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• Femmostroppo Reader – September 5, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-09-05

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

• Be Afraid, Be Very Very Afraid

  By Queen Emily on 2009-09-04 • ( 15 )

  Two and a half weeks ago, two trans men from Western Australia won the right to change the sex marker on their birth certificates without their having had hysterectomies. Though this may seem rather minor from the outside, the ruling… Read More ›

• Quickhit: Beauty, Virtue & Vice, and a Map of a Woman’s Heart

  By lauredhel on 2009-09-04 • ( 1 )

  Slave2tehtink pointed me to this online exhibition, Beauty, Virtue & Vice, looking at American 19th-century prints of women. The exhibition talks about notions of ideal beauty and ideal womanhood in white wealthy American society, and at some threats to these… Read More ›

• Independent midwife clients granted a brief reprieve – or are they?

  By lauredhel on 2009-09-04 • ( 12 )

  The West this afternoon tells us: “Homebirth mothers win reprieve”: Pregnant women wanting to give birth at home have won a reprieve after Federal Government and the States cut a deal today to allow midwives to continue practising without insurance…. Read More ›

• Fudging funding for the NT Indigenous housing program

  By Guest Poster on 2009-09-04 • ( 7 )

  Two years ago, a $672 million Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP) was announced for the Northern
  Territory. It was supposed to involve the building of 750 homes, 230 rebuilds and 2500 refurbishments by 2013. As yet, not one home has been built. Let’s see what’s going on, shall we?

• And now for your regular slug of GOP WTF: how they hell do they sleep at night?

  By tigtog on 2009-09-04 • ( 3 )

  Apparently, POTUS telling kids to work hard in school is part of Obama’s ‘socialist agenda’ – I shit you not.

• Friday Hoyden: Barbara Moore: Feminist, Lawyer, Writer & Grad Student of the U of Melbourne. 1953-2009

  By Guest Poster on 2009-09-04 • ( 6 )

  This obituary has been provided by Marion May Campbell, who supervised Barbara Moore’s thesis, The Art of Being a Tortoise: Life in the Slow Lane. The thesis was awarded is being edited for submission for a Master of Arts by… Read More ›

• The McCafferys want others to use their story about vaccination

  By tigtog on 2009-09-03 • ( 16 )

  In February this year, the McCafferys welcomed a daughter to their family. Shortly afterwards, she contracted whooping cough and died in agony. Whooping cough used to be very rare when nearly everybody followed the recommended vaccination schedule.

• Thursday Cheezburger: Seven Virtues #1: Prudence

  By lauredhel on 2009-09-03 • ( 9 )

  Welcome to the newest Cheezburger series: The Seven Virtues! The first virtue is Prudence. Runner-up:

• Quickhit: Kathryn Joyce on Shotgun Adoptions

  By tigtog on 2009-09-03 • ( 6 )

  You may remember Kathryn Joyce as the author of a powerful piece on the Quiverfull religious movement – in this article she looks at the collusion between Crisis Pregnancy Centres and adoption services, and how they coerce mothers into relinquishing… Read More ›

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