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• Quickhit: Trans men still fighting mandatory sterilisation in WA

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-03 • ( 9 )

  Amanda Banks writes in The West Australian: Transsexuals in landmark case Two female-to-male transsexuals should be able to keep female organs that allow them to bear children and still be legally recognised as men, it was argued in a landmark… Read More ›

• Breastfeeding children and women a “low priority” – Western Australian parliament

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-03 • ( 4 )

  Remember the protests in Perth last year about Premier Barnett’s party failing to bring WA into line with the rest of Australia with laws protecting breastfeeding families from harassment? In which Barnett insisted that there would be no need for… Read More ›

• X-ray casts

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-03 • ( 12 )

  Castoo is a business that offers “tattoos” for plaster casts. You can get dragons, fairies, flames, sharks, old skool tattoos, flowers, or a variety of other designs. My favourite? Send ’em your X-ray, and you’ll get back a cast decoration… Read More ›

• Not your punchline, Amanda Palmer.

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-02 • ( 68 )

  If you missed this week’s Good News Week, or couldn’t see it because you’re not in Australia, here are the “disabled feminists” sledges aimed at FWD/Forward from Amanda Palmer, Des Bishop, and Paul McDermott. The ones we’ve been talking about… Read More ›

• Carnival Time! Submit your posts now for the 22nd Down Under Feminists Carnival.

  By lauredhel on 2010-03-01

  The Twenty-Second Edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is fast approaching! The deadline for submissions is the 2nd of March – tomorrow – so get your posts in now. This 22nd edition will be hosted at Fuck Politeness. Submit… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-27 • ( 30 )

  Today’s otter, Kit the sea otter pup, comes from MNN, the Mother Nature Network. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger: Kittehs Caring For You. And Delurking Day!

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-25 • ( 14 )

  Today’s Cheezburger theme is…. Kittehs In Healthcare! Post your own favourite in-theme Cheez here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear. Please post a link to a FULL webpage, rather than a direct link to an image… Read More ›

• The perfect trifecta. And by “perfect”, I mean…

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-23 • ( 29 )

  Sometimes, I’m almost tempted to believe there’s a special, special place in hell for people like US Republican State Delegate Bob Marshall of Manassas who says: Disabled children are God’s punishment to women who have aborted their first pregnancy. Yes,… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-20 • ( 8 )

  Today’s otter isn’t an otter – it’s a weasel! This fabulous critter was snapped by law_keven on flickr. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life?… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-18 • ( 5 )

  Thanks to meloukhia, today’s Cheezburger theme is: The Crash! Post your own favourite Crash Cheez here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear. Please post a link to a FULL webpage, rather than a direct link to… Read More ›