Quickhit: Pedestrian-bridge lifts turned off at night
The ABC: Lift closures referred to rights commission The New South Wales Opposition has referred the Minister for Transport David Campbell to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, claiming his policies are endangering the elderly and disabled. The Roads and Traffic Authority has ordered the closure of all lifts on pedestrian overpasses between 6:00pm [...]
Happy Halloween
An open thread where you can discuss Halloween, or anything else you like. I always think that this minion looks too happy and playful to be an effective evil minion. Maybe that’s why he’s broken. ETA: there is a lolcat with it’s head in a plastic pumpkin on Icanhascheezburger – if you want to [...]
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Happy Halloween, folks! Today’s otter comes courtesy of my-hospitality.com. Adorable Lakes Aquarium otters, Mia and Smudge, soon got into the Halloween party spirit when their keepers decided to give them a different and appropriately themed seasonal challenge. The otters’ usual mealworm treat arrived in their enclosure tucked inside a pumpkin. This immediately aroused the interest [...]
Wordless Friday: Toy Store Abominations
Related posts: Wordless Wednesday Quote of the Day: Store Wars Not so Wordless Wednesday Wordless Sunday: The Sunday Papers Not so wordless Wednesday
Quandary
Do I tell the rest of the family* about the big box of chocolate I just got in the post, or do I squirrel it away as a stash to be raided at will for the next few months?
Quickhit: “40 years of the Internet” summed up in one post
No, not this one. This post, over at PC World …
Brickbat – Sumo Salad Ad
It was on early this morning. The start was a take off of anti-smoking advertising “Every burger is doing you damage”. Then it showed a picture of a young woman’s bottom and waist with voiceover “this is a healthy woman” then a shot of the same woman, with added muffin top and an outraged voiceover [...]
Roads are only for cars, opines ridiculous columnist
his cartoon accompanying Miranda Devine’s typical exhibition of frothing at the mouth over cyclists! Using roads that by rights should only have cars on them! is way OTT offensively topsy-turvy from reality, where it is motorists who regularly turn to the thuggish side against cyclists.
Linkblurt: We are assaulted
*WARNINGS apply to this post – descriptions of assault and abuse of people with disabilities, including sexual abuse* Related posts: Quickhit: Police steal mobility aid, leave PWD crying in the street Failing vulnerable children in care Linkblurt: We Are Immobilised Barriers to justice when rapists attack women with disabilities: new Australian report Yet another case [...]
Law & Order: “Dignity”, Worth, and the Medical Model of Disability
[x-posted from FWD/Forward: Feminists With Disabilities] As a feminist, I am pro-choice. Abortion should be safe, legal, and accessible. As a feminist, I look at more than whether single, individual women have access to abortion. There is a much broader reproductive justice framework that must be scrutinised, critiqued and repaired so that all women have [...]
Thursday Cheezburger: Are We Safe Yet?
Are we safe yet? Runner-up: Related posts: Thursday Cheezburger: Cyber Kitties Thursday Cheezburger: Magic Kittehs Thursday Themed Cheezburger: The Seventh Virtue – Love Thursday Cheezburger: Virtue #2, Temperance Thursday Cheezburger: Philosopher Cat
Femmostroppo Reader – October 28, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. The Name Game – “Apparently 70 percent of Americans believe that a woman should change her name when she marries, and 50 percent believe it should be required by law. “ [...]
Quote for the day: sexual favouritism creates a hostile work environment
There’s a subset of sexual harassment called sexual favoritism that, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, can lead to a “hostile work environment,” often “creating an atmosphere that is demeaning to women.”
And that pretty much sums up my experience at Late Night with David Letterman.
Virtual Travelling – Ceci n’est pas cinq parasols
This photo is actually untitled by the artist, but I feel this piece of conceptual art photography has more than a touch of the spirit of Magritte.
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