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[Nov. 27th, 2009|11:25 am] |
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) invader_kitty reminded me that I meant to post this.
Happy Friday, kids, and remember: Front-hugs are the Devil's handshake.
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[Nov. 25th, 2009|10:25 am] |
It's White Ribbon day, so if you have a spare couple of bucks, the people with the cardboard trays standing in malls or train stations are worthy recipients.
oh, and another stellar op piece from Andrew O'Keefe here. |
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[Nov. 23rd, 2009|02:06 pm] |
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I'm not sure if anyone's been following the case recently of the US sailor charged with raping a sex worker at a Sydney brothel, but surprise surprise, dude got acquitted. |
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[Nov. 20th, 2009|12:25 pm] |
There I was, looking at pictures of pugs in dresses and other such shit, then Melbourne-Kat smsed me this beauty of a story:
Arkansas policeman tases 10 year old
Kid refuses to take a shower and throws a tantrum. Mum decides best course of action here is not to let the kid go to bed stinky, but to call the cops. Cops threaten kid with gaol (not mentioned in this article, but shows up in others). Mum advises cop to taser kid if needed. Kid kicks cop in the groin. Cop tasers kid.
Sometimes people make me go o_O |
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[Nov. 19th, 2009|10:16 am] |
Dear internet,
I have bags full of
 and  and 
turning up some time next week. Bad seventies hair disappearing in 3... 2... 1...
Yay! |
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[Nov. 16th, 2009|01:16 pm] |
In a couple of weeks, it will be the 20th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre.
A quick history lesson for those who havent heard of it - On December 6th, 1989, Marc Lépine murdered 14 women and injured 4 men and 10 women at an engineering school called École Polytechnique de Montréal. Lépine, the son of a mysonginistic father, had long complained about women moving into non-traditional roles, and, as he seperated out and shot the women in the classroom, claimed he was "Fighting feminism". His spree targeted women, and his suicide note blamed feminists for ruining his life.
From this massacre sprung the Canadian National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, held on December 6th. On the second anniversary of this awful event, a group of Canadian men began the White Ribbon campaign, which urges men to speak out, and do something about, violence against women. This quickly became an international event. White Ribbon Day in Australia is November 25th.
Unlike so many other campaigns to 'help' women (dont get me started on the 'save the boobies!' breast cancer campaign held recently, or the victim-blaming of the teenage binge drinking campaigns, or *any* rape prevention campaign...), this one focuses squarely on changing the behaviour of the perpetrators, not the victims. This is no 'dont walk down dark alleyways' campaign, instead giving men the opportunity and responsibility to speak up amongst their peers, and change the culture that gives permission to men to hurt women. This isnt well-intentioned men saying 'hey ladies, you need to do XYZ to be safe', it's men saying to other men 'This is wrong. This is not OK. We will not make a place for this kind of behaviour or attitude in society'.
I linked to this last year, but I'm going to do so again, because it's a good little piece (Andrew O'Keefe is the chairman of the White Ribbon Foundation in Australia), and is a great example of how to go about being a good ally.
I also like that the campaign goes beyond 'buy this $2 ribbon one day a year' and promotes social change through ongoing projects.
So if you see one of the ribbon sellers over the next week, it's a good place to direct your spare change. Teaspoons. We'll get there in the end. |
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[Nov. 16th, 2009|10:16 am] |
After many years on the dusty trail, DarkElvis is stepping down from the running of Ascension.
This Ascension, December 5th, will be his last, so come along and send him off in style! And what more fitting a way to say au revoir than with an ASCENSION GOTH SPECIAL!
We've got guest DJs Anorexic Dread and Uninvited Guest, as well as your usual hosts DarkElvis, Monochrome and Caterwaul.
We've got cheap drinks, free pool, and no door charge.
And most importantly, we've got the ability to keep playing as long as the crowd can keep up with it! (That's right, no more 3am techno lockout. Praise the deity of your choice)
9:00pm - til whenever
The Sly Fox
199 Enmore Rd Enmore
Be there! |
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[Nov. 13th, 2009|10:43 am] |
A muffin is a bald cupcake! |
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[Nov. 9th, 2009|04:02 pm] |
uhh...wut?
Ascension in the Terrorgraph!
AS controversial ARIA nominee Ladyhawke played down the road, things got into the, er, gloom at a reoccurring goth night called Ascension at the Sly Fox Hotel earlier on, where piercings, platforms and pink hair pervade and The Cure play on repeat. But we learnt never to judge a goth by its make up - everyone was lovely and only one person tried to bite us. Just joking. |
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[Nov. 7th, 2009|12:31 pm] |
The Cobweb Club will be back in 2010!!
Put the following dates in your calendars, because we'll be playing the best goth, deathrock, coldwave and horrorpunk that we can get our claws on:
January 30th
April 24th
July 31st |
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[Nov. 4th, 2009|11:10 am] |
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Awwww, so sad.
I have 8 million things to do, and a flight at Ugly O'Clock tomorrow morning. Watch out, Melbums, here I come (for work, unfortunately). |
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[Nov. 2nd, 2009|01:55 pm] |
Who's doing Newtown Festival this weekend?
Mayhap we should organise a bit o' a picnic... |
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[Nov. 2nd, 2009|01:18 pm] |
Martha Stewart, eat your heart out:
This weekend, I made Zombie Brain Cupcakes. Buttercake cupcakes, dyed arterial red, with raspberry chocolate brain, vanilla cream cheese frosting, and caramel blood.
Apparently they were awesome. Shoulda taken photos!
Next time, i might make the brains smaller, and fill the centre of the cake with raspberry puree, instead of pouring blood over them |
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[Oct. 28th, 2009|08:43 am] |
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I must have been living under a rock, because I only discovered The Big Diary last week.
It's a searchable, nationwide database of Things Going On, from art to agriculture, from science to spirituality |
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[Oct. 27th, 2009|11:39 am] |
First there was this, which made me go >:o(
Judge sentences gang rapists to 3 years gaol because they aren’t ‘depraved monsters’. Uhm. What the hell? Just what would constitute depravity in this judge’s book, if not the forcible rape of a 15 year old, unconscious teen? *
Then there was this, that made me go :D
A 4060 year sentence handed down to a Texas man for 43 sex offenses. This, world, is how you do it.
Also, if you feel like getting your email on for once, you show your support for an appeal over the sentencing in the gang rape case mentioned above by emailing the attorney general at office@hatzistergos.minister.nsw.gov.au (presuming that’ll be the best person to write to. If not, please comment with a more appropriate way!)
*standard head-explodey warning for 'she was drunk' and 'filthy foreigners!' crap |
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