It is a violation of Australian privacy law to collect private medical information, which is specifically designated “sensitive information”, without a damn good reason. Is anyone making a noise about this?
Politics
At Home With Julia: meh
It’s hard enough to write a sitcom when you don’t have to worry about the potential for defamation issues and being overtaken by news developments between filming and airing. I have no idea why somebody thought that it was a great idea to shackle their sitcom with such stultifying constraints.
Today in Awesome Squared: Fat Ladies in Spaaaaace
As Dee asks on void-star.net – Best Colouring book ever?
40th Down Under Feminists Carnival!
QoT at Ideologically Impure has curated a fine collection of writing from Down Under bloggers over the month of August-
Where are the women political bloggers? redux
None of the various proposals to ameliorate these well-documented patterns of hostility and condescension online address the basic disconnect that is rooted in persistent gender stereotypes: that what many women see as being fundamentally political issues are simply not acknowledged as part of “politics” by the mainstream – they’re supposedly just personal problems.
Dividing the pie: perception vs reality
We think the rich are too rich. But they’re even richer..
Feminists are not your enemy
As an economist and a feminist I can’t tell you irritating I find articles like this one from Lucy Kippist in The Punch, “Screw equal pay; what do women really want?” Academics and feminists who continue to prioritise the closing… Read More ›
Quicklink: you just need to ask nicely for disability accommodations
Guess how many competent and positive responses sie received to “just asking nicely”. Go on.
Obstetrician/MP fighting for home birth rights
I didn’t have a home birth, one of my children was born in a birth centre and the other one in a mainstream hospital but I absolutely support the right for other women to choose home birth if they so… Read More ›
Not a happy camper
The prospect of the current Gillard-led coalition government falling because of some petty fraud surrounding “adult entertainment” for an MP appals me so much that I’m just burying myself in work.
Hoyden About Town 