An unofficial, more gut-wrenching songvid of Britney Spears’ “Piece of Me”. [via Cupidsbow.]
gender & feminism
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 ›
Newsflash: Toys Now Indistinguishable From Satire
Because I couldn’t make this up. Not if I tried. Struts Runway Magic. It’s a plastic equine! It’s an unfeasibly insubstantial fashion model! It comes in clearly delineated racial types! It’s – Struts Runway Magic! Now selling at a polymer-soaked… Read More ›
Dam that beaver
Y’know, I don’t find this offensive. It’s clever, not least in its rather pointed metacommentary on the way that advertisements for menstrual products have relied on euphemisms since forever.
Women in science
Two posts from PZ at Pharyngula. Firstly, a repost of a strip from the brilliant comic Non Sequiturwith a single short paragraph of commentary: You know, when you stop to think about it, this strip really isn’t that funny —… Read More ›
New Hollaback Flyer!
We have a new flyer for Hollaback Australia! Click on the screengrab to download in PDF format, and distribute far and wide. Blog buttons and printable business cards to come.
Today’s fabricated panic: “Delayed” birth interventions causing childhood obesity?
Srsly. The ABC News is quoting economist Andrew Leigh as saying that the “delayed” interventions around baby bonus time is causing fatter children. A Canberra economist says an increase in the baby bonus could lead to unhealthier children. Research by… Read More ›
Holy traditional family values, Batman!
This frame is from the 1959 Batman comic “The Marriage of Batman and Batwoman”: Via Eatliver.com. Description is in footnote 1. Lonely Gods expands on the rest of the story: Batwoman’s status as an inferior woman was most clearly stated… Read More ›
“Through heredity great things might be accomplished for the human race – as great things as have been achieved in the improvement of horses and cattle, fruits and flowers.”
Another instalment in the Ladies’ Handbook series! The original post is here. Today, chapter II, Making Marriage A Success. For Rebekkka. ~~~ Marriage is dual life; and life, we rightly say, is what we make it. How can this double… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: Zoe Goss
Who can forget that golden moment when Zoe Goss dismissed Brian Lara? Goss was part of the Bradman XI side playing in the Bradman Foundation charity match in 1994. She bowled two for 60 off ten overs, including the wicket… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 