The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Family Court has granted permission for a 17-year old ftm trans boy to have his breasts removed. Well, sort of: THE Family Court has allowed a 17-year-old girl to have her breasts removed… Read More ›
Politics
“Mens sana in corpora sano”
I’m reading “Enforcing Normalcy”, by Lennard J Davis. The second chapter, “Constructing Normalcy”, talks about the development of the concept of “normal” in European/American culture, mostly from the seventeenth century onwards. On page 37-38, he talks about early twentieth century… Read More ›
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Julie Zickefoose was thrilled to spot giant Amazon otters in the wild in Guyana. These otters only survive in numbers – and not large numbers, at around 5000 individuals – in Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname, in a fragile rainforest… Read More ›
It’s not sex love, it’s rape
Well, this is a twist on an old favourite. Sadly, not a new twist. **Trigger warning, non-graphic**. “Coach pleads guilty to sex with school girl” A 24-year old gymnastics coach who pleaded guilty to having sexual relations with a 12-year… Read More ›
Good news! WA Labor Opposition to introduce laws on breastfeeding discrimination
[Photo: Families in peaceful protest outside Colin Barnett’s office last week. Posted with permission.] Woo! In response to community pressure and protest, the Labor Party of Western Australia (currently in Opposition) plans to introduce a private member’s bill to finally… Read More ›
Quick Hit – Keira Knightly domestic violence ad banned from UK cinemas.
Because it’s too violent. What do they think domestic violence is? Link to article with embedded video here. I just watched it and it is quite graphic and disturbing. If you are a survivor of domestic violence then you may… Read More ›
Sam de Brito to Women– FEMINISM: UR DOIN IT RONG (but don’t worry, you just need a man to set you straight).
Seriously. So, apparently all the men of Australia deserve cookies, becuase they all inevitably become feminists (every last one of them!) when they have daughters (of course, it would be ridiculous to suggest that a man support women’s rights just… Read More ›
Psychiatrists see reasonable adaptations to CFS, label it “cause” and “maladaptation”
There’s a whole industry that involves measuring the survival techniques and truths of people with CFS, then pointing the finger at them for causing their own illness with their Scientifically! Proven! personality “deficits”. Here’s the latest product of that industry…. Read More ›
Remembering Anzac Day: stark lessons squandered and myths reinforced
I have little to add to these quoted comments below from Paul Norton’s Anzac Day post at LP, which focuses on the militaristic myth side of Anzac Day. As usual, there are some illiterates objecting to the use of the word “myth” as if the word means “untrue in its entirety”. The usage of “myth” when discussing recent history always, of course, nearly always refers to the meanings 2b and 2c below:
Families protest breastfeeding discrimination at Barnett’s office; is he about to flip?
Thirty to forty adults and their children and grandchildren today protested the lack of breastfeeding discrimination laws in Western Australia. The group, organised through Joyous Birth and Facebook, rallied outside Premier Colin Barnett’s office in Cottesloe. Many passers-by were supportive…. Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 