The persistent belief that childhood is a rosy, happy time where nothing bad ever happens is directly damaging to children who are, in fact, not having a rosy and happy time.
Culture
The milieu through which we swim
Catholic Church says “Thalidomide-analogue cancer trial? No contraceptive advice for you!”
Cancer doctors are on a collision course with a Catholic health organisation over new religion-based rules which prohibit them recommending contraception to patients taking a drug derived from thalidomide, which can cause severe birth defects.
What happens when the unscrupulous tell lies about scientists?
Scientists get death threats, that what happens.
Why is it always
… contrarians who can’t be arsed to set up their own free blog who whinge about being “silenced” when they’re not allowed to dominate comment threads on other people’s blogs?
Robbie Williams, Professor of Manology at Science University
In which Robbie Williams reminds us that it’s not feminists who think that all men are garbage:
Today in kiltblogging
How on earth has Kilt Roulette been on the internet for nearly 18 months and I haven’t seen it until today? I am most severely displeased, minions!
So what else happened in Parliament yesterday?
The media’s way too excited about the ‘meow’ incident to tell us, so Grog’s Gamut gave a summary of the day’s proceedings. Barnaby Joyce put in his regular carrying on like a pork chop time in the Senate Estimates Committee. And did you notice that despite the drop in GDP, the Terms of Trade figures are looking really good?
Today in sexism
Finance Minister Senator Penny Wong gets called ‘catty’ in Parliament by Coalition member, Senator David Bushby and addresses it head on. See the video here.
Farewell to the Space Shuttle
Just watched Endeavour‘s last landing at the Kennedy Space Center. For a little while, you can still see it sitting on the runway going through its final postflight checks, via this livestream.
Bingo Card: My Need For Female Attention Outweighs Your Lack of Interest or Sense of Safety
Reading an old thread about self-proclaimed “nice guys” who refuse to take no for an answer, I realised that we had thrown around the idea of a bingo card in comments.
Hoyden About Town 