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• Obesity Still Dramatically Decreases Risk of Severe H1N1 Flu?

  By lauredhel on 2009-11-16 • ( 6 )

  I wrote about this before, with very preliminary data, very small numbers – the June figures from the CDC on obesity as a risk factor for swine flu, which was showing that the prevalence of obesity in the ‘severe’ group… Read More ›

• Quickhit #2: that chocolate frog

  By tigtog on 2009-11-16 • ( 6 )

  The worst thing is the racial subtext to this whole thing. Indigenous children are vastly overrepresented in gaols.

• Quickhit: more mummy wars re breastfeeding

  By tigtog on 2009-11-16 • ( 22 )

  A very heartfelt yet also very antagonistic column from one mother who was unable to breastfeed her child, and who is hugely unimpressed by the National Breastfeeding Strategy announced last week.

• I’ve just realised exactly why this obstreperates me

  By tigtog on 2009-11-15 • ( 26 )

  It’s one of the many things that people mock about Charles, the Prince of Wales. Don’t get me wrong, like all royals there are loads of things that are eminently ridiculous about him and his pursuits. I find the whole concept of royalty offensively ridiculous. But what I don’t find ridiculous about him is the fact that he chose to marry Camilla Parker-Bowles, yet he is constantly mocked for it because she is unapologetically middle-aged, and thus not considered beautiful enough to be a royal wife.

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-11-14 • ( 27 )

  My favourite site this week features baby Asian Small-Clawed otters born in Osaka, Japan. More photos of the otters can be found at Zooborns. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there… Read More ›

• Keiko Fukuda: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful

  By lauredhel on 2009-11-13 • ( 8 )

  Olde-tyme Hoydenizens may remember that I wrote about Keiko Fukuda back in 2007, in the Friday Hoyden feature. Fukuda is probably the most knowledgeable and accomplished judoka alive, the last living student of Jigoro Kano, the founder of judo. Geekfeminism… Read More ›

• In the news: School chaplains & flogging, police van assault, and inaccessible firefighting

  By lauredhel on 2009-11-12 • ( 1 )

  What’s grinding my gears today: WA Today: Poor parenting alarms schools Education Minister Julia Gillard has acknowledged that poor parenting is placing a heavy burden on schools and has promised principals she will give them more support to tackle violence,… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger and Delurking Day: Maths Cats

  By lauredhel on 2009-11-12 • ( 13 )

  Today’s theme is: Mathematics! Runner up: Post your own favourite Theme Cheez o’ t’ week here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear. Please post a link to a FULL webpage, rather than a direct link to… Read More ›

• Same-Sex Marriage Rally in Sydney, November 28th

  By Beppie on 2009-11-12 • ( 8 )

  On November 28th, there will be rallies across Australia in support of same-sex marriage, and I’m organising a Hoyden contingent for the Sydney rally, which will take place at Town Hall, at 1pm. I’ve created a facebook event for Hoydenizens… Read More ›

• Kate Harding’s Salon piece on the Stupak-Pitts amendment

  By tigtog on 2009-11-11 • ( 2 )

  As we’ve come to expect, Kate strips away the fluff and goes straight to the bone of just why this particular example of Democrats throwing their voters under the bus may have been the final straw.

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