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• SMH reporter Asher Moses calls woman “slutty groupy”: twitter explodes

  By lauredhel on 2009-05-14 • ( 23 )

  Last night, SMH reporter Asher Moses was twittering about the Johns/rugby ‘gang bang’ business. Moses twitters under his own name, with “Technology Reporter, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age” in his bio. He wrote to the world: “So Matthew… Read More ›

• Fat acceptance and Oppression Olympics fail on The Gruen Transfer

  By lauredhel on 2009-05-14 • ( 26 )

  Via the Sarahs at Saucy Sisters, some massive adfail on ABC show The Gruen Transfer. TGT was going to look at a “fat pride” advertisement that combines the Oppression Olympics and -ist-humour tropes tonight. The show, which played the Adults… Read More ›

• Police strip searching children

  By lauredhel on 2009-05-13

  These two articles have dropped into my RSS reader in the past little while, and it’s a really disturbing combination. 1. Adults absent during child strip searches: Ombudsman [NSW Ombudsman] Bruce Barbour’s investigation found that between December 1, 2005, and… Read More ›

• Shitlist: Rip Curl

  By lauredhel on 2009-05-12 • ( 4 )

  So I had to cover a scrapbook for the Lad’s schoolwork. “No problem”, sez I. “I have to go to the Post Office anyway”, sez I. “I’ll just grab some while I’m there,” sez I. So I went to the… Read More ›

• Happy Mother’s Day post

  By lauredhel on 2009-05-10 • ( 9 )

  For those of you who are mothers or who have mothers, what are you doing this Mother’s Day? I woke to cuddles and breakfast in bed. The Lad decided that scones with jam and cream were the go, and they… Read More ›

• Mother’s Day – not happy for all

  By lauredhel on 2009-05-10 • ( 6 )

  Today, I find myself thinking about women who have lost their children. Mothers who have had to give up children for adoption or have had children removed from them; women and mothers whose children were never born or were born… Read More ›

• Call Kimondo a wahhhmbulance, he’s suing for blue balls

  By lauredhel on 2009-05-09 • ( 7 )

  Kenyan man James Kimondo is suing G10 women’s rights activists who urged women to engage in a week-long sex strike as a political protest, the BBC reports. And the illustration on the Beeb’s article has to be seen to be… Read More ›

• United Nations: Elder’s heatstroke death in police van possible torture or inhuman punishment

  By lauredhel on 2009-05-09 • ( 8 )

  Today, a senior chemist who assisted in a re-enactment of the incident in similar conditions told the inquiry the air temperature in the back of the van reached 50.4C [123 F]. He also told the court the surface temperature of the metal floor in the back peaked at 56.6C [134 F] during the re-enactment.

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2009-05-09 • ( 19 )

  Today’s Asian Short Clawed otters are via the UK’s Telegraph. The triplets were born at Chessington Zoo to parents Guinevere and Lancelot. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger and Delurking Day: The Kittehs Always Win

  By lauredhel on 2009-05-07 • ( 6 )