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• Thursday Cheezburger: Crimes and misdemeanours

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-12 • ( 5 )

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• Happy dance: Australian “Global Gag Rule” overturned

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-10 • ( 9 )

  Under pressure from the Greens and other pro-choice MPs, the Australian Government finally overturned the AusAID restrictions on foreign aid for services that provide abortion information or services! SMH: Govt ends foreign aid ban on abortions The Rudd government could… Read More ›

• Medela Bites its Thumb at the WHO Code

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-10 • ( 23 )

  I’d like you to watch this ad with a critical eye. [Transcript is appended.] http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=19472558&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0 [If you know all about the Code and Innocenti and APMAIF already, skip down to the next iteration of the ad below!] The WHO Code… Read More ›

• Top 5 TV credits: What are your favourites?

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-08 • ( 22 )

  Most of us pop culture adherents have favourite opening credits for our TV shows. They may create an intense mood, immerse you in a place and time; they may have a great theme song; they may just remind you of… Read More ›

• Yet another Whedon peeve [1]: “What is that? Why is it beeping?”

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-08 • ( 20 )

  [Post contains spoilers for Dollhouse episode 4, unrelated to the serial plot. THERE ARE SPOILERS IN COMMENTS.] Hey Joss Whedon, Mr Feminist Icon dude, can I have a word in your shell-like? There are fields of endeavour in which the… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-07 • ( 47 )

  Some newcomers to Hoyden may have received the impression, over the past few weeks, that I think otters are cute little cuddly furry things. Nothing could be further from the truth. Vicious little weasels, the lot of them, and I… Read More ›

• G’day to the quake zone

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-06 • ( 15 )

  There’s just been an earthquake in Melbourne. Twitter has exploded; Google News is yet silent. Nothing on USGS yet; and the Aussie Seismology Research Centre is inaccessible. (Broken, or quake-dotted?) I hope our Melburnian Hoydens are all ok. I blame… Read More ›

• Some women are afraid of being mummy-tracked; others are afraid of being fired.

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-06 • ( 18 )

  One of the ways of starkly illustrating an aspect of the gender divide is DeBecker’s quote: “At core, men are afraid women will laugh at them, while at core, women are afraid men will kill them.” I think there’s a… Read More ›

• Complaints shift ASCA “Wedding” child abuse ad to late-night

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-06 • ( 2 )

  We spoke here last month about issues with the new Adults Surviving Child Abuse (ASCA) public service announcement campaign, spearheaded by their “Wedding” TV ad, which is below the cut in this post. * Hoyden About Town: “If only”? New… Read More ›

• Fish-wives, Mr Premier?

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-05 • ( 14 )

  [Update: I can now confirm that Barnett was speaking about (or attempting to speak about) the Fishing Industry Women’s Association of WA. I can also confirm that, according to the Government, the Fishing Industry Women’s Association of WA is not… Read More ›