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• Graeme Reeves “Butcher of Bega” update

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-29 • ( 8 )

  [image source] As the three-month-old 12-detective Strike Force Tarella continues to investigate and accumulate evidence on a multitude of cases, retired Federal Court judge Deirdre O’Connor has completed a review into the employment of abusive doctor Graeme Reeves. Reeves is… Read More ›

• Wednesday quick picks

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-28 • ( 1 )

  A peddler of “adorable baby onesies” brings us this playground pimp infant fashion piece. IHNTA. ******************************************************

• Reminder: Submit Posts for the Down Under Feminists Carnival!

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-28

  Submissions for the Inaugural Down Under Feminists Carnival are rolling in nicely! There are only three days left in the month – two and a half, in some timezones – so get submitting. You can find the carnival information page… Read More ›

• Beijing Olympics “Volunteers’ Guide” lays into people with disabilities

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-27 • ( 19 )

  The Beijing Olympics organisers have released a Volunteers’ Guide for the upcoming Olympics. And the guide has a chapter on volunteering skills, including a guide on how to interact with people with disabilities. This is good, right? Education, sensitivity training,… Read More ›

• “Women are treated better than men online”, says NerdBoobLoot-man

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-26 • ( 11 )

  This post is cross-posted at Shakesville. [image source] From a CyberPsychology & Behavior issue earlier this year: “Gender Swapping and Socializing in Cyberspace: An Exploratory Study” [1][fulltext PDF available free]. The goal of this small online survey was to examine… Read More ›

• “Any tendency to self-handling at its earliest manifestation will lead the wise mother to at once adopt means for its suppression.”

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-24 • ( 3 )

  Another instalment in the 1905 Ladies’ Handbook series! The original post is here. Chapter IV is titled “Sex Physiology and Hygiene“. It’s long, so I’ll break it up into parts. It opens with a passionate plea for early and vigorous… Read More ›

• Otterday!

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-24 • ( 5 )

  This Otterday shot comes from yeimaya at Flickr. Feel free to cap it, if you’d like this to be a bit more interactive. The ROLFbot is a handy tool.

• Visceral image-jolt

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-21 • ( 13 )

  I’m pretty sure anyone who has ever worked at an emergency department knows what jolted me about this image. It took me quite a while to figure out what the advertisers were actually getting at. I wonder if anyone in… Read More ›

• Eye troubles? Photoshop Disasters fun

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-21 • ( 8 )

  If you’re not already reading Photoshop Disasters, go and check it out. Here are a few recent splorfs. I tried to narrow these down to a top three, and totally failed. It’s worth going to the originals, for the larger… Read More ›

• Announcing: the Down Under Feminists Carnival! Submit now.

  By lauredhel on 2008-05-20 • ( 15 )

  OK, I’ve bitten the bullet. Crunch. Announcing: the Down Under Feminists Carnival! This carnival, with submissions hosted at blogcarnival.com, is open to all feminist bloggers in Australia and New Zealand. Showcase your own posts or those of others. HOW? Submit… Read More ›