naughty sealed sections in magazines, watching that show about s-x with Sophie Lee from the early nineties, and everything in between, I had never come across a ‘how to’ guide for girls on losing your virginity to another girl. Until now.
I grew up here, and was sad to read my childhood stomping ground described so hopelessly:
As I rocketed along the M4 in search of a suburb so obviously bad they couldn’t even give it a colour, under an equally monotone sky, I felt sure I was doomed.
But that doesn’t mean I want to hate on rich people like this guy.
The 23rd September is Social Media for Social Good Day
Could you travel the world with no check-in baggage?
FYI, I might have to move to Denmark just so I can have a Bicycle Butler. It would only be made 100 times better if I owned this bike.
A poem called Kevin the f-cked up gold fish, how can I resist?
p.s. Like links? Here are some more.
p.p.s Paul McCartney was wrong about abattoirs and glass walls and vegetarianism…
