Faves: Bodies, Breasts ‘n’ Birth edition

by Lauredhel on January 3, 2009

in ethics & philosophy, gender & feminism, health, medicine, reproductive justice

Hoyden About Town is looking forward to the finalist voting in the 2008 Weblog Awards. Because it’s school holidays and tigtog and I are family-focussed right now, I’ve put together a few of my posts from the past, in the categories Feminism, Breasts, bodies and birth, Bad science, Big pharma, and Disability. They’re not chosen for any strict criteria – just the posts I found memorable, the ones linked a lot, the ones that attracted lots of comments. I’m not sure whether tigtog will find time to do the same (but I hope so!) This should be fun for relative newcomers to Hoyden About Town as well as for people cruising the Weblog Awards nominees.

If you have a favourite Hoyden post, do please feel free to add it in comments for the appropriate category. Enjoy.

Bodies

“It’s just like a normal external bra!” Snoopy-nosed Redundant Skin Envelopes

Vaginas are not “disgusting”. The Be Cervix Savvy campaign

Peeve Time: “The Obese” as Walking Dead

Birth

Motherless birthing, and the one-way street of obstetric “choice”

“Death twice as likely by caesarean”?

Breasts

Scrotes Oot F’t’ Lads! and
More “Teehee! Boobies!” from the breast cancer awareness industry and
Mount Franklin Breast Cancer ads. Let’s start a Brown Colon Cancer Awareness campaign. and
“Bring breast awareness back to the workplace”

Etiquette maven misfire: breastmilk is “seriously inappropriate” and
Office kitchen biohazards: in pictures

Ask Auntie Hoyden

The eternal feminist problem: Lecture deficiency syndrome

McBrickWall on Mother’s Milk

Parenting While Female: “It’s Not About You” and
Salma Hayek “still” breastfeeding – world can’t decide whether to jerk off or prosecute and
The intense hatred of nurturing female bodies: Kelly Rutherford “still breastfeeding”

Flimsy. Wimpy. Weak. The Parliamentary Breastfeeding Inquiry Report.

Things not to do.

Similar Posts:

{ 6 comments }

1
QoT January 3, 2009 at 11:31 am

This section of posts contains some of my all-time faves on HAT!

2
Torri January 3, 2009 at 11:50 am

there’s also fred nile in his campaign against topless bathing comparing topless bathers to strippers

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=5EH1xcZ3MRI

3
lauredhel January 3, 2009 at 2:39 pm

QoT: Thanks!

4
Ruth Moss January 3, 2009 at 7:57 pm

Some fabulous posts here – love them all – thanks for posting these! Bit of Saturday reading!

Ruth Moss’s last blog post..Wimminz disgusting milky nipples! Teh areola! Teh b00bize! Oh noes! (or, Facebook, grow up!)

5
blue milk January 3, 2009 at 8:58 pm

What a year you’ve had. Amazing writing from you two, seriously amazing.

6
Chally January 3, 2009 at 9:39 pm

What blue milk said.

Comments on this entry are closed. If you wish to re-open this discussion, please leave a comment on the latest Open Thread.

Previous post:

Next post:

  • Random Quote

    Where do we get the idea that women become increasingly 'unreliable' with age? Why do we practise (even if we do not explicitly preach) the tenet that there are no words of wisdom, no 'old wives' tales' which can be profitably passed from one generation to the next? Why do we make it so easy for male domination to continue, for men to divide and rule?
    Rebecca West (1894-1983)
  • The Quintessential
    Hoyden About Town


    Emma Peel - Hoyden About Town

    Read more

    Affiliate Program

    How smart is your Theme?  How good is your support? Check out ThesisTheme for WordPress.