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Inspecting a corporate child care centre
With all the talk about childcare, I just thought I’d share my sole experience with an ABC Learning centre. I was looking for a new childcare centre when we moved house. Our first centre was an on-campus community centre, and it was lovely – low ratios, caring staff, good continuity. I dropped in on a [...]
I Write Letters
Dear etc, “I have contacted the IAS admin about access to this conference before, as well as about access to the Disability Inclusion seminar, and was rebuffed each time. I am contacting you again in the hope that you have had an opportunity to re-think. As a feminist blogger and someone who has worked closely [...]
Power couple politics NSW style and the alleged disciplinary double standard
Well, hasn’t it been a busy week or so for NSW Minister John Della Bosca and his wife, Federal backbencher MP Belinda Neal? Of course, for the last few days we’ve only been hearing about her, despite Della Bosca’s documented history of multiple traffic offences leading to a revoked driving license and allegations that he [...]
This week, Whoydnesday is all about the Companions
So, for our second Whoydnesday (taking up Su’s suggestion for a slight revision in spelling since last week), lets focus on the sociodynamics of the relationship between Doctor and Companion. (Although when Lauredhel logs on she has a great image to post which draws upon the more epic-quest aspects of the Doctor mythos.) As previously [...]
“Don’t write a poem about rape.”
“Shove It: Part 2″ (The Buffaloe Pen) is Julie’s story of having her deeply personal poem about rape rejected by a literary journal editor. But it wasn’t just rejected. The editor, who is obviously a rapist or rapist-in-waiting, wrote her a six-page diatribe about how women were provocative and usually “have it coming” and women [...]
Why the inverted commas?
From the Independent Online’s Crime and Courts section: Man held for ‘rape’ June 09 2008 at 12:10PM A 25-year-old man was arrested for “rape” on Monday in Katlehong, East Rand police said. Spokesperson Superintendent Mega Ndobe said the man allegedly raped a 9-year-old girl a week ago at the Mandela informal settlement. “The victim’s mother [...]
Japan officially recognizes Ainu as indigenous people for first time
It’s a start. TOKYO (AP) – Japan’s parliament voted Friday to recognize the Ainu ethnic group as the country’s indigenous people for the first time and urged steps to reverse a century of discrimination and poverty. The votes in both houses of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, overcame a long-standing refusal to acknowledge that any other [...]
Sex and the City in the Crib: Heelarious Heels for Babies
These sorts of shoes for girls have been around for a while: Related posts: SRSLY: If Your Shoes Are Causing You Pain, Wear Different Shoes Pirelli 2009 calendar hits every -ism in the book Risk: “Man Up” Shoes, Remedial Interview with the makers of “Heelarious” high heels for babies
A tale of telemarketing and the expectation of zombie domesticity
Reprinted with permission, from a poster at the EssentialBaby forum. Emphasis is mine. Phone rings. I pick up phone while kids are playing in the background. Me: “Hello?” Telemarketer (TM): [On hearing the noise] “Oh… you’re a Mum!” Me: “Ummmm… Yes?” TM: “Oh well, then you wouldn’t be able to do our survey anyway”. Me: [...]
Photo-correspondence from a Hoyden Abroad
Hoydenizen Orlando had occasion to wander around the London Borough of Islington recently, and saw something that made her think of us.
Things that make no sense to me, #79024
The opening paragraph of the Wikipedia article, “Patriarchy“: Patriarchy is the structuring of society on the basis of family units, where fathers have primary responsibility for the welfare of, hence authority over, their families. The concept of patriarchy is often used, by extension (in anthropology and feminism, for example), to refer to the expectation that [...]
Obama/Osama confusion: It’s not just Fox
Looks like it’s not just Fox News’ Liz Trotta, Fox Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, CNN, Rush Limbaugh, Mitt Romney, and AP Chairman W. Dean Singleton. Fairfax’s Sydney Morning Herald is now in on the “Obama? Osama?” faux-confusion act. A headline (courtesy of personal political): [picture of Barack Obama] “Now The Real Race Whatever Osama [...]
RU486 Import Restrictions in Australia: Reprise
I wrote about the Australia import restrictions on RU486 back in December, when this article by Mary Lander appeared in the Medical Journal of Australia: “The fight for a life-saving drug: a personal perspective”. RU486 is a progesterone antagonist – it blocks the action of the hormone progesterone in the body. This makes it useful [...]
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