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• Qld government revises baby packs plan; no more formula promotion

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-02

  In July, I published a call for people to let the Queensland government know that routinely distributing free formula samples to mothers was a bad, bad idea: “Call to activism: oppose infant formula promotion in Qld Indigenous communities”. Success! The… Read More ›

• Otterday, and Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2008-11-01 • ( 24 )

  This sleepy baby sea otter comes via Dependable Renegade. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading… Read More ›

• Friday Night Election Fun: Barack Wiggle

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-31 • ( 8 )

  Inspired partly by this post at obama_daily but mostly by it being 2 in the morning at the time, I present to you: the sixth Wiggle, Barack Wiggle, with his sidekick Bill. This will probably mean far more to people… Read More ›

• Doctor denied residency because of son’s Down syndrome.

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-31 • ( 22 )

  I’m seeing red. This is downright unconscionable. And in the face of a massive workforce shortage, too? This guy CAME to Australia answering the call for rural doctors in the first place. “Son’s Down syndrome forces doctor out of town”… Read More ›

• Last day to submit for the October Au/NZ feminists carnival!

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-31 • ( 1 )

  Last day for submissions to the Down Under Feminists Carnival! It looks like the Blogcarnival submissions form is back up again, so you can use that, or email your submissions directly to carnival host Penguin Unearthed, penguinunearthed at gmail dot… Read More ›

• The Art Report, and Stationery Love

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-30 • ( 24 )

  It’s been a while since I showed you some art. The lad is showing all the signs of being a budding stationery lover. He recently raised quite a bit of money in the school Fun Run (he’s also showing signs… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-30 • ( 2 )

  And a bonus election-week addition!

• Australian Internet Censorship in the Media: EFA Chair on the Morning Show

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-29 • ( 8 )

  Dale Clapperton, Chair of the Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), appeared briefly on Channel Seven’s Morning Show today, discussing internet censorship. I didn’t manage to record the introduction, as I was caught by surprise and there was a chainsaw buzzing outside… Read More ›

• The Unilever Files: Still Wishing That Girls Were More Like Pot Noodle

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-29 • ( 9 )

  Via The F-Word: this Pot Noodle advertisement is back. You’ll NEVER GUESS what company makes this. Unilever. Hard to believe, I know. They have no history of bigoted advertising at all, do they?

• My Top 5 Scary Movie Moments

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-29 • ( 36 )

  I was contemplating those burned-in movie moments. The ones from horror flicks I saw as a child or young adult, the ones which I just can’t shake. I couldn’t find video of all of them, but here are a few… Read More ›