This one is just so elegantly composed. North America got a very pretty show this week from the Moon and Venus.
Year: 2009
Quickhit: Sex slavery just like football draft, says defence
WA Today: Prostitutes likened to AFL draftees in trial A barrister acting for a man accused of bringing five Thai women to Melbourne as sex slaves has compared their plight to an AFL footballer being drafted to another club. […]… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – April 24, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed The science is missing from Ian Plimer's "Heaven and Earth" April 24, 2009 – Tim Lambert reviews Plimer’s book on global warming Is the DHS watching returning veterans? Only when they… Read More ›
Jessica alba bear bottom and cauliflower gardening: Ask Auntie Hoyden
I know you’re wondering why I haven’t done a referrer-logs search terms post lately. Here you go! Random searches bringing folks to Hoyden About Town: college rape statistics breast ptosis study redundant breast tissue thesis greenwashing toys i hated as… Read More ›
Personal Anecdote: Why We Need Women’s Spaces
Once upon a time, when I was a wee undergraduate*, I did not like the fact that my university had a Women’s Room. You see, I considered myself a feminist, and the idea of a Women’s Room — a few… Read More ›
Sydney Hoydenizens: who’s up for some group outings during the Comedy Festival?
The Sydney Comedy Festival starts soon and runs for 3 weeks (27th April – 17th May). I’m thinking that I’d like to have a weekly group outing to catch 2 shows in a night and have some food/drink/chat before/between/afterwards. My… Read More ›
Families protest breastfeeding discrimination at Barnett’s office; is he about to flip?
Thirty to forty adults and their children and grandchildren today protested the lack of breastfeeding discrimination laws in Western Australia. The group, organised through Joyous Birth and Facebook, rallied outside Premier Colin Barnett’s office in Cottesloe. Many passers-by were supportive…. Read More ›
Thursday Cheezburger: Supernatural Kittehs
Supernatural Cheez! Runner-up:
Femmostroppo Reader – April 23, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed The Hand Mirror: Because being abducted by a pervert is every woman's dream… April 22, 2009 – Quote: “”What I am suggesting to you is the way you used the word… Read More ›
Quickhit: a test case for decriminalisation of abortion in QLD
Tegan Simone Leach, 19, is believed to be the first woman charged in Queensland in nearly 50 years for organising her own miscarriage and is facing up to 14 years in jail.
Medical practitioners in Queensland who apply for a special license can legally prescribe the exact same drug that Ms Leach used to abort her pregnancy, but the old laws against abortion have not been reformed to take note of the reality that people can obtain the same drug for themselves.
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