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• “Hip Parade” pelvis dolls

  By lauredhel on 2008-06-17 • ( 8 )

  “Hip Parade” collectible women’s pelvises. Really. A whole series of sexified plastic dolls, severed at the waist and thighs. Buh? [via Sociological Images and Tomopop]

• Playground accessibility for parents with disabilities

  By lauredhel on 2008-06-17 • ( 31 )

  I’m lucky. I live in a place where there are playgrounds everywhere. There are two within a very short walk from our place, and probably half a dozen or more within five minutes’ drive, including a very large and pleasant… Read More ›

• The Last Box

  By lauredhel on 2008-06-16 • ( 13 )

  We moved in November. I unpacked The Last Box yesterday. And it contained exactly what The Last Box always contains: clothes that don’t fit, an irretrievably stained jumper, that outfit I had been looking for everywhere, useless hair ties (I… Read More ›

• Otterday!

  By lauredhel on 2008-06-14 • ( 2 )

  As always, LOLcaps are welcome. This sea otter was photographed on Vancouver Island. Source.

• Mailbag: Allergan-o-panic “Clinical Pearl”

  By lauredhel on 2008-06-14 • ( 4 )

  [update 14 Jun: I’ve fixed the video now, I think.] So what should I find in the unsolicited mailbag this week? This little “Healthed Clinical Pearls” video CD: Apparently, “Healthed is one of Australia’s most popular and respected providers of… Read More ›

• Update: Child rapists jailed

  By lauredhel on 2008-06-13 • ( 5 )

  Two years ago, nine men and boys raped a ten year old girl in the town of Aurukun. My previous posts on the subject: “Naughty little girl”, explains rape apologist Crown Prosecutor in gang rape of ten year old girl… Read More ›

• Job insecurity: women suffer most

  By lauredhel on 2008-06-13 • ( 4 )

  We know that women earn a lower average wage than men, and earn far less money over a lifetime than men (putting our retirement security at major risk). Further evidence is accumulating that what pay we do get, we can’t… Read More ›

• Quick hit: Rape sorcery in far north Queensland

  By lauredhel on 2008-06-13 • ( 12 )

  In today’s “Damn dirty sluts just keep on asking for it!” news, the Cairns police have blamed drunk women for bringing on their own “sex attacks”. (Hint: Rape is not “sex”.) And somehow, these attacks magically materialise out of thin… Read More ›

• Thursday night Cheezburger

  By lauredhel on 2008-06-12 • ( 3 )

• Inspecting a corporate child care centre

  By lauredhel on 2008-06-12 • ( 11 )

  With all the talk about childcare, I just thought I’d share my sole experience with an ABC Learning centre. I was looking for a new childcare centre when we moved house. Our first centre was an on-campus community centre, and… Read More ›