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• Gollumbabies

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-06

  My draft posts are getting nowhere, for now. (Wiggles concert yesterday, doctor’s appointment today.). So as to not leave this space blank unintentionally: a LOLcat for you, courtesy of I Can Has Cheezburger.

• Kyoto around the traps

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-04 • ( 4 )

  [image source] Kevin Rudd’s first move as Prime Minister was to ratify Kyoto. It’s ten years late, but we’re there. Here’s a roundup of reactions in the blogworld so far. strangedave: It was a bit churlish of Australia really, to… Read More ›

• Unilever Ad Man Simon Clift Spells Out the “Joke” to Guerilla Cyber Feminists

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-03 • ( 4 )

  The Times Online reports on blogworld controversy around Unilever’s contradictory marketing campaigns. On the one hand Unilever are pushing their Dove range with a “self-esteem” message, while on the other they’re airing the pornified, demeaning Axe and Lynx campaigns. We’re… Read More ›

• Rudd and Gillard sworn in at Government House

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-03 • ( 3 )

  The Howard era is officially over. Rudd and Gillard have been sworn in today by the Governor General Michael Jeffery at Government House, in a quite understated ceremony (though there’s a nice rug and posh chairs). Video of the ceremony… Read More ›

• “Rape Victim Rita”

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-03 • ( 7 )

  Via Shakes and Feministing, the “Lusty Linda” doll. The malformed Linda has a fixed smile and a mood switch. In her “good mood”, plungings of the pen elicit encouraging remarks. In her bad mood, she yells “OW!” and “HELP! HELP!”… Read More ›

• Weekend kid art: what’s on his mind

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-01

  The lad has become rather fascinated with rules, robbers, and law and order. He is hopping mad that “squiggle-robbers” have graffitied the sign and wall at his kindy, and keeps coming up with plans to trap any robbers that try… Read More ›

• Festive Soapmaking, November 2007

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-01 • ( 4 )

  A few pictures of the results of my soaping session this week! I haven’t got around to trimming and planing yet, so these are raw. Cranberry Fig stars. I dusted the molds with gold mica before pouring the soap, and… Read More ›

• The Age: “Exciting, defining times for women”

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-01 • ( 2 )

  [Running this photo again, because I love it. Julia Gillard. Source: the West.] Things are changing in Australia! It feels like we’re taking full breaths of air for the first time in over a decade. While Costello snipes sourly and… Read More ›

• “Seen And Heard”: Children in public spaces

  By lauredhel on 2007-12-01 • ( 10 )

  The dearth of children in public spaces is too often decried purely in terms of The! Obesity! Crisis!!1! But there are much better reasons to encourage children back into the public world, and they’re reasons not readily addressed by a… Read More ›

• “Plus we sell fair trade coffee!”: Say No to WHO Code Offset Attempts

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-30

  [all images courtesy of promom.org. Click for larger versions.] There’s been a bit of discussion about the traps about whether carbon trading offset schemes are of any real use, or whether they have the end result of not-so-covertly encouraging resource… Read More ›