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• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-09-05 • ( 18 )

  This African spotted-necked otter, Lutra maculicollis, is from a Zoo and Aquarium Visitor article about the upcoming Monterey Aquarium otter activity weekend. The name of the weekend? Otter Days! Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything… Read More ›

• Quickhit: Beauty, Virtue & Vice, and a Map of a Woman’s Heart

  By lauredhel on 2009-09-04 • ( 1 )

  Slave2tehtink pointed me to this online exhibition, Beauty, Virtue & Vice, looking at American 19th-century prints of women. The exhibition talks about notions of ideal beauty and ideal womanhood in white wealthy American society, and at some threats to these… Read More ›

• Independent midwife clients granted a brief reprieve – or are they?

  By lauredhel on 2009-09-04 • ( 12 )

  The West this afternoon tells us: “Homebirth mothers win reprieve”: Pregnant women wanting to give birth at home have won a reprieve after Federal Government and the States cut a deal today to allow midwives to continue practising without insurance…. Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger: Seven Virtues #1: Prudence

  By lauredhel on 2009-09-03 • ( 9 )

  Welcome to the newest Cheezburger series: The Seven Virtues! The first virtue is Prudence. Runner-up:

• Canadian study finds mothers & babies much less likely to be injured in homebirth

  By lauredhel on 2009-09-02 • ( 20 )

  Via Science and Sensibility, this new homebirth study out of British Columbia should be required reading for our Health Department and policy-makers: “Outcomes of planned home birth with registered midwife versus planned hospital birth with midwife or physician”[1]. This high-quality… Read More ›

• Submit NOW for the Down Under Feminists Carnival!

  By lauredhel on 2009-09-02 • ( 1 )

  Past Editions First Edition: , 6th June 2008 at Hoyden About Town Second Edition: 4th July, 2008 at In A Strange Land Third Edition: 7th August, 2008 at Audrey and the Bad Apples Fourth Edition: 1st September, 2008 at Blue… Read More ›

• Ten Steps to a Perfect Fanstorm

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-31 • ( 30 )

  1. Gender-evpsych/cogsci researcher and game show contestant Ogi Ogas decides to prove that men’s and women’s desire is hardwired differently, using his Boston Uni credentials to gather material for a book which he’s going to call Rule 34: What Netporn… Read More ›

• Weekend Wibble: Logos

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-30 • ( 1 )

  Have I mentioned before how amused I am that our local ambulances are adorned with three blips and a flatline? So have at it in-thread. Amusing/inappropriate/apropos logos ahoy!

• A glimpse into my head

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-30 • ( 9 )

  Chally’s been playing with Wordies. I had a bit of a play, and thought I’d give you a quick peek into my Unfinished Drafts & Rough Ideas folder. Click through for a larger version, and feel free to post Wordies… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-29 • ( 28 )

  For no particular reason, today is meerkatday instead of otterday. Three baby meerkats were recently born at the Belfast Zoo. [Via.] Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening… Read More ›