There’s a long and involved thread on Feministe right now about the much-bandied-about phrase “I hate children!” The guest blogger, Roy, wonders why open hate speech against children is perfectly ok, when it’s not generally acceptable against other group of… Read More ›
Life
Depression and anxiety
Magic Bellybutton has written a terrific post about her experiences dealing with depression and anxiety. A lot of her experiences mirror mine, which is something I haven’t written about on the blog although I’ve thought a lot about doing so,… Read More ›
Three, four, five, look at him jive
The simplest ideas, eh? A chap, Juergen, got to wondering what his cat, Mr Lee, got up to all day. So he rigged up a collar-cam and sent him off. The result? Strangely enthralling shots of a day in the… Read More ›
Belated Friday Fluffy
This photo is here purely to provide a soothing contrast with the picture in the previous post.
Salon’s “Milk Money”: media scrutiny of the IBMP-Prolacta partnership
I had posted this as an update to this post, but I thought it deserved a post of its own. Salon has taken up the story of the murky (until last week) relationship between the Oprah-advertised International Breastmilk Project and… Read More ›
Sydney Storms
It’s been quite a wild day or so for Sydney and the Central Coast, with gale force winds and various breakdowns, minor and not so minor, in the city’s infrastructure, particularly road and rail transport. All it would take to… Read More ›
Back in town. Hi!
We are back from five days up in Jurien Bay. What did I miss? Heading North for the winter is definitely a Good Thing. We went with two friends and their daughters. The kids got along just fine, and had… Read More ›
Harradine’s poverty legacy continues
Sue Dunlevy writes an excellent column today on the legacy of Senator Brian Harradine, who held the balance of power in the Australian Senate for long enough to drag our foreign aid policy into a position whereby, Dunlevy argues, we… Read More ›
Engage obstreperal lobes
Lauredhel has updated her post from last month about the lack of transparency surrounding ProLacta’s International Breastmilk Project with the latest news. As thought, they couldn’t lie straight in bed. Feed the wo-orld”¦ one baby, anyhow. UPDATE (8 June 2007)… Read More ›
Ha!
Sometimes, YouTube is comedy gold: It’s Raining 300 Men Updated to Add: belated tip of the topper to evil fizz, over at Feministe. Read the whole post and thread to get most benefit of context for the clip above 🙂
Hoyden About Town 