There’s a lot of attention given to this particular death, partly because of the fame of her family, and partly because her death seems bizarre to those who don’t know much about head injuries. There’s plenty to read about both those aspects in the various MSM reports.
Month: March 2009
Daily Femmostroppo Reader – March 20, 2009
Items of feminist, political and scientific interest found recently in my RSS feed Today's Echidne Thought March 19, 2009 – echidne muses on false equivalency
“Virgin auction” solicitors back on Melbourne campus today
A couple of days ago, the “ViRGINS WANTED” [link removed] filmmakers were asked to leave the Monash University campus after putting posters up in student areas. The filmmakers are attempting to recruit two virgins[1] to sell their virginity online, and… Read More ›
CFS/ME and “faulty illness beliefs”: The incredible hubris of the psychiatro-patriarchal complex
New Scientist this week published an interview with infamous psychiatrist Simon Wessely. Wessely persists in believing, in the face of all the evidence, that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalitis (CFS/ME)* is a uniquely UK/American psychological condition caused by internet-triggered “faulty illness… Read More ›
Daily Femmostroppo Reader – March 19, 2009
Items of feminist, political and scientific interest found recently in my RSS feed Breaking the Silence: On Living Pro-Lifers' Choice for Women March 18, 2009 – must read about the regrets of a mother who took the adoption route The… Read More ›
Pain trouble-shooting
Some days, I need this handy Pain Troubleshooting Guide. Today is one of those days. In other news:
Kitties!
Lots of kitties being AWESOME. A collation of some of the best cat footage on the Web.
Does Edward Cullen Taste of Cherry Chapstick?
At my local shopping centre yesterday, I noticed a shop selling faux-Twilight merchandise — T-shirts with slogans that clearly reference the Twilight books/film, but are just generic enough to avoid a lawsuit (my apologies for the crappy cameraphone images): For… Read More ›
Disgusting
Demotivator made by moi. Feel free to download and share from the Flickr page (click on the pic). Backstory in The Guardian.