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• Friday Hoyden: Little My

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-12 • ( 8 )

  My fictional Friday Hoyden is Little My. Little My is a character in the Moominland books by Tove Jansson. My is probably considered a bit part by many readers. She is relegated to last place in the Moomin-Gallery of characters…. Read More ›

• Interview with the makers of “Heelarious” high heels for babies

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-12 • ( 22 )

  Remember “Heelarious” high-heeled shoes for babies? There’s an interview with the makers, on MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/26639946#26639946

• Thursday Cheezburger

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-11 • ( 5 )

• McCain doesn’t want children to learn how to protect themselves

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-11 • ( 10 )

  A couple of days ago I talked about John McCain’s vigorous opposition to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Now he has put out a lying attack ad against Barack Obama. The bill concerned included teaching… Read More ›

• Quick Hit: Hadron Collider

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-10 • ( 8 )

  Has the Large Hadron Collider Destroyed The World Yet? [via strangedave. And do check the source code.]

• Hoyden Mailbag: Good News and Bad News

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-10 • ( 2 )

  Today’s Hoyden Mailbag consists of two articles from the local weekly paper. A while back, I talked about playgrounds that are inaccessible to parents. The problem of playgrounds inaccessible to children is, of course, huge. Today I found that the… Read More ›

• Ladies Handbook: ” The terrible results which follow the unlawful exercise of the reproductive function may be quite plainly pointed out…”

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-08 • ( 12 )

  Another instalment in the Ladies’ Handbook series. The initial post is here. This instalment continues Chapter IV, “Sex Physiology and Hygiene“. Here you can see masturbation-aversion, awful advice on interfering with childrens’ genitals, the magical thinking of today’s abstinence-only education… Read More ›

• “I think that’s why he gets himself into trouble!”: Rebecca Carmody on Troy Buswell’s “quip”

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-08 • ( 6 )

  We’re still looking at a hung parliament at this stage over here in Western Australia, with National leader Brendon Grylls continuing to refuse to fall into line behind either of the major party leaders to form a coalition. But this… Read More ›

• US Republican Party feud against UN conventions for the rights of women and children

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-08 • ( 7 )

  Shakesville has a post up pointing to the official GOP policy platform site, http://www.gopplatform2008.com. The Republican Party platform includes the following: We strongly support the long-held policy of the Republican Party known as the “Mexico City policy,” which prohibits federal… Read More ›

• Linguistics question: Pluralising proper-noun exemplars?

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-07 • ( 7 )

  I have a linguistics question for y’all. Plucked from the WA election commentary last night: “… electorates such as the Forrestfields, the Wanneroos, the Albanys…” (These three are some of the closest contests.) The obviously-singular proper nouns are turned into… Read More ›