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• Grin du jour.

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-29 • ( 4 )

  I’m enjoying a temporary blogflump, thanks to a bit of soapmaking and some post-election floatiness. So I bring you this, courtesy of Neatorama. Illegitimi Non Carborundum

• WTF du jour: “Milkbar” breastfeeding pillow ad

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-25 • ( 6 )

  I’ve ranted before about advertisements normalising and idealising artificial infant feeding. You can read more about the World Health Organisation Code on the marketing of breastmilk substitutes here at IBFAN (the International Baby Food Action Network), INFACT (Infant Feeding Action… Read More ›

• LOLvovos

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-25 • ( 1 )

  Courtesy of baroquestar and middle_marker, this LOLVoVo call-and-response: Background: if you missed Rudd’s victory speech: he addressed his frontbench thus: “We’re ready for hard work. We’re ready for the long haul. You can have a strong cup of tea if… Read More ›

• Choking on Costello

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-25 • ( 3 )

  Choking on Costello John Howard: [visibly tense, eyes swivelling] “The Liberal Party of course will need to choose a new leader. I wish that person whoever it is and I’ve indicated very clearly from my earlier remarks who I believe… Read More ›

• Welcome Rudd and Gillard.

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-25 • ( 9 )

  There was champagne, there was whooping, there were tuneless chants of “Cheerio, cheerio, cheerio!” I’d like to issue a hearty welcome to Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard. For overseas Hoyden readers, Julia Gillard is the first woman to become Australia’s… Read More ›

• Searchable polling booth map

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-24

  Don’t forget to vote. Searchable polling booth map. Enjoy.

• Melbourne Choral Flashmob urges “Vote the Bastards Out”

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-23 • ( 4 )

  kwoff_id = 6742; Your Youtubes du jour. First up: “Vote the Bastards Out”, sung a choral flashmob in Melbourne. The composer was Stephen Taberner. Jodes writes on reddit: Members of several choirs decided to create a choral flash mob across… Read More ›

• I, for one

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-23

  So the Blairites seem mostly to be resigning themselves to their fate, though I’m confident they will be like pigs in shit for their time supporting the Opposition. This thread laments the fake campaign pamphlets, Don’t bother with most of… Read More ›

• Busted! Racist Liberals caught red-handed. How high does this go?

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-23 • ( 10 )

  [Gary Clarke, Jackie Kelly’s husband, caught with dirt on his hands.] For the latest in illegal Islamic-Panic racist spew from Australia’s reigning bigotocons: the Libs have been busted red-handed letterboxing fake campaign pamphlets in Lindsay, a marginal electorate. The pamphlets,… Read More ›

• From the archives: Kate Harding on cyberbullying as a feminist issue

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-20 • ( 2 )

  An oldie but a goodie revisited: Kate Harding “On Being a No-Name Blogger Using Her Real Name”. It’s hard to pick out the best bits, but here, have two.