Open letter to Feministing – co-signed
An Open Letter to Feministing on ableism and disability issues. (And a general rec for Meloukhia’s blog, which is a powerhouse of feministy delight.) The Open Letter has been co-signed by many, including over at the Feministing Community [Headdesk warning for comments]. See also this terrific, annotated post at Three Rivers Blog.
Full Story »Nestle Aus manager calls critics irrational, biased
Complete with the infantilising headline we’ve come to expect from Fairfax media, Asher Moses has written up the ongoing #nestlefamily incident: “Mummy bloggers spit the dummy over Nestle’s spoilt milk” First, Nestlé hung its bloggers out to dry, leaving them to deal – very, very badly – with the PR disaster they co-created. Nestlé then [...]
Full Story »Why the stalling on abortion law reform?
The only thing more ridiculous than a law never upheld is a law suddenly applied to an individual case. It is estimated that at least one in three women in Australia will have an abortion in their lifetime. And yet we also currently have a nineteen year old woman (and her similarly young partner) on [...]
Full Story »Quickhit: freebies, kickbacks and Disclosure by Bloggers
Interesting: FTC to Fine Bloggers up to $11,000 for Not Disclosing Payments
That’s an $11,000 fine per non-disclosing post for those bloggers coming under the US FTC’s ambit.
Full Story »Imaginary what now? Terra nullius and the Scouting movement
After seeing the camping strips in Calvin & Hobbes, the Lad wanted me to look into local Cub Scouts. Y’all know I’m not too keen on the theist and heterosexist (and etc) aspects of Scouts, but I went to have a look at the webpage anyhow. And saw this. (Emphasis is mine.) Cub Scout adult [...]
Full Story »Femmostroppo Reader – October 5, 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. I Am Evil « Fusion Parenting – What do you do now that you DO know about Nestle being an unethical company? Did we learn anything from the Nestle Family Twitter-storm? [...]
Full Story »Quickhits: We are dying
Lancaster Online: Crash injures man on mobility scooter David Bair, 72, of Ephrata, was driving his personal mobility scooter southbound along North Church Street around 11:30 a.m. when the accident occurred. [...] A southbound car driven by John Risser, 81, of Ephrata, crested a small hill and struck Bair’s scooter from the rear. The stretch [...]
Full Story »Que(e)rying Sex Ed
Each year, I teach a course on gender and sexuality to a bunch of second year uni students. It’s focussed pretty firmly on challenging heteronormativity, in a way that most of the students, even those who are queer in some way, even those who claim (over and over, sometimes!) to be ‘totally cool’ with ‘gayness’, [...]
Full Story »Otterday! And Open Thread.
Today’s otter image comes via Project Gutenberg. It’s a rendition of an otter skull, from Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon, Robert A. Sterndale, 1884. The author’s introduction makes it clear that he believes there had been no previous study of regional mammals outside of central Empire holdings. He goes on to [...]
Full Story »YouTube OTD: Virtually Incomprehensible to non-Australians
Hitler finds out the marketing team at Kraft has decided to call the new vegemite “iSnack 2.0″.
Full Story »Belated Thursday Cheezburger – The 5th Virtue, Faith
Huge apologies for my failure to post a Thursday Cheezburger yesterday! School holidays has me all in a muddle, schedule-wise. To compensate, I have bonus Honourable Mentions today. It’s also our monthly Delurking Day! If you’ve been reading along, give us a shout and let us know you’re there. You’re welcome to post your favourite [...]
Full Story »Osteoma
Well that’s a relief. Would have been nicer if I hadn’t had to wait weeks to see a specialist for less than five minutes to hear the news.
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