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• “Sex” Watch: Colorado Vail Daily edition

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-10 • ( 13 )

  We all know the problem of the mainstream media calling rape “sex”, and calling raping or being raped “having sex with”. I now bring you what is expected to be a far too regular feature: “Sex” Watch. Today, it’s the… Read More ›

• Ruh-roh! Racist cartooning in Murdoch press

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-10 • ( 11 )

  [via stephiepenguin] The Western Suburbs Weekly is News Limited’s trashy local rag for Perth’s western suburbs – the posh part of town. According to the WSW who bills its distribution population as “Affluent, well educated, professionals”, 74% of people in… Read More ›

• The next Big Brother race scandal? Luke: “It ain’t a gang in here. It ain’t a culture”

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-09 • ( 6 )

  I’ve talked a bit before about Darnell in the Big Brother UK house. Darnell, a Black songwriter with albinism, spoke up for Mikey (who is blind) when a group of housemates were patronising and fawning over him. The housemates Darnell… Read More ›

• Zulu warriors as modelling props: Britain’s Next Top Model

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-09 • ( 19 )

  Via Oh No They Didn’t and topmodel, this latest Britain’s Top Model photo shoot. As Brigitte says at Make Fetch Happen, It really boggles my mind that for some people, the first thing that pops into their mind when seeing… Read More ›

• Moominland Midwinter: a start

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-09 • ( 9 )

  We’ve had a bit of a Moomin hiatus, but last night the lad chose the next book in the series, Moominland Midwinter. As we began, I remembered again why I fell in love with Tove Jansson and her formidable translators…. Read More ›

• Fun thing of the day: NAIDOC week session at the library

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-08 • ( 1 )

  We went to the local library today, and a young bloke from Yirra Yaakin was there running a Didj and Dance session for the kids. The start was organic, and hilarious. There were no formal introductions – he walked in,… Read More ›

• Three ferrets, one cup

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-08 • ( 5 )

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• Disability Doll Distaste: More Down Syndrome Douchebaggery

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-08 • ( 21 )

  [Cross-posted at Shakesville.] Why are some people so resistant to the idea of dolls with disabilities? The Times Online ran an article last week on dolls that look like children with Down syndrome, or dolls with wheelchairs or physiotherapy equipment,… Read More ›

• Tuesday Links

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-08 • ( 8 )

  A Pacman cupcake tableau. Because you can. ——————————————————- From Amazon via Photoshop Disasters, Completely Pointless Knickers, aka the “Deluxe String of Bubbles”. Where are her labia? WHERE?

• Order of the Douche Savant: MJA forced-birther Edward D Watt

  By lauredhel on 2008-07-07 • ( 1 )

  In other news from the latest Medical Journal of Australia, the Journal published forced-birther pontifications[1] from Claremont-based retired UWA Politics academic Edward D. Watt (Ted Watt). You know the drill: The article is entirely adult-centred: its authors never hint that… Read More ›