This week Alexandra was summarily removed from the Big Brother UK house after making indirect threats towards fellow housemates and their friends and families. I think this incident highlights a possible difference between Big Brother Australia and Big Brother UK…. Read More ›
Sociology
Two Unusual Tales
From the section of the paper actually called Unusual Tales. Court overturns father’s grounding of 12-year-old [link] “At her age, children test their limits and it’s up to their parents to set boundaries. “I started an appeal of the decision… Read More ›
The torture-murder of the toddler twins in Queensland
Helen on the Balcony says all that needs to be said.
Shorter Senator Guy Barnett:
You’ll have that baby and like it, missy. Image credit: bewareofthegod.com ABC Online quotes him as saying the following yesterday: * that he moved the motion (to cut Medicare funding for abortions past 21 weeks gestation) as a matter of… Read More ›
Visual language: evangelical outreach department
What make you of this tract’s cover image? It intrigued me enough to lay out 50c at the religious bookshop, anyway. Note how the subject is dressed in a very urban metrosexual style, with his earrings and his goatee. What… Read More ›
“Hip Parade” pelvis dolls
“Hip Parade” collectible women’s pelvises. Really. A whole series of sexified plastic dolls, severed at the waist and thighs. Buh? [via Sociological Images and Tomopop]
Playground accessibility for parents with disabilities
I’m lucky. I live in a place where there are playgrounds everywhere. There are two within a very short walk from our place, and probably half a dozen or more within five minutes’ drive, including a very large and pleasant… Read More ›
You feminists just want to tell women to do what you want, instead of letting them CHOOSE (and we all know girls just naturally prefer the girly stuff)
Crossposted from Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog – please comment there (link now fixed!) * * * Bumped from the Open Suggestion thread: the various issues surrounding how choices can be constrained by socialised expectations and myths regarding gender essentialism:… Read More ›
As so often occurs, I find out about something neat when it’s nearly over
NaComLeavMo: More Conversation Than You Can Shake a Stick at Arrgh, only a little over a week left! National Comment Leaving Month: an initiative of Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters, a blog I normally wouldn’t have found because of… Read More ›
Mailbag: Allergan-o-panic “Clinical Pearl”
[update 14 Jun: I’ve fixed the video now, I think.] So what should I find in the unsolicited mailbag this week? This little “Healthed Clinical Pearls” video CD: Apparently, “Healthed is one of Australia’s most popular and respected providers of… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 