There’s quite a lot of chat around the femiblogosphere about this ad for organ donation, spotted at Sociological Images. (See also The Curvature, Feministe, the F-Word.) The advertisement depicts a very young, thin white woman with long blonde hair, wearing… Read More ›
health
Quick hit: Second Shift for the Sick
Amandaw has a superb post up at Three Rivers Blog: Second Shift for the Sick. She describes the energy and time requirements for someone who is sick or has a disability, in terms of what it takes to keep an… Read More ›
Salma Hayek “still” breastfeeding – world can’t decide whether to jerk off or prosecute
This is a montage of images from hyperventilating stories about Salma Hayek “Still”! Breastfeeding! At! 13! Months! The world has burst into a babblefest of gossip about how bizarre this is. There has been an outpouring of shock and disdain,… Read More ›
“Are Republicans healthier than Democrats?”
What am I missing, here? Red State Blue State quotes from a study that found that people in poorer health tend to vote Democrat. This is a big ol’ “duh”, surely – people who don’t have temporarily-able-bodied privilege are more… Read More ›
Qld government revises baby packs plan; no more formula promotion
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 ›
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 ›
Plucked from the wire: blogs are dead, dancing boobies, detention debt, NSW health, and Oz net use
Blogging is dead, long live multimedia-sharing and Twitter Wired says blogs are dead. Blah blah linkbait, blah blah everyone’s on Twitter these days, blah blah. Read it if you can be bothered. Most amusing moment: the author complains that blogs… Read More ›
Quick Hit: From a national on-line newspaper.
Author: the mystery guest hoyden who didn’t tag her post! These headlines appear in the sidebar, one under the other. Parenting No, it’s not big bones Parents are in denial about their obese kids, with half claiming their fat offspring… Read More ›
Third Debate Thoughts, and Video of McCain’s air-scarequotes “health of the mother”
My first impression thoughts of the third presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, mostly grabbed from my twitter feed: – McCain choked on addressing Obama as “Senator Obama” at the opening, unless there was a glitch in the… Read More ›
Midwifery-led care, the AMA, and the Cochrane Collaboration: who do you believe?
The Australian Medical Association on midwifery-led care in maternity services, September 2008: “[…] midwifery services were expanded without any reference to the medical profession and without any clear evidence base around the impact on safety and clinical outcomes for patients…. Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 