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• Quickhit: “He’s just a rich rapist who has suffered enough”

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-25 • ( 25 )

  Via commenter Fem at Ideologically Impure comes this rape story out of New Zealand. It’s hardly original, but it is an exemplar of the genre. Warm up your Rape Apologist Bingo cards (I think credit should go to Shakesville for… Read More ›

• Bad science on booze in pregnancy: Women infantilised with absolutist messages

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-24 • ( 51 )

  I read this article in The West a little while ago, and it hit my bad-science peeve button. “Half of WA women drink throughout pregnancy“. This beat-up is certainly not alone in drawing conclusions that do not follow from the… Read More ›

• Quickhit: Is the WA government going to try to pre-empt Stolen Wages legal action?

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-21 • ( 6 )

  Aboriginal people in Western Australia were enslaved and exploited from 1905 to 1972 by the government of this State. They are owed at least 300 million dollars according to Aboriginal activist Howard Riley. A report that yet remains secret is… Read More ›

• Maternity Services Review: Medicare payments to OBs up from $77m to $211m since 2004.

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-21 • ( 24 )

  Update 16 Sep 2009: Last year’s $211 million figure for taxpayer-funded obstetric care, mostly of pregnancies and births that are or could have been normal, has blown out further to $298 million. [Via the Courier Mail.] ~~~ The Maternity Services… Read More ›

• Otterday, and Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-21 • ( 40 )

  This otter, courtesy of IRGlover on flickr, is begging for a caption. (For a simple captioning tool, try roflbot.) Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your… Read More ›

• Antibreastfeeding Bingo

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-20 • ( 58 )

  We’ve done the other Bingos, and this one’s long overdue. With a nod to all the misogynist trolls out there who’ve provided the material for this card, I present: Antibreastfeeding Bingo! It’s focussed on public breastfeeding conversations, not “mommy wars”… Read More ›

• Troll-Off: Poll results

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-19 • ( 6 )

  Many thanks to those who voted in our inaugural Troll-Off competition. Troll-Off Results: ~~~ Gold Medal, with 35% of the vote: No. 7, A. “god is punishing them for imbred sodomy” Lavey. Lavey may have had the advantage of topicality… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-19 • ( 15 )

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• Stanford Journal Symposium on Parenting, and the Giant Iconic Bottle

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-18 • ( 6 )

  Those who’ve been following some of my recent discussions about breastfeeding and civil liberties might be interested to note this symposium poster. Parenting, Gender, and the Law is a symposium sponsored by the Stanford Journal for Civil Rights and Civil… Read More ›

• Troll-Off! Vote now for your favourite troll.

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-17 • ( 51 )

  Welcome to the Hoyden About Town Inaugural Troll-Off! Inspired by Feministe’s Next Top Troll, in the Hoyden Troll-Off you get to vote for the worst. You’ll need to “click to continue” to see all of the contestants, and the poll…. Read More ›