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• This week’s accessibility frustration

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-27 • ( 13 )

  Adding this to the list of things I can’t access: Driving Change in the Disability Sector: A multi-disciplinary symposium The topic of inclusion is a concept that has many faces, many interpretations and although controversial, may in some instances be… Read More ›

• Quick hit: Bra-snappin’, chair-sniffin’ Liberal leader Troy Buswell in the news again

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-27 • ( 5 )

  And this guy wants to be Premier of our state. Perthnow reports. The new allegations follow admissions by Mr Buswell in January that he snapped open the bra of a Labor staffer during a drunken night at Parliament House last… Read More ›

• More molecular evidence of dino-bird relationship: collagen fragments tell all

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-26 • ( 2 )

  Archaeopteryx fossil, c/i Science Made Cool. If you’re into dinos and gaming, check out their game Bone Wars. National Geographic reports: “T. Rex Protein “Confirms” Bird-Dinosaur Link”. We know dino bones and bird bones are morphologically similar. The hypothesis is… Read More ›

• Update: Seal Press and Amanda Marcotte respond to racist artwork in Jungle quagmire

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-26 • ( 34 )

  Update 27 Apr 2008: profbwoman at WOC PhD has an formidable series. Why Seal Press is OFF the Syllabus Don’t Mess With Feminist Press Why Seal Press is Off the Syllabus pt. 2 Celebrating Feminist and Multicultural Presses: Publishers that… Read More ›

• xckd stupid

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-25 • ( 31 )

  Just when xkcd does something good, they start blundering around in a sexist haze. Because women who get restraining orders are all dishonest, conniving bitches who are just out to make your life difficult. Cue Bingo commenters. Go on, who… Read More ›

• Racist artwork from Marcotte’s Seal Press book “It’s a Jungle Out There”

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-25 • ( 35 )

  Some artwork from Amanda Marcotte’s book “It’s A Jungle Out There”, published by Seal Press, is now online at Dear White Feminists. I wrote about Seal Press a short while ago, here, and y’all know about the current AM/appropriation conversation… Read More ›

• Arizona legislature seeks to ban “race-based” clubs from campuses

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-25 • ( 1 )

  Brooklynite’s new blog is live (Congratulations!). Check it out at studentactivism.net. The entry that leapt out at me: “Arizona Law Would Ban “Race-Based” Clubs” A bill passed by a committee of the Arizona state legislature would prohibit groups “based in… Read More ›

• “Be a good girl now, or I’ll kill you.”

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-24 • ( 1 )

  Kay at the Gimp Parade has written a really, really important post: “The Russian”. Kay uses a ventilator to breathe. After a recent ICU stay in which a new tracheostomy was inserted, she transferred to a rehab hospital. She was… Read More ›

• “Open Source Boob Project”: Around the blogs

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-24 • ( 9 )

  The Open Source Boob Project is demanding a round-up. I’ve tried to make this a fair portrayal of the buzz around the web. Original post by The Ferrett Not everyone wants to go public with it, and what happens at… Read More ›

• RSPCA exploits domestic violence; yet again, women = dogs [triggers]

  By lauredhel on 2008-04-24 • ( 37 )

  I found video of the RSPCA’s new campaign. Some of the ads are fine. Good, even. One of them? Not so much. Violence against women triggers below the cut. (Bad ones.)