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• Sunday Night Quiz

  By lauredhel on 2007-08-05 • ( 8 )

  Here’s a Sunday Night Quiz for you! What is it? (yes, some of you may already know. Don’t give it away, eh?)

• Travelling Blamer

  By lauredhel on 2007-08-04 • ( 5 )

  That’s some great blaming by my friend baroquestar and her trusty digital camera. Check it out here.

• Slouching toward Bushism

  By lauredhel on 2007-08-01 • ( 6 )

  And the police state lurches ever closer, with the SMH today reporting on proposed legislation for “New secret search powers”. The proposed powers would give police the right to execute search, seizure and surveillance under so-called “delayed notification warrants”, without… Read More ›

• Linkalicious: Big Tuesday Edition

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-31 • ( 5 )

  A veritable smorgasbord for you! 1. “Intimate Politics: A Roundtable”: a downloadable podcast of a panel of feminist scholars and their reactions (not book reviews, but further musings) to the book Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for… Read More ›

• Monday Paintblogging

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-30 • ( 3 )

  I’m feeling way too sick to write anything much (stupid lungs), so I bring you – more kid art. Chroma Kidz washable paint on Reflex A4.

• “Hospital overwhelmed by child anorexia rise”

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-29 • ( 1 )

  This is just heartbreaking. News.com.au reports that admissions of pre-teen girls with severe anorexia nervosa to Melbourne Royal Children’s Hospital have risen by over 1400% in the past four years. The article continues: Clinical leader Dr Andrew Kennedy, who overseas… Read More ›

• Piggy in the middle

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-28 • ( 13 )

  Note: I analogise between racism and sexism in this post. Yes, I realise they’re not the same thing. However, I believe there are enough similarities and parallels to draw useful analogies. I was having a poke around on fora.tv, a… Read More ›

• Saturday Three: Health Successes, Virtual Gudjal, and CDEP Cessation Silliness

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-28 • ( 1 )

  [Image credit: FPWA, via ANTaR] ANTaR, Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, is an independent network of organisations and individuals (mostly non-indigenous) working in support of justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. Check out ANTaR’s Success… Read More ›

• Neat graffiti

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-26 • ( 1 )

  Via counterclockwise at Flickr, a neat bit of street art.

• Milking it in California

  By lauredhel on 2007-07-25 • ( 1 )

  Edited to add: Two other blogs have now picked up on this story. The Lactivist notes “The International Breast Milk Project in the News Again“. And MamaBear at breastfeedingsymbol.org has done some ringing around – directly to the iThemba Lethu… Read More ›