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Hetero home runs: boys who like girls at their worst
Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman, Tammy Wynette once sung. She followed it up with, “saving all your love for just one man” – mind you, she was singing a song called “Stand By Your Man”. If the song...
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Invasion of the hat women
For me, “A Day At The Races” used to be a Queen album title by way of a Marx Brothers movie. From now on, it will make me think of the hat women and all they represent. Yesterday in Melbourne saw...
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The cult of Coke and Catholicism
One of the most intriguing cultural shifts of the last few decades is that churches have become more like corporations, and corporations have become more like religions: complete with their own...
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Aggravated homosexuality
If you thought that aggravated homosexuality was some queen getting upset because Mannhaus ran out of Nasty Pig underwear, think again. From December, it could be an official crime on the books of...
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Dalai Lama: The Asian Pope
Oh, let us bow down before the prince of peace and wisdom. He whose country was violently wrested from him by the evil Chinese (those people who make our iPhones) and has been forced to live in exile...
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Who is the husband and who is the wife?
I can remember being asked by one patronising bitch who thought she was being funny, ‘who’s gonna wear the dress’ when she heard I was getting married. This was over ten years ago, when civil unions...
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That’s Mental (Bipolar Bear podcast): Episode 3
It's all on for young and old this week, as Phil and I tackle the zen of bathroom renovation, Schrodinger's kitty litter, the politics of c-bombing, irritating things to say to depressed people,...
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We need to talk about Francis
I’m acutely aware that by saying this that I could be seen as the guy who pisses in the champagne pool while everyone else is enjoying drinking out of it, but I just can’t hold it in any longer: I’m...
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Who is Julia?
Perhaps Julia Gillard failed as a leader because we always knew what she was against. Indeed, her most famous international speech was an admittedly on-the-money rail against misogyny and sexism. But...
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That’s Mental #12: Gym Selfies & Digital Detox
This week, guest co-host Tom Walsh from BearHART on establishing your dollar value in the sexual marketplace, selfies at the gym, whether it's time for you to a 'digital detox', marching for the babies...
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