Last week it was otters telling a crocodile who’s boss; this week, it’s a coyote. The otters take a brief moment out from playing to smack the stalking coyote down; the coyote rapidly decides that it’s just not worth the… Read More ›
Life
2 a.m. What The Fuck
You know that stuff I danced around about bottle imagery undermining breastfeeding messages? There’s more to say there, but for now… Here’s todays 2 a.m. What The Fuck, from the Daily Mail: “Mothers win the right to breastfeed in all… Read More ›
Rape myths, rape myth acceptance, and community perceptions of victims of sexual violence
Elsewhere, grave doubt was expressed that attitudes of holding women responsible for sexual violence directed towards them was in fact a popular community view, to the extent that a position paper from an academic conference was mercilessly mocked for this sentence:
Women who are raped or who suffer domestic violence are somehow thought of in the popular imagination as a stereotype. According to this, the women are asking for it, dressed inappropriately, provoking it – responsible for it.
Alcohol and Breastfeeding: NHMRC buys into abstinence-only messaging
Last month, I started talking a little bit about alcohol, pregnancy, and abstinence-only messages, in a takedown of one particular study which failed to link alcohol and preterm birth, but said it did. “Bad science on booze in pregnancy: Women… Read More ›
So much for the plan to do some serious blogging today
My front door has, literally, just come off its hinges. So I can’t leave the house until it’s fixed.
Whoydensday: Dalek in a Pond!
If you haven’t heard the news yet — last week, a dalek head was found in a pond in Hampshire. According to telegraph.co.uk: Sales executive Marc Oakland was pushing a rake around the bed of the shallow pool when he… Read More ›
Medela Bites its Thumb at the WHO Code
I’d like you to watch this ad with a critical eye. [Transcript is appended.] http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=19472558&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0 [If you know all about the Code and Innocenti and APMAIF already, skip down to the next iteration of the ad below!] The WHO Code… Read More ›
Responses to Bettina
There were a number of great responses to the blather put out by Bettina on sex in marriage and women’s “fragile” libidos and I have gathered together a few of them here for those that may not have seen them. There are quite a few people out there who don’t agree with Bettina, and gosh they write well. Enjoy.
Gricers in the Mist
Taken yesterday at the Zig Zag heritage railway, near Lithgow, NSW. A gricer is a steam locomotive enthusiast, and my husband has been one since childhood. He got to ride on the footplate back up the mountain, so he won’t stop smiling about that for at least a week.
This shot was taken as they purged the boilers to get rid of waste sludge.
Hoyden About Town 