Okay: just because it was a marketing choice by Anchor Bay, this does not immediately eliminate the fact that it was also sexist, and racist. The three are not completely separate entities.

Additionally, it's not up to (or necessarily, me) to decide if it's racist, as you're not (as far as I'm aware) an Aboriginal…

Nice work :) The Secret Life of Us is great (I live in Melbourne :) ). And yes, Jessica Mauboy was on Australian Idol, but she's gone on to a have decent career acting and singing.

Have you ever watched "The Slap"? That's some quality Australian drama, if you're into that.

I saw the movie on DVD - my mum made me sit down and watch it :)

Will definitely look up the musical, as the soundtrack to the film was fantastic. I'd love to see some of these songs performed live!

And yes, you're spot on about four female leads being amazing - they deserve to have top billing, as they really do carry…

Out of interest, where do you live - ie, are you also an average American? I'm from Australia, and wasn't too sure if Jessica Mauboy and Deborah Mailman were that well-know outside of here.

Ugh. As an Australian (who originally lived pretty close to where this was filmed, and set) I'm pretty pissed off about the cover. It's not a "marketing" choice (although I'm sure that's what Anchor Bay thought they were doing), it's racist, and sexist (hello, intersectionality!).

Far out, Lindy.

I've posted on here before about Mayday Hills, but i'll say it again - it's the creepiest asylum I've ever visited:

There's actually a term for these sorts of promotions for women: the 'glass cliff''. There's a wikipedia page on it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_cli…

Re: the final question. I've been the 'negative nancy' before, and have lost a friend in the process. The advice to actually *talk* to your friend that's behaving in a negative manner is great - because heck, there might be a reason for it. In my case, my friend didn't actually communicate this to me - she just…

Thank you! Exactly what I was about to say. Uluru is the preferred name, not Ayers Rock :)

"Some very helpful person went on Twitter and, out of the goodness of their hearts, started giving out advice to women on the best ways for us to go about our days un-raped and tagging their know-how with #safetytipsforladies."

Well, crap. My current boyfriend is 51 months older than me. Justmissedout!

"Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris will be exhibiting some of Mueck's sculptures from April 16-September 29, 2013, which will be the first exhibition of Mueck's work since 2005"

Damn. You're winning at the internet- thanks! I could not find one single feed on my own!

Now this one isn't working, either :( poo!

Hah! I was having this chat the other day with a trainer (we both have a thing for 80's - 90's music as work out tunes)

What, no mention of the fairy elder dance from True Blood?!

Yes! That's one of my biggest jump moments too - the RE series (particularly the first two) have a few moments like this.

I was having this exact discussion with my boyfriend this morning - weird. Since we started dating 1.5 years ago, I've conned him into regular exercise (mostly running and a weekly bootcamp session) and he's given up smoking. I was trying to point out to him today all the health benefits, and how he'll live longer…

Argh?! Really! I had totally convinced myself that maybe it was just the doll malfunctioning all the time.