If you didn’t get a chance to catch Go Back to Where You Came From on SBS last night, Wednesday or Tuesday night’s, check it out on the website. Do yourself a favour: it really is eye-opening stuff, whichever side of the asylum-seeking fence you sit on (and you’d better be on the right one, dammit!). And here’s MamaMia’s Rick Morton’s take on the show.
Also at MamaMia, “The Weiner Photos”.
It’s a year today since Julia Gillard took over as Prime Minister of Australia.
According to Dilbert creator Scott Adams, men are square pegs in round, vagina-shaped holes. Consent or no.
The Angelina–Louis Vuitton–Cambodia debacle.
Gala Darling on body image and beauty in style blogging:
“… Whoever these girls are that we choose to compare ourselves to, they’re just living their lives—and honestly, if that makes us feel bad about OURselves, it is OUR issue.”
Well said, girlfriend!
Forget Women in Refrigerators. “Dead Men Defrosting.”
“Likes Girls”? Dianna Agron on equality.
Born this way, or pray the gay away? Jezebel, via Autostraddle.
“Liberals tend… to believe that the more socially liberal actions (deciding to make less money and help others) were when people were being true to themselves, and conservatives tend… to believe that socially conservative actions (renouncing homosexuality) were more authentic. So! That solves the case, no? Everyone thinks they’re right, in philosophy as everywhere else in the world.
“Maybe that’s true; maybe what matters are our opinions more than our choices or our biology.”
Now this is how you write an anti-SlutWalk article.
Still with the SlutWalk, this time from a man’s perspective.
Girl with a Satchel on Bridesmaids, feminism, taste and “public v private appropriateness”.
Images via West Coast Show, Fell Down the Rabbit Hole, MamaMia.
