- Slutwalk Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
I’ll be at Slutwalk with my three sons aged eight, nine and 13. They’ll be wearing tee shirts that read ‘YOU‘RE NOT ALLOWED TO RAPE SLUTS EITHER’.
Sure, I could go vintage with ‘FAT CHICKS SHIT ME’, rocking the retro with ‘ALL YOU VIRGINS THANKS FOR NOTHING’ or getting my postmodern on with ‘NO ROOT NO ...
Read more - Chartbusting 80s. The jewel in Channel 31s crown. Thanks to Queen Josie Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
GROWING UP IN THE ’80s knee-deep in Punky Brewster, Diff’rent Strokes and Choose Life T-shirts, I vividly remember being mortified at the musical cries for help that were the soundtrack of my youth. As I crimped my hair wearing khaki cord knickerbockers with metallic copper piping, the adults around me reminisced about being a teenager ...
Read more - Border Security. Wot Cuns. Sunday, March 27th, 2011
Do you like dogs? Have any people skills? A thing for rubber? Then your country needs you.
AS WE ALL KNOW, I’M not a proper television reviewer, but I did pretend to be the other day by checking out the ratings. As I scanned the national top 20: It Takes Two, 60 Minutes, Where Are They Now, ...
Read more - Robert Doyle. Melbourne Lord Mayor. All ambition. No talent. Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
SATURDAY? What a ride! The kids were beside themselves. Every morning for months I’ve been woken at some ungodly hour with “Mum! Mum! How many sleeps until the council elections. Is it 87? Are we there yet? Stuff Christmas. We’re gagging to find out who’ll be elected councillor for the North-West Ward. If we’re good, ...
Read more - Gay Marriage Monday, March 21st, 2011
I’m not sure if it’s true but the story goes that when the announcement of the first gay marriage was made on October 1, 1989, one of the editors at this newspaper said, “I’ve got the headline. With This Ring . . .”
Go on. Laugh. It’s funny. OK. Gay marriage. Can you explain that to ...
Read more - Corporate speak, weasel words and corporate maggots Thursday, March 17th, 2011
STOP! The weasel words, corporate speak and subterfuge are doing all of our heads in. These treacherous economic times are tough enough but the lack of straight talk is ringing alarm bells. And it’s everywhere. Chronic overuse of what appears to be conversational time savers — but are actually fact-warpers — means people are diverting ...
Read more - Dennis Shanahan, Julian Assange, Qanda. Love triangle. Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
I’ll start by asking a question. Why do these old blokes who constantly accuse the ABC of political bias NEVER bring up the massive gender imbalance?Which takes us to yesterday. Who took the jam out of Dennis Shanahan’s donut? What was this veteran journo so offended by in his little piece yesterday? Why the tantrum? I’ll ...
Read more - Midsomer Murders. I see (uptight) white people. Welcome to Caucasia Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Published in The Age Newspaper March 16, 2011
There’s a website called Stuff White People Like. The list includes, black music that black people don’t listen to any more, having gay friends, expensive sandwiches, promising to learn a new language, appearing to enjoy classical music, being the only white person around, knowing what’s best for poor ...
Read more - 4WDs. I don’t give a stuff about you and I vote… Monday, March 14th, 2011
I WOULD like to sincerely apologise for the comments I made about four-wheel-drives in last week’s column.
Due to a limitation on the number of words, I was unable to say everything I wanted about these dangerous and obnoxious monster trucks being driven by people selfish at best and ignorant at worst.
And not just shame on ...
Read more - Grand Prix. Some suburbs should have fences… Monday, March 14th, 2011
HOW about that Grand Prix, eh? One look at the racing fans is all it takes for me to realise that some suburbs should have fences around them. Knuckle-dragging petrol-heads, anorexic bottle blondes marinated in fake tan and middle-aged blokes with man boobs and pimples on their arses paying exorbitant money to watch cars go ...
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Published in The Age Newspaper March 16, 2011 There’s a website called Stuff White People Like. The list includes, black music that black people don’t listen to any more, having gay friends, expensive sandwiches, promising to learn a new language, appearing to enjoy classical music, being the only white person around, knowing what’s best for poor ...