I’ve blogged on the “partnership” between the International Breastmilk Project and for-profit human-milk-mining pharmaceutical company Prolacta before. To catch up: Feed the wo-orld”¦ one baby, anyhow. Salon’s “Milk Money”: media scrutiny of the IBMP-Prolacta partnership Milking it in California and… Read More ›
Life
“Strange emotions set the young heart throbbing and mayhap seeking for a mate.”
More on Vitalogy later; for now, I thought I’d introduce you to the Ladies’ Handbook of Home Treatment, which I’ll feature more excerpts from as time goes on. (Note the new tag – “old books”). The Ladies’ Handbook was published… Read More ›
Sea-foam
This picture has generated some talkback radio discussion today: Image Source: Daily Telegraph (photo by Bill Counsell) The picture was taken at Yamba. The sea foam extends 50m across the beach and into the sea from the Surf Lifesavers club… Read More ›
Now there’s only love in the dark
“. . . and on the night of December 11th, the moon was long into the night as though all bloody, and after, it was darkened. Also, on the night of December 16th, the heavens were seen to be as… Read More ›
Race, class, disability, sex; sex, disability, race, class; class, sex, disability, race; getting off the roundabout and meeting in the middle, dizzy as all get-out, but trying to find which way is up
So. The big ones. Sex, race, disability, class. (Add your own: sexual orientation should be in there, heteronormativity and how that functions, trans issues, religion or lack thereof, lots more.) But I’m on my choice of Big Four today. And… Read More ›
Weekend Wibble: Fragments of IM
[following a conversation about soccer teams, in which it was established that Arsenal is the only team for which is it unacceptable to barrack] lauredhel: I watch other TV crap lauredhel: (though rather more deprecated TVcrap than sports, interestingly) tigtog:… Read More ›
Saturday Stuff.
What I’m reading: Canada’s Chronicle Herald reports that Jenny Dionne paid a cover charge at her regular bar the Dome, had one drink, then nipped out for a smoke. She was refused re-entry under the “No Fat Chicks” rule. Trendwatching.com… Read More ›
The colours of the rainbow…
Enough of bad news and snark for this week. Have a smile on me. Or rather, on Raymond Crowe and Louis Armstrong. http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/774922/great_shadow_puppetry.swf If the embedded video isn’t working for you – go straight to the video at Metacafe.
Wednesday morning soapblogging
I have a few pretties to share with you. Tie Dye Trance. This is my first five-colour swirl: purple, red, pink, orange, and blue. Making these was a whirl of arms and jugs and spoons, mixing and colouring and scenting… Read More ›
Duh du jour: A cautionary tale.
[scene: a very quiet room.] Me: [thinks] Gosh, that’s a lot of drive noise. And it’s constant, not fluctuating. Whatever could be hammering the hard drive? * checks Activity Monitor, nothing unusual Me: [thinks] Is it the new external drive?… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 