I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: No discussion of reproductive justice is complete without attention to birthing and birthing care. A blithe, shallow, naive focus on “reproductive choice” is not enough. We don’t have free choice in… Read More ›
Science
Hurrah for librarians
If you are restricting access to information, they will notice during the course of their normal duties, and they will let the world know, and then you will look like censoring buffoons. In February, in line with various other information-stifling… Read More ›
Shameful confession: I haven’t kept up with xkcd lately
And so failed to alert the masses to a zombie Feynman sighting.
Estrangement, entitlement, evaluation: questions arising
I have four questions for you all. ~~~ Question 1 to the Hoydenverse: Have you ever broken up with someone (or been broken up with) via text message? (feel free to switch to an anon handle if you prefer.) ~~~… Read More ›
Nifty tip for commenters: a brief guide to the Text Formatting Toolbar Extension
Are you struggling with formatting your blog comments in the appropriate HTML? Want to quote clearly, add a link, emphasise a little? You might have noticed the link to the Firefox add-on “Text Formatting Toolbar Extension” just above the comments… Read More ›
Apollo 11: a stroll around the baseball field
NASA recently published an interesting map showing a map of the lunar excursions by Aldrin and Armstrong, superimposed over a standard baseball diamond. Image source: NASA (click link for high-res image) One of my invisible friends took one look and… Read More ›
Fetal presentations: an economist’s guide
Image Source: Dorland’s Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers. © 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. Because at least one doesn’t seem prepared to acknowledge that foetal presentation makes any difference to birthing outcomes. Lauredhel has been astonishingly civil… Read More ›
The WHO on Birth: the “Fortaleza Declaration” and “Safe Motherhood: Care in Normal Birth”
Because I seem to be on a bit of a theme right now (Easter and birth? Why not!), I thought some of you might like a look at the recommendations on birthing care from the World Health Organisation. The WHO,… Read More ›
Why are caesarean section rates increasing so rapidly?
[image source] I just placed this comment at Andrew Leigh’s blog, but I thought I would open up the floor here. Commenter conrad asked about the rapid increase in cesarean section and birth intervention rates in Australia: Just out of… Read More ›
British understatement wins the day
Only the bloke on the left was allowed into the cinema to see Expelled in Minneapolis. The other bloke got expelled. Obviously, the horns were just too much. Read all about it. Original image source: University of Minnesota (Morris). Modified… Read More ›
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