This is zooming around the traps, so you may have already seen it. If not, enjoy.
Culture
The milieu through which we swim
Saint Magnus would not approve: Churchie gay formal
[image cribbed from Pinknews] The Most Reverend Phillip Aspinall, Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane and president of the school council of “Churchie”, the all-boys Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane, is in the news. Churchie, where manly men are made under… Read More ›
Stolen Generations experiments: Australia’s Tuskegee?
[image source: Turing Foundation] News.com.au: Aboriginal children ‘injected with leprosy’ Allegations have arisen that Aboriginal children from the Stolen Generation may have been infected with leprosy or injected with experimental medication while institutionalised. The issue was raised during a Senate… Read More ›
What Shakesville said
We Write Letters
I’ll never look at Tony Hill in quite the same way again
Damn you, Gummo! Seriously, a great post on a skeptical approach to psychological profiling in homicide cases.
Saturday is Bug Day
Remember baroquestar’s beautiful bee? Now, a ladybird. Awwww. Anyone else got any great bug photos?
Friday Hoyden: Susan Butcher
This Friday Hoyden is a guest post from huckle. Huckle is a feminist who is slowly turning from resentfully compliant to cheerfully grumpy as she gets older. She is a single mum who works full time. She grows organic vegies,… Read More ›
Friday Furry and Linkfest
A moose gives some cats a winter surprise in Alaska: Image credit: photograph by LizMarie Links harvested from my feedreader this week:
Marry, Shag or Chuck off a Cliff: Regency drama edition
I’m stuck in a costume drama mood: largely as escapism from the rest of what I’m reading about, I expect. Who else is up for some escapism? Fitzwilliam Darcy, Horatio Hornblower, Richard Sharpe: what do you do? Elizabeth Bennet, Elinor… Read More ›
Brian McKinstry whines about women taking over medicine
This prat thinks there are too many women in medicine, recklessly dragging quality standards up. For some reason, the British Medical Journal decided to host a trite debate on the subject, “Are there too many female medical graduates?” The “Yes”… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 