Archive for July, 2007

Links day

17Jul07

All the articles I’ve been reading lately but haven’t had time to blog about individually… The Guardian’s Henry Porter is pissed off about the super-rich. It’s an interesting, somewhat predictable read, since hedge-fund-bashing is in vogue these days. The comments, though, are awesome. There’s talk of revolution, advice for the author to quit complaining and work [...]

‘Female’

13Jul07

Here’s a fun thing to do when you have some free time: count the number of times women are referred to as ‘females’ in the popular media. I think it started in hip-hop culture (eg, “I can’t congratulate these females”), but it seems to be entering the mainstream now. I don’t quite understand it — [...]