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• “The great army of impure women”

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-25 • ( 7 )

  Another instalment in the Ladies’ Handbook series! The initial post is here. This instalment is part three of Chapter IV, “Sex Physiology and Hygiene”. (Part One, Part Two.) This passage is quite dense with meaning, but a few things I… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-25 • ( 3 )

  Runner-up. Post your favourite lols o’ the week here.

• Ad Standards Bureau agrees with Jim Beam that lesbianism is a “tragedy”.

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-24 • ( 32 )

  In Jim Beam demonstrates just how much men want to hate us, I showed and talked about four sexist Jim Beam bourbon advertisements. The Advertising Standards Bureau has now responded to complaints about three of these television advertisements, and their… Read More ›

• Quick hit: Quentin Bryce honours her radical ancestry (and past) [1]

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-24 • ( 12 )

  Australia’s new Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, today offered a glimpse into her past, demonstrating her respect for feminist history and radicalism. While she participates at least some mainstream beauty rituals in the present – which is, of course, perfectly fine –… Read More ›

• “Pro-life” Archbishop Hart’s murderous misogyny

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-23 • ( 55 )

  The Abortion Law Reform Bill 2008 can be read in its entirety at Austlii. The emergency provisions are not complicated or difficult to understand. They are as follows: Despite any conscientious objection to abortion, a registered medical practitioner is under… Read More ›

• 13 000 babies hospitalised from melamine in infant formula

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-22 • ( 13 )

  Reuters: “I thought it would be better for his growth to have milk powder,” Zhang said, cradling her gently cooing son outside the headquarters of China’s Sanlu Group, now at the centre of a scandal about toxic milk powder. “I’ll… Read More ›

• Late night links: stuff around the feminist blogs

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-22 • ( 7 )

  Set some time aside to read the “How Not to Get it On” bad-dates thread on Feministe. It’s simultaneously hilarious and horrifying. Ultra Violet is a group blog by young Indian feminists. It’s smart, passionate, and information-packed. Dilnavaz Bamboat showcases… Read More ›

• Quick Hit: Perth MRA group says men’s “disadvantage” = Aboriginal disadvantage

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-21 • ( 17 )

  The Lazy Aussie, of The Worst Of Perth has grabbed a screenshot from Perth MRA group the “Men’s Confraternity” today: If you’ve ever read the West letters page, you will often have seen someone called Mark Ward boo hooing about… Read More ›

• Spring Garden Saturday

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-20 • ( 19 )

  I wandered around the garden yesterday, marvelling at the progress we’ve made since we moved in to a neglected pit full of beach sand, couchgrass, weeds, and rubble only a few short months ago. Here are some of the highlights… Read More ›

• Otterday!, Open Thread, and New Hoydens Flickr Group

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-20 • ( 15 )

  Today’s otter statue is from Otterndorf on the German north coast. tigtog interrupts with this weeks innovation: we have created a Flickr group for Hoydenizens – Hoydens About!.The idea is that those of us who have Flickr accounts can submit… Read More ›