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• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-25 • ( 12 )

  Clam doughnuts! This sea otter at Vancouver Aquarium is bashing a circular iceblock to get to the clams frozen inside. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in… Read More ›

• White Panic: Made In England

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-24 • ( 11 )

  Ah, the Daily Mail. You never fail to amuse, disgust, and generally cause a bad smell. The latest manufactured outrage is over the lyrics of a Sam Dunkley children’s song written for St George’s Day. This clunky, banal piece of… Read More ›

• Been way too long since the last astronomy nerd post

  By tigtog on 2009-04-24 • ( 1 )

  This one is just so elegantly composed. North America got a very pretty show this week from the Moon and Venus.

• Quickhit: Sex slavery just like football draft, says defence

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-24 • ( 6 )

  WA Today: Prostitutes likened to AFL draftees in trial A barrister acting for a man accused of bringing five Thai women to Melbourne as sex slaves has compared their plight to an AFL footballer being drafted to another club. […]… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – April 24, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-04-24 • ( 2 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed The science is missing from Ian Plimer's "Heaven and Earth" April 24, 2009 – Tim Lambert reviews Plimer’s book on global warming Is the DHS watching returning veterans? Only when they… Read More ›

• Jessica alba bear bottom and cauliflower gardening: Ask Auntie Hoyden

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-24 • ( 7 )

  I know you’re wondering why I haven’t done a referrer-logs search terms post lately. Here you go! Random searches bringing folks to Hoyden About Town: college rape statistics breast ptosis study redundant breast tissue thesis greenwashing toys i hated as… Read More ›

• Personal Anecdote: Why We Need Women’s Spaces

  By Beppie on 2009-04-24 • ( 38 )

  Once upon a time, when I was a wee undergraduate*, I did not like the fact that my university had a Women’s Room. You see, I considered myself a feminist, and the idea of a Women’s Room — a few… Read More ›

• Sydney Hoydenizens: who’s up for some group outings during the Comedy Festival?

  By tigtog on 2009-04-23 • ( 11 )

  The Sydney Comedy Festival starts soon and runs for 3 weeks (27th April – 17th May). I’m thinking that I’d like to have a weekly group outing to catch 2 shows in a night and have some food/drink/chat before/between/afterwards. My… Read More ›

• Families protest breastfeeding discrimination at Barnett’s office; is he about to flip?

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-23 • ( 21 )

  Thirty to forty adults and their children and grandchildren today protested the lack of breastfeeding discrimination laws in Western Australia. The group, organised through Joyous Birth and Facebook, rallied outside Premier Colin Barnett’s office in Cottesloe. Many passers-by were supportive…. Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger: Supernatural Kittehs

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-23 • ( 11 )

  Supernatural Cheez! Runner-up:

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