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• Chestpuffing Pillock of the Week Prize

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-08 • ( 6 )

  The Curvature has a very special commenter this week, going by the name of Hugh. Hugh muscled his way into “Rape Article Offensive-Off”, a post railing against the language of rape in the media. Cara’s particular targets were the report… Read More ›

• Woman-blaming gymnastics by Janet Hall

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-08 • ( 8 )

  “Dr Janet Hall” bills herself as an INFOTAINER. Bedwetting, sex therapy, smoking cessation, public speaking, business confidence, computer coaching, tantrums, eating disorders, social commentary, she does it all. You can read her newsletters here. Check out “October 2007 – Why… Read More ›

• Cultural fusion, Yolngu style

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-08 • ( 1 )

  Hot on the heels of the Indian condom dancers: via Langguj Gel: Yolngu group “The Chooky Dancers” interpreting Zorba the Greek. Coffee & cats warning.

• Tracking The Intervention: Discarding and devaluing Aboriginal work

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-07 • ( 7 )

  Jangari’s “Four Corners on the Intervention” pulls out a few key points from last night’s Tracking The Intervention show. You can watch the show for yourself here at the ABC. Jangari details the ways in which Aboriginal communities are being… Read More ›

• From safari to shimmy: the Dora Princess makeover

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-05 • ( 36 )

  Hola! We love Dora in this house. She tromps through the jungle, solves puzzles, outwits trolls, evades bears, captains a pirate ship, creates maps, travels the world, rescues animals, discovers volcanoes, plays soccer, climbs mountains, and crosses crocodile-infested waters. Best… Read More ›

• “Oh! My! Look out! you can get HIV/AIDS”

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-05 • ( 1 )

  A condom PSA from India. I’m torn between thinking “Now that’s how you do PSAs!”, and convulsing at the gleeful gyrating men and the clown-condoms. Enjoy. About this video: This is an entertaining and educational video in Telugu on Condom… Read More ›

• Perthites: get along to the Australasian Summit of Cyberfeminism next week

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-04

  Perthites: It’s not too late to register for cyberpunk con Night’s Edge next weekend. Night’s Edge incorporates the Australasian Summit of Cyberfeminism. Sometime guest Hoyden sajbrfem presiding: * Cyberfeminism 101: the herstory of cyberfeminism from VNS Matrix and the Old… Read More ›

• Echidne on The Righteous Retribution of the Fat Demons

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-04

  Echidne of the Snakes has written a great post, “Obesity As A Metaphor”. Inspired by the Fat-Hate-Bingo-style comments on her Leonard Nimoy post, Echidne expands on her condemnation of fattist healthism: One commenter asked: “Seriously. What am I missing here?… Read More ›

• Sunday bits ‘n’ pieces.

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-04 • ( 1 )

  Sunday bits ‘n’ pieces. “Images of Earth”: 11 stunning photos from space. ~~~

• “Digital diminishment” and problems of scale.

  By lauredhel on 2007-11-02 • ( 7 )

  SMH: “Driver points to ad campaign for his digitally enhanced road rage” Simon Jardak, a Sydney man, pissed a woman off on the road over a “lane change”. (I’m guessing that this was a rude and/or dangerous lane change, but… Read More ›