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• Tech Tips: Obscuring Spoilers in Comments – Screen Reader Accessible!

  By lauredhel on 2009-06-28 • ( 1 )

  Spoilers in comments. They’re an ongoing issue. And holding back from spoilers can close off productive areas of discussion. Sometimes in comments, when I write some spoilerish stuff, I obscure it with black on black, like this: This is a… Read More ›

• BBUK: Angel and Noirin: Fake-fat-shaming and the induction of self-hate as a motivational tool

  By lauredhel on 2009-06-27 • ( 10 )

  I’ll be posting the odd BB clip to illustrate a common conversation that goes on every day, as a conversation trigger. You don’t have to watch the show to join in; the issues are standalone, and I’ll put in bits… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2009-06-27 • ( 21 )

  Today’s baby otter is yoinked from floflo at deviantart. The picture was taken at a safari park in Peaugres in France. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening… Read More ›

• Sree on Big Brother UK – harasser, homophobe, Nice Guy(tm)?

  By lauredhel on 2009-06-26 • ( 14 )

  Big Brother UK Season 10 is well underway. I’ll be posting the odd BB clip to illustrate common conversations and issues, as a discussion trigger. You don’t have to watch the show to join in; the issues are standalone and… Read More ›

• Gone too far?

  By lauredhel on 2009-06-25 • ( 33 )

  Those who think that society has “gone too far” in supporting breastfeeding, that mothers who formula feed are demonised and breastfeeding mothers aren’t: Show me the women who are losing their jobs for formula feeding. Show me the women who… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger: Transformations

  By lauredhel on 2009-06-25 • ( 8 )

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• Homebirth to become illegal in a year.

  By lauredhel on 2009-06-25 • ( 12 )

  I’ve been meaning to write a big post on this, but it just hasn’t happened. So here’s a little one. Read some background at “Homebirth Ban” “Maternity Services Review: Medicare payments to OBs up from $77m to $211m since 2004.”… Read More ›

• The Judge Files: It’s not sex genital piercing, it’s rape

  By lauredhel on 2009-06-24 • ( 8 )

  [WARNINGS, sexual assault of children] From the Shitty Things Judges Say files, we have this case from Melbourne: news.com.au “Genital piercers avoid jail for sex assault”. Two tattoo artists from Tattoo City, Mark Andrew Ford (50) and Gregory Alan Ford… Read More ›

• Buffy Summers vs Edward Cullen: A Fanvid Crossover

  By lauredhel on 2009-06-22 • ( 16 )

  Via girliejones, a wonderful Buffy/Twilight crossover that asks: What if Edward Cullen had picked Buffy instead of Bella? “You know, being stalked really isn’t a big turn-on for girls.” Video is below the cut.

• Otterday, and Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2009-06-20 • ( 17 )

  Today’s otter comes from Local Life and Little Histories, where the blogger wrote and audioblogged about a visit to the Chestnut Centre Otter & Owl Wildlife Park in the Derbyshire Peak District. This family sanctuary houses four different species of… Read More ›