Nyac, survivor of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and co-star of the Otters Holding Hands video, died late last year. She developed chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, a cancer not previously known in sea otters, but associated with petroleum contact in other… Read More ›
Month: April 2009
Quiz: Representations of Disabled Bodies in Logos
Most disability logos just consist of the usual stick-figure-in-the-wheelchair logo, or a derivation thereof. After spotting this logo for No Barriers No Borders, I went looking for others. And I got to thinking about the representations of disabled bodies in… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – April 3, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Report on False Reporting Of Non-Stranger Rapes April 3, 2009 – bookmark this one for later reference The Survivor Thread April 3, 2009 – breaking silence World Autism Awareness Day- "Welcome… Read More ›
It’s warm and sunny in Melbourne
which is a nice change from wild wet Sydney when I left it yesterday morning. I’m hitting the festival hard this week – 3-4 shows a night, home after midnight, sleeping in until late in the morning, so very little… Read More ›
Whoydensday Quickhit (Thursday Edition): Planet of the Dead Trailer!
I must apologise for slacking off on the Whoydensday posts recently — I have been much consumed with trying to find a new place to live, a dodgy home internet connection, and trying to get some small amount of uni… Read More ›
Daily reader
ITWire: “Australia introduces licences for internet users” Internet users in Australia will have to take out licences from the next financial year else they will not be allowed to use the web, official sources told iTWire today. According to these… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – April 1, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Recommended Reading: Accessibility Edition March 31, 2009 – absolute must-read iGirl: "She Obeys" March 31, 2009 – creepy as f*ck Not good enough: indigenous man dies in custody March 31, 2009… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 