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• Quick hit: Smoking ad history, from Lucky Strike to the Marlboro Man

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-21 • ( 6 )

  The New England Journal of Medicine has a slideshow of 20th-century cigarette advertisements, with a commentary that reveals some of the marketing changes that took place as public awareness of the health damage from tobacco smoking grew. Allan Brandt Discusses… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-21 • ( 2 )

  Runnerup: Pocket Protector.

• Wednesday Links

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-20 • ( 9 )

  Shakesville has this amazing photo of the Olympic torch and the full moon. And from the comments: International Table Tennis Federation vice president Claude Bergeret, miffed with the lack of popularity of his sport, proposes a solution: “We are trying… Read More ›

• What kind of space is Hoyden About Town? (And our new guidelines summary)

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-19 • ( 20 )

  ‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,’ it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.’ ‘The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different… Read More ›

• You always hurt the one you love…

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-18 • ( 6 )

  Sunday’s Big Brother UK brought with it an elegant vectoring of a classic gross-out urban legend, so I thought I’d share.

• Mt Isa men willing to get drunk and fuck – even ugly chicks

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-17 • ( 66 )

  Lonely? Ugly? How about moving to copper-silver-zinc mining town, Mt Isa? (Shhh, don’t mention the heavy metals.) Remember John Molony? He’s the mayor who said that Indigenous people were the “wrong sort of people” for Mount Isa, and demanded that… Read More ›

• Bedside Manner

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-17 • ( 5 )

  I shared this on my eljay the other day, and thought some Hoydenizens might appreciate it. ‘Tis a conversation I had with my son, known online as The Lad, the other day after school. I wish I could adequately communicate the tone of voice and the flourishes.

  “Hi. I’m Doctor Lad.”

  “Hi, Doctor.”

  “I’m going to have to take an X-ray. Zzht. zzp, zzp, zht. Ohhhhh.” [serious look]

• Otterday!

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-16 • ( 1 )

  

  These little bronze weaselcuties come courtesy of anatomist on flickr

• Saturday Links: “Ethnic” Food, Mother-Blaming, and more on sexy sports uniforms

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-16 • ( 8 )

  Hoydenizen Vegan About Town has a terrific post up: “talking about things to eat (or: how the words people use to describe food make me feel like a freak)“. An excerpt:

  I read Jay Rayner’s attempt at a week of veganism, where he suggests that “ethnic is the default position for the vegan.” I bet he uses ‘exotic’ ingredients in his cooking, too. I have an ethnicity; we all have ethnicities: the fact that the food I grew up with is easier to veganise than the stuff he ate as a child doesn’t make me ‘ethnic,’ it makes me Chinese. Using these words trivializes the decision I have made to be vegan, and it others my family and my whole freaking life, because using words like that aren’t just saying that I’m ‘different,’ they’re saying that I’m ‘other.’ And he is not alone in this, many people are guilty of this all the time. That you’re trying something you’ve never before heard of doesn’t make it ‘exotic,’ it makes it new to you.

• Why I’m Not Pleased, Sexual Objectification Edition

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-15 • ( 17 )

  I had “Women should be pleased” [that men sexually objectify them] echoing in my ears when I visited Shakesville the other day. The first thing I saw was this Wrangler jeans ad.

  [trigger warning]