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 ›
Culture
The milieu through which we swim
Otterday, and Open Thread
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 ›
Thursday Cheezburger
And a bonus election-week addition!
Quick hit: reaction to the NTER review board report
Good summary here of attitudes towards the intervention: AUSTRALIA: Indigenous People – Approach Still Paternalistic
Whoydensday: Best Lines?
The creator says: we are going to run down through 20 of what we believe are the best lines from all four seires of doctor who starting with series one… Enjoy Did they get all your favourites? Or should they… Read More ›
The Unilever Files: Still Wishing That Girls Were More Like Pot Noodle
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
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 ›
Pick up that damn breastmilk! “Army Wives” and Masculinity
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
[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 ›
Virtual Travelling: Barack O’ Lantern
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Barack O’ Lantern, originally uploaded by Aidenag. My largest pumpkin carving endeavor ever. I took the… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 