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• Masterchef Australia: Media Integrity Ahoy! [SPOILERS]

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-20 • ( 5 )

  [SPOILERS for the Masterchef Australia finale.] The Daily Telegraph ran a little fluff piece on tonight’s winner of Masterchef Australia. It was released on their news website just before the end of the show, leading some to be a little… Read More ›

• Quickhit: Librarian whines about girls in kidlit

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-19 • ( 18 )

  Via pharaoh-katt, librarian Diantha McBride has a complaint about the number of girls there are in kidlit. Is she having trouble finding good books with interesting female protagonists? No. She is whinging that not enough boys feature in kidlit. She… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-18 • ( 21 )

  From the Chestnut Centre again comes this little 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 chest? Reading… Read More ›

• Big Brother Friday: Noirin sets her boundaries and is ignored, again

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-17 • ( 8 )

  In case you’ve been wondering what’s been going on with Noirin in the Big Brother UK house, the good news is that Sree got booted out by the public, with a huge proportion of the eviction vote. Did he get… Read More ›

• Hack – “Is your taste in music sexist?” A transcript.

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-15 • ( 17 )

  I’ve finished transcribing Triple J’s Hack programme on the “Hottest 100 of All Time”. For the background on this, see these previous posts: “Was the Hottest 100 Of All Time sexist? asks Triple J’s Hack” “Alternative Youth Music Station Thinks… Read More ›

• I Am Powerful, at CARE Australia

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-14

  drstephendann has pointed me to this year’s CARE Australia campaign, I Am Powerful. The campaign focuses on the potential of women in developing countries to make positive change in their world, given opportunity and choice. CARE Australia is an organisation… Read More ›

• Was the Hottest 100 Of All Time sexist? asks Triple J’s Hack

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-13 • ( 13 )

  A couple of weeks ago, guest Hoyden Orlando asked why Triple J’s first draft of a “potted history of music” failed to showcase significant numbers of women. (The history has since been edited.) The “Hottest 100 Of All Time” has… Read More ›

• Quickhit: “Pit to distress”

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-11 • ( 8 )

  Unnecesarean, Nursing Birth, and other bloggers are talking about an unofficial protocol used by some obstetricians, “Pit to distress”. Check it out at these links, which explain the background and the reality on the ground. “Pit to Distress”: Your Ticket… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-11 • ( 7 )

  Today’s otter is from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 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?… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger Deadly Sins #1: Sloth

  By lauredhel on 2009-07-09 • ( 4 )