A little while ago, I wondered what percentage of land surface has ocean or sea at its antipode. I’d fall smack into the Bermuda Triangle if I dug straight down. With a big tip o’ the Hat to Clive Feather,… Read More ›
Life
Speaking Truth
Three pieces of art for you. Cancer Sampler Twisty has an amazing piece of embroidery art up on her blog. For those who don’t know her, Twisty was last year recovering from a debilitating regime of breast cancer treatment when… Read More ›
“I think we should discuss…”
I’m dying here. What would happen if corporate meetings were internet comment threads: http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1771556 College Humour, via Neatorama.
Satan’s Bed
As promised to la doctorita in this thread: the dangers of Secret Vice, or Self-Pollution. Published in Chicago by the “Vitalogy Association” in 1926 is the comprehensive home health encyclopaedia, “Vitalogy”, by E. H. Ruddock. The encyclopedia covers everything under… Read More ›
Public health stupidity and Friday night grumpiness.
So the AMA has put out an alarming influenza warning tonight. ABC News reports: “AMA urges flu sufferers to seek medical attention”. On a Friday night. Just like five weeks ago, when the WA Health Department put out a public… Read More ›
A good cause flawed by misrepresentation
I really hate it when ventures I wholeheartedly support in principle get oversold on dodgy statistics. The only men’s health facility of its kind in western Sydney, it was formed by the Department of Health and Aging three years ago… Read More ›
“It’s just like a normal external bra!”Snoopy-nosed Redundant Skin Envelopes
From Israel21c via Women’s Health News comes this new surgical procedure designed to help women fork out piles of cash and a world of pain for patriarchally-approved body shape: Minimally Invasive Mastopexy. Because we all have a disease, you see,… Read More ›
She’s a floorwaxer and a dessert topping!
Unilever, Unilever, Unilever. The company that brought us the marketing triumphs of Slimfast formula for fatties, and Lynx/Axe perfumed men’s body products. Now Unilever had rebranded hair-product range Suave for the noughties, with their “Pretty Mommy Movement” (retch). The catchphrases?… Read More ›
Western Australian birth statistics.
Western Australian birthing statistics These are stats for 2005. In other words, there’s a good chance things are actually worse right now in terms of overuse of interventions. C section rate 33.9%. This is rising dramatically. In 1991, it was… Read More ›
Rorschach Vegblot Testing
Do I just have women and birthing on the brain right now? I’ve been flicking through the collection of unusually-shaped vegetables at the Mutato Collection. These ones stood out to me:
Hoyden About Town 