Double yolks.
Year: 2009
Upgrading time again
Okay, I’m about to do a few upgrade things with the blog. I’ll aim to get them done quickly and easily without mucking too many things up, but who knows?
Quickhit: Background Briefing on Australia’s Looming Internet Censorship
For those interested in Minister Stephen Conroy’s plans to introduce mandatory internet censorship to Australia, check out Wendy Carlisle’s show on the Background Briefing. ABC Radio National: Conroy’s clean feed It’s well-researched, and it explains the issue from square one,… Read More ›
Baby toupees: “i’m Not a Boy!”
Dissatisfied with lacy elastic garters as a salve for gender-neutral panic in the carers of baby girls, the market has come up with this hideously hirsute scalpgirdle: The splash page reads: Baby Bangs – for the girl who has everything…. Read More ›
It’s still the 14th somewhere, right?
I meant to post this yesterday. I did at least discuss it with my beloved. Did any reader do/make anything special to mark Pi Day? The video below has no direct relation to Pi Day, but the poem was written… Read More ›
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Last week it was otters telling a crocodile who’s boss; this week, it’s a coyote. The otters take a brief moment out from playing to smack the stalking coyote down; the coyote rapidly decides that it’s just not worth the… Read More ›
2 a.m. What The Fuck
You know that stuff I danced around about bottle imagery undermining breastfeeding messages? There’s more to say there, but for now… Here’s todays 2 a.m. What The Fuck, from the Daily Mail: “Mothers win the right to breastfeed in all… Read More ›
Call to Action on Violence against Women: Guest Hoyden Su
Su is a regular commenter with a background in physiology and zoology. Just a quick reminder to Antipodean hoydenizens (Australian Division) to get behind Amnesty International’s campaign to urge the Federal Government to properly fund a National Plan of Action… Read More ›
Rape myths, rape myth acceptance, and community perceptions of victims of sexual violence
Elsewhere, grave doubt was expressed that attitudes of holding women responsible for sexual violence directed towards them was in fact a popular community view, to the extent that a position paper from an academic conference was mercilessly mocked for this sentence:
Women who are raped or who suffer domestic violence are somehow thought of in the popular imagination as a stereotype. According to this, the women are asking for it, dressed inappropriately, provoking it – responsible for it.
Alcohol and Breastfeeding: NHMRC buys into abstinence-only messaging
Last month, I started talking a little bit about alcohol, pregnancy, and abstinence-only messages, in a takedown of one particular study which failed to link alcohol and preterm birth, but said it did. “Bad science on booze in pregnancy: Women… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 