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• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2010-01-23 • ( 16 )

  It’s…. Otterday! Hosted by a LOLotter from I Can Has Cheezburger. 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 get off your… Read More ›

• Quickhit: Icedancers with a new twist on blackface.

  By lauredhel on 2010-01-23 • ( 11 )

  Via baby_elvis, this ice-dancing routine. From the news: Russian world ice-skating champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin have danced around the controversy surrounding their Aboriginal-themed routine, insisting they will still use it at the Winter Olympics. Aboriginal elders say the… Read More ›

• Haiti In Pictures: “You Can’t Show THAT”

  By lauredhel on 2010-01-23 • ( 11 )

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• On speaking out, and stigma

  By lauredhel on 2010-01-22 • ( 2 )

  So hey, Cosima Marriner at the SMH, here’s a tip. If you’re going to talk about how disabilities shouldn’t be stigmatised (and about how PWD should come out already because then the stigma will go away), how’s about not using… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger

  By lauredhel on 2010-01-21 • ( 2 )

  And the theme for today is …. MINIONS. 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… Read More ›

• “Medela Mom Mavens”: The Social Media Spam Offensive

  By lauredhel on 2010-01-16 • ( 22 )

  Medela, an infant feeding bottle and breastpump company, decided nearly a year ago that they were no longer committed to adhering to the World Health Organisation Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (WHO Code). The Code covers the marketing (not… Read More ›

• Arsevertising*: Will You Be Ready For Your First Time?

  By lauredhel on 2010-01-16 • ( 8 )

  Spotted by The Amazing Kim at the movies was this ad for CPR First Time. [description and transcript below the cut] As well as the movie ad, there’s a game. At the Facebook page, you can play KickStart My Heart…. Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2010-01-16 • ( 24 )

  Today’s otter is from I Can Has Cheezburger. 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 get off your chest? Reading a… Read More ›

• That Homebirth Study in South Australia

  By lauredhel on 2010-01-16 • ( 25 )

  Planned home and hospital births in South Australia, 1991-2006: differences in outcomes Robyn Kennare, Marc Keirse, Graeme Tucker and Annabelle Chan, MJA 192(2), 18 January 2009 You’re going to be hearing a lot from the Australian Medical Association about That… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger: Kidlit Characters

  By lauredhel on 2010-01-14 • ( 11 )

  Today’s theme is: Characters from children’s literature! Post your own favourite in-theme Cheez week 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… Read More ›