What have you guys most enjoyed watching lately?
Month: September 2009
Quick Hit: Just because you can, should you?
A 7 year old African girl is at the centre of a custody dispute between her single mother and a wealthy white Australian couple who have helped with her care since she was a baby. The full story is here… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – September 15, 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. Representing presentation: process fascination and policing trans identities – “This is even more ridiculous when you… Read More ›
Showboating judge?
Why set Phillip Garrido’s bail at $30million except to get a headline? Why not just hold him without bail (as with his spouse Nancy)?
In things it surprises me that more people don’t know
… the difference between rheumatoid arthritis and osteo-arthritis. I realised that my mother, who has a multi-joint arthritis problem, didn’t know the difference when she told me that a friend had recommended she avoid certain foods to help her arthritis, and I said “but Mum, you have osteo-arthritis, not rheumatoid arthritis – dietary triggers are not an issue for you” and she basically said “huh?”.
Femmostroppo Reader – September 14, 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 Jill Question: What is the Role of Privileged White Women in the Reproductive Justice Movement?… Read More ›
Franchising the Womb: Selling Fetal Imaging
A sampling of Australian recreational obstetric ultrasound advertising: A Peek of U at Serenity Spa, Wollongong: At our Spa location the Mum to be can enjoy a luxurious pedicure or spend most of the day being pampered, completing the day… Read More ›
Australovenator!
I love it that dinosaur paleontology makes the six o’clock news! The remains of ‘Banjo’, Australovenator wintonensis, were found near Winton in Queensland. Sie was a half-tonne carnivorous theropod, bigger (and “more terrifying”, says a paleontologist) than the velociraptor. Two… Read More ›
Otterday and Open Thread
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading a great book? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?
Monsters vs Aliens – Feminist Win, Feminist Fail?
I had read that Monsters vs Aliens, the latest Dreamworks animated feature and homage to Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, is a feminist flick. And so it is, in a way; the central storyline has a definite feminist bent… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 