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• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-18 • ( 20 )

  This orphaned Exmoor otter cub has a wee furry friend. [Via the Telegraph, more on the story here.] Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life?… Read More ›

• Political speech and PR cleanup: the AAP squirms at the DigitalNow conference

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-17 • ( 13 )

  You can download the full video of Amber McArthur’s keynote here, but I’ve picked out the part of interest to me, because it is right at the end.

  Why is it of interest? It’s a chap from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), in this video called only “John”, quietly panicking about the organisation’s latest public relations disaster: Jay Gordon’s April Fool press release stating that the AAP would no longer accept sponsorship from infant formula companies.

• Thursday Cheezburger: Cats and Technology

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-16 • ( 8 )

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• 101: A note to able-bodied readers

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-16 • ( 57 )

  I just left this comment on the Painkiller Troubleshooting/Medicine is the best medicine thread from last month: I left this thread because I wondered whether my feelings about it were being unreasonably pissy. Now, nearly a month later, I’ve decided… Read More ›

• Mothers Not Human: In The Words Of Our Premier

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-16 • ( 8 )

  In Barnett rules out breastfeeding legislation, the West talks about WA Premier Colin Barnett’s appearance on the 6PR Breakfast Show. Barnett ruled out bringing WA into line with other states with regards to adding breastfeeding discrimination to the Equal Opportunity… Read More ›

• …And objects can’t cast shadows in a vacuum! AAP & formula funding April Fool lawsuit threat

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-15 • ( 30 )

  I’m not normally a big fan of April Fools jokes, since most seem to be about the pointless taunting of individuals for being “gullible”. For this one, though, I’m making an exception. Because I love a delicious defamation-allegation hijinks story,… Read More ›

• Blog Against Disablism on May 1st

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-14 • ( 1 )

  Blogging Against Disablism Day will be on 1st May, 2009 Come one, come all, to Blogging Against Disablism Day! This is the day where all around the world, disabled and non-disabled people will blog about their experiences, observations and thoughts… Read More ›

• Cos I’m a sucker for puppy shots.

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-14 • ( 4 )

  via lolobama

• Werribee rapist resurfaces from counselling with a musical boast

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-13 • ( 33 )

  *** trigger warnings for Werribee gang-rape *** The Herald Sun carried this story yesterday, bylined Anthony Dowsley and Kelvin Healey. “Werribee sex DVD ringleader’s hate-filled rap song on web” (The title was “Sex bully taunts victim” yesterday.) And the opening… Read More ›

• We’re nominated in the Canadian F-Word Blog Awards – Go Vote!

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-12 • ( 2 )

  It’s time to VOTE in the Canadian F-Word Blog Awards! Hoyden About Town has been nominated in the Best Feminist Blog International, so go and drop us your vote if you’d like, though we’re up against some pretty stiff competition…. Read More ›