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• Kyle and Jackie O re-traumatise a child rape victim on air. (with audio and transcript)

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-29 • ( 52 )

  Kyle Sandilands, you’re not just a prat, you’re an abusive douchebag. I have a feeling Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O are going to be getting accolades on the “sensitive” way in which they handled this segment. Kyle and Jackie run… Read More ›

• Quickhit: “Plan to strip blankets from Alice homeless”

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-28 • ( 13 )

  At the ABC: Proposed Alice Springs by-laws would allow rangers to take homeless people’s blankets away from them, an Alice Springs alderman says. The council last night voted unanimously to put a raft of controversial by-laws out for public consultation…. Read More ›

• Labyrinth As Feminist Myth

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-28 • ( 25 )

  Despite its potential, feature movie fantasy hasn’t traditionally been the go-to genre for feminist fiction.

  Enter Labyrinth, in 1986.

  Jennifer Connelly is an absolute joy as teenage protagonist Sarah Williams, discovering her power – not just the power to solve the labyrinth of the title, but the power to resist the coercion of David Bowie’s illusionist Goblin King, Jareth. Sarah solves puzzles, makes friends, and navigates her way through a series of illusions and temptations, culminating in her rejection of the King’s power in a maze of Escher staircases.

• Weekend Wibble: Handcrafts

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-26 • ( 7 )

  Check out this seahorse journal hand-decorated in blue, silver and gold. Featured at Oohsome, it’s available from MandarinMoon. Have you seen, or made, any great craft lately?

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-25 • ( 21 )

  Today’s otter comes with a bonus best friend badger! The orphans befriended each other at Secret World Wildlife Rescue in Somerset, UK. [Via, with more video] Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires…. Read More ›

• Days off

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-24 • ( 15 )

  Am I stretching a point weirdly when thinking about applying some of the principles of radical disability acceptance outside of its remit? I’m talking about my kid and (relatively) minor illnesses and injuries. This afternoon he took a pretty awful… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger, Seven Deadly Sins Edition #2: Greed

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-23 • ( 12 )

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• Scooterblogging: I’m Right Here

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-22 • ( 19 )

  I just realised I forgot to blog my first Talking-to-my-companion-and-not-me experience. It was a couple of weeks ago. The Lad (6) and I were meandering down the footpath. We were chatting about life, and he was resting his hand on… Read More ›

• Backwards Glance: Kingswood Country

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-21 • ( 8 )

  Kingswood Country was a popular “Ugly Suburban Australian” sitcom back in the early 1980s. It featured the bigoted Ted Bullpit and his wife Thelma, who lived in Wombat Crescent. The series also featured their feminist daughter Greta and her husband… Read More ›

• SchoolHolidayBlogging: SCIENCE!

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-20 • ( 2 )

  Oh, I luff him. And I luff his sense of wonder, of infinite possibilities. The Lad, age six, has just hatched one of these Growing Lizard Egg Pets, which he bought with five dollars of his pocket money on an… Read More ›