Saturday Stuff.

by Lauredhel on August 25, 2007

in Life, fun & hobbies, gender & feminism, relationships

What I’m reading:

Canada’s Chronicle Herald reports that Jenny Dionne paid a cover charge at her regular bar the Dome, had one drink, then nipped out for a smoke. She was refused re-entry under the “No Fat Chicks” rule.

Trendwatching.com reports on “Female Fever”, the phenomenon whereby corporations have only just now discovered, to their jaw-dropping surprise, that Women buy Stuff. Apparently marketing to women involves a nauseating bubblegum paintjob on anything that isn’t nailed down, low-calorie pizza, sweetened fruit-flavoured vitamin-laden beer, drinks that double as cosmeceuticals and aphrodisiacs, and hairdressers and makeup artists at the beach. Is it just me, or is this a concerted effort to suck all the fun out of life, and make us pay for it?

What I’m doing:

I’m hooked on Scrabulous. You’re welcome to join me – I use my blogname on Facebook, so I should be easy to find.

We’ve been playing with a Tracktown Railway set today. Could there be anything funner? The entire concept of a toy library rocks as nothing has rocked before.

What I’m watching:

A Youtuber took daily photos of Bodie the Labrador as he grew from age 7 weeks to 6 months.

And it’s an oldie but a goodie: I rewatched the Laughing Quads video, just to see how my kid would react. He laughed at first, then started to look a little discombobulated.


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This article was written by lauredhel

Lauredhel is a forty-something woman with a disability. She lives in her Western Australian family home where books, Lego, and soapmaking gear constantly compete for space. She blogs about feminism, reproductive justice, freedom from violence, the use and misuse of language, medical science, being disabled, her vegetable garden, and whatever else pops into her head. Lauredhel also blogs at FWD/Forward (feminists with disabilities), scribbles at her personal dreamwidth journal Selective and Arbitrary, and co-moderates Hollaback Australia. She joined Hoyden About Town in 2007.

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Helen August 26, 2007 at 11:31 am

YOu mean an actual physical railway set, not even on the internetz??!

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Lauredhel August 26, 2007 at 4:33 pm

YOu mean an actual physical railway set, not even on the internetz??!

I know, right?

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