Hoyden About Town is looking forward to the finalist voting in the 2008 Weblog Awards. I’ve put together a few of my posts from the past, in the categories Feminism, Breasts, bodies and birth, Bad science, Big pharma, and Disability. They’re not chosen for any strict criteria – just the posts I found memorable, the ones linked a lot, the ones that attracted lots of comments.
gender & feminism
Faves: Feminism
Hoyden About Town is looking forward to the finalist voting in the 2008 Weblog Awards. Because it’s school holidays and tigtog and I are family-focussed right now, I’ve put together a few of my posts from the past, in the categories Feminism, Breasts, bodies and birth, Bad science, Big pharma, and Disability. They’re not chosen for any strict criteria – just the posts I found memorable, the ones
Feminist Carnival time! Put your submissions in.
The deadline for the Eighth Down Under Feminists’ Carnival is before New Year, so get your December submissions in now! It could be a post you’ve written or a post you’ve read, or lots of both of the above, so… Read More ›
Femmostroppo retrospective 2008
Nominations for the most memorable feminist posts of 2008 will open soon. See last year’s post for guidelines. This year the collection will be published by the end of January, deffo!
Linkfest: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Good Mothers in Medicine: “Getting In the Sterile Field”, by Tempeh. The topic verges on glurge, but it’s well-written and non-cliche enough to bite. Or maybe I’m just susceptible right now. Make up your own mind. As you can… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet
I’ve just read this book (which my kids “chose” for me as a prezzie), penned by the redoubtable Colleen McCullough. In it she examines the life of the Bennet sisters twenty years after the events of Pride and Prejudice, especially… Read More ›
Quiz oTD
Nestle are selling this product in Laos.
What do you think it is?
spoiler space
“Go and get yourself fixed up, Sheila.” Flibanserin and Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
Colbert’s “Cheating Death” segment usually contains some quality snark. This particular piece opens with a satire on hormones being pushed to women throughout the lifecycle.
Then, starting at 2:10:
Stephen Colbert: “Next up: Heart Health. Folks: Drugs called “statins” are effective in lowering cholesterol. That’s why I crush statins on my bacon chilli corndogs. But a study unveiled Sunday shows that when taken preventively, the statin drug Crestor dramatically reduces the risk of heart attack, even in people with normal cholesterol. This is a great breakthrough in the battle to find things to prescribe to people who don’t need them.
But, of course, some Hippocratic oafs don’t wanna prescribe it.
Okay, so the bling is annoying
but I can get past that. I really can’t see the need for pink and white rhinestone encrusted tape dispensers, computer mouses, calculators, staplers, USB ports, or keyboards. Nor can I see how having a pink mini toolkit, keyboard, gardening tool… Read More ›
The intense hatred of nurturing female bodies: Kelly Rutherford “still breastfeeding”
The New York Post has headlined this “UDDERLY ICKY“. “GOSSIP Girl” star Kelly Rutherford might not be uncomfortable talking about breast-feeding, but the rest of us are uncomfortable hearing about it. The 40-year-old pregnant mother told Us Weekly she still… Read More ›
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