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• Pick up that damn breastmilk! “Army Wives” and Masculinity

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-28 • ( 4 )

  In the wake of my mildly controversial decision to like Little Mosque on the Prairie, I’m going to up the ante and say that I also don’t mind Army Wives, when I can screen out the heroic-soldiers-deploying-to-Iraq side of things…. Read More ›

• Birthwatch: Coached pushing robs babies of oxygen, Brazilian C sections, and joyful birth

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-28 • ( 26 )

  [from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. Transcript here.] A couple of articles have been sitting in my Journalwatch pile for a goodly while now, so here they are. “Effects of Pushing Techniques in Birth on Mother and Fetus: A… Read More ›

• Google Earth for iPhone

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-28 • ( 1 )

  I now have Google Earth on my iPhone. Bugger the flying car. This is better. *techswoon*

• Net censorship roundup: Fielding and Xenophon want filters to include legal material

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-27 • ( 40 )

  From today’s Sydney Morning Herald: Net filters may block porn and gambling sites Family First Senator Steve Fielding wants hardcore pornography and fetish material blocked under the Government’s plans to filter the internet, sparking renewed fears the censorship could be… Read More ›

• Get your submissions in by the end of the month for the Down Under Feminists Carnival!

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-27

  The call is out for Down Under Feminist Carnival submissions at Penguin Unearthed, who is hosting this month: I’m particularly keen to have posts with a workplace focus, so all workplace submisions gratefully received. But all feminists posts are welcome,… Read More ›

• Knickers off for Obama!: Fauxgressive douchebaggery at Fivethirtyeight

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-25 • ( 4 )

  Fivethirtyeight.com is a polling wonk’s delight. If you have a fraction of a passing interest in psephology, you can lose hours of your life there. I screenshottified this comment (image text below*) because I’m still having trouble believing my eyes:… Read More ›

• House-hunting: traps and peeves

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-25 • ( 26 )

  Via The Worst of Perth, this space-warped Shenton Park apartment, which reminds me of a certain scene from Jurassic Park. Crappy photographs are one of the biggest things that get on my wick. In this era of internet house-hunting, I… Read More ›

• Otterday, and Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-25 • ( 24 )

  Today’s outrageously cute baby otter was snapped by cb1979 at the Cotswold Wildlife Park. Do check out hir lemur photos, too. Lemurs are almost as awesome as otters, and it’s an odds-on bet that when I run out of otter… Read More ›

• Friday Hoyden: Rayyan Hamoudi from Little Mosque on the Prairie

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-24 • ( 24 )

  It’s hard not to have a soft spot for Canadian television. Little Mosque on the Prairie, now in its third season, is a half-hour Canadian sitcom created by Zarqa Nawaz. The Little Mosque of the title stands in a fictional… Read More ›

• Quick hit: Lying lies and the lying liars who tell them: “Abortion-for cash”

  By lauredhel on 2008-10-23 • ( 20 )

  I’m not trusting myself to come up with words here, so here’s a quick hit on what the forced-birthers in Australia are up to right now. Put sharp objects down before reading. Emphasis is mine. Discuss. “Loophole allows baby bonus… Read More ›