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Tag Archives: geekiness
Monday warm fuzzies: cosplay edition
And with the simple utterance of “cosplay”, I lose half my readership, but probably gain aaaaaaaaaaall the bumps to my Googleability. One day, Chaka Cumberbatch started the first big cosplay race war by having the gall to cosplay as Sailor … Continue reading
I just don’t understand why there are so few geeky women!!!
New rule: if you look at this amazing piece of TARDIS cosplay, and your first, wittiest reaction is to make a fat joke about the woman wearing it … I’d better never hear you complain that no women come to … Continue reading
Paid parental leave: zombies / babies – they sound similar for a REASON edition
So, Business NZ has chosen to use the recent push for extended paid parental leave as a chance to warn “potential parents” that they might face discrimination in the workplace. I’d personally like to be the first to welcome Business … Continue reading
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Tagged concern trolling, geekiness, parenting, sue moroney, think of the children
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Recommended reading: Pregnant While Feminist
Wundergeek, formerly of Go Make Me A Sandwich (the archives of which I recommend for some fantastic geek-misogyny sporking) is blogging her pregnancy, and how it affects or is affected by her feminism. Last week I finally announced to all … Continue reading
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Tagged feminists, geekiness, pregnancy, recommended reading, reproductive rights
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Quickhit: World of Warcraft WTF edition
Would you like some Orientalism with your Orientalism? Mr Q is crouched in a corner insisting this is just Blizzard trolling the fuck out of its fanbase. I wish he were correct. Unfortunately for snark purposes my brain can’t get … Continue reading
Down Under Feminists’ Carnival XL: bigger, better, more punnage
Welcome to the 40th Down Under Feminists’ Carnival. I am your stunning hostess, Queen of Thorns, “QoT” to my friends and “single-handed destroyer of progressive NZ politics” to my trolls. I’m entirely enamoured of the fact that 40 in Roman … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s-families-first, abortion, academia, beauty standards, bettina arndt, blinded me with science, blogosphere, bodily autonomy, body policing bullshit, bras are tools of patriarchy, breasts, bridal industrial complex, david parker, disability, domestic violence, double standards are double the fun, dufc, fat, geekiness, george rr martin, health, heteronormativity, hone harawira, identity politics, literature, michael lhaws, nom nom nom, parenting, pay gap, poverty, pregnancy, privilege is bliss, pro-choice, pro-life isn't, pseudohealth, race, rape: it's not fucking okay, recommended reading, religion, reproductive rights, right to zygote life, scarequotes, sex industry, social media, transfolk, welfare, women who rock
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