Happy International Women's Day.

I shall be celebrating by working my arse off at the beer festival at work. Jeanette Sutherland (one of my favourite Lib Dems, who makes amazing jam) is celebrating by announcing her selection to fight for the Bradford West parliamentary seat in the upcoming by election. I think her method is better than mine.

The Blood is The Life 08-03-2012

• If you like 'banter', you are an idiot – Telegraph Blogs
  "If you're a grown-up, you know that your offensiveness may offend, and you either accept that or you apologise and don't do it again. Saying "it's only banter" makes you not only an idiot, but an idiot who can't take responsibility for his own jokes."
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• 6 Things Rich People Need to Stop Saying
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• An Open Letter to Chris Dodd
  The letter itself is interewsting, and so are many of the comments
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• Subject for Debate: Are Women People?
  This would be funny if it wasn't true.
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• Tennessee Lawmakers: We Need To Chat
  Sing if you're glad to be Takei... George continues awesome.
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• It's OK to Be Takei - Merchandise
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• Ladies, how about we stuff our faces and enjoy ourselves?
  On the mode of advertising favoured by Boots
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• The Toy Story Shining
  This is amazing
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• Nerd Sexism Is Not Okay (video)
  ... and it's a man saying so, so maybe someone will listen this time
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• One of my favourite fellow feminists weighs in on the Daily Mail sexism thing.
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• Jane Espenson: On Sex and Writing (Not That Kind of Sex)
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Did you enjoy international women's day, then? They did on #bbctw

I mean, clearly, the idea of inviting on a guest who owns a bunch of lapdancing clubs, and a guest who spent vast numbers of column inches drooling over the home secretary's tits when the home sec was Jackie Ashley was to celebrate International Women's Day in a suitable manner.

I really want to force Peter Stringfellow to read that article on things rich people should stop saying that I linked to this morning. Because, to me, the idea that a 2 million pound house might not be a mansion is utterly ridiculous.

Can't wait for Quentin Twat to turn up and mansplain what's happened this week to those of us to stupid and/or female to have understood...

Still, it's nice to see Diane back, and Michael seems much more comfortable with her on the sofa.