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• Fifteenth Down Under Feminists Carnival: July 2009

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-05 • ( 11 )

  Welcome to the Fifteenth Edition of down under feminists carnival! This carnival features posts made by Aussie and Kiwi feminists during July, 2009.

• Shorten’s disability shakeup – read between the lines

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-05 • ( 12 )

  Anyone care to have a go at reading between the lines with this one? Given Shorten’s form on lack of interest in people with invisible disabilities who aren’t fully dependent on a carer, I’m not as hopeful as I’d like… Read More ›

• Five Minute Cookery: Mixed Berry Tart

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-04 • ( 3 )

  I’m light-on for written blogging right now, so here’s a recipe for something I made last week. I take no credit for the recipe. It’s almost exactly the recipe on the Pampas pack, except I’ve subbed in vanilla bean paste… Read More ›

• Kyle and Jackie O Show Suspended!

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-02 • ( 25 )

  Sky News Online: Radio show suspended by Austereo The Kyle and Jackie O radio show has been suspended indefinitely after last week’s lie detector stunt, with host Kyle Sandilands declaring he is unable to go on air. There have been… Read More ›

• Quickhits: The Good News And The Bad News

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-02 • ( 6 )

  Home births back on agenda for Labor CANBERRA is reconsidering its controversial exclusion of home births from a new midwifery indemnity scheme, before a Senate challenge to the draft legislation. Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon revealed yesterday she was looking… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-01 • ( 20 )

  Today’s otter hails from notaeb on deviantart, via The Daily Otter. 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 ›

• The perils of truncation

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-31 • ( 1 )

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• 15th Down Under Feminists Carnival – submit your posts now!

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-31 • ( 1 )

  The Fifteenth Down Under Feminists Carnival is upon us, and I’m hosting it at Hoyden About Town. The deadline for post submissions is the end of the 2nd of August, so you only have a couple of days. ** Submit… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger Deadly Sins Edition #3: Wrath

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-30 • ( 10 )

  Runner-up:

• *Sings “I am by no-oo means a sexist…” *

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-29 • ( 3 )

  If you’re an avid Antifeminist Bingo player, check out this mp3 by nixwilliams, “I Respect Women“, in which the words of a concern troll are set to music. [Note: they’re not nixwilliams’ words! Read the included link for more context.]… Read More ›