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• Femmostroppo Reader – April 23, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-04-23 • ( 1 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed The Hand Mirror: Because being abducted by a pervert is every woman's dream… April 22, 2009 – Quote: “”What I am suggesting to you is the way you used the word… Read More ›

• Quickhit: a test case for decriminalisation of abortion in QLD

  By tigtog on 2009-04-22 • ( 7 )

  Tegan Simone Leach, 19, is believed to be the first woman charged in Queensland in nearly 50 years for organising her own miscarriage and is facing up to 14 years in jail.

  Medical practitioners in Queensland who apply for a special license can legally prescribe the exact same drug that Ms Leach used to abort her pregnancy, but the old laws against abortion have not been reformed to take note of the reality that people can obtain the same drug for themselves.

• Femmostroppo Reader – April 22, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-04-22

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Drop It Like It’s Hot April 21, 2009 – Linkfest from Renee

• It’s not sex it’s rape: strategic remorse edition

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-21 • ( 25 )

  What would you call it when a step-father repeatedly rapes a girl, starting when she’s 13, and this goes on for three years before he’s caught? Rape? Sexual assault? Molestation? Pedophilia? Sexual abuse? Child abuse? Not according to Andrew Korner… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – April 21, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-04-21 • ( 2 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Fat is the new Folk Devil April 21, 2009 – the continuing saga of fatphobia worldwide An On the Ground Perspective on Afghanistan April 21, 2009 – A new blog to… Read More ›

• Emergency Department “Did Not Waits” – what’s the real story?

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-20 • ( 17 )

  This appeared in yesterday’s West: “Urgent ED cases walk out before treatment”

  More than three patients needing urgent attention leave the busy emergency departments of Perth’s major hospitals every day without being treated, new figures show. Documents obtained through Freedom of Information laws show that last year, 7215 patients across all levels of urgency attended the emergency departments at Royal Perth, Sir Charles Gairdner, Fremantle and Princess Margaret hospitals but left without being seen by a doctor.

  They included 48 category 2 or “emergency” patients, typically including suspected heart attacks, and 1184 category 3 or “urgent” cases, which can include head injuries and major bleeding or fractures. Twenty of these patients were children.

  This article looks at some important questions, but it fails to illuminate us on what the answers might be – and the information presented is a little misleading.

• Femmostroppo Reader – April 20, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-04-20

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Bush Torture Memos April 20, 2009 – sadly, the memos are being released as is rather than the first step in rigorous investigations and apportioning accountability ILLUSTRATING PERCENTAGES April 20, 2009… Read More ›

• Severely injured asylum seekers and the right to privacy

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-19 • ( 12 )

  As Aussies probably know, folks on a boat were rescued by the Navy up off Ashmore Reef this week, after their boat caught fire. The origin of the fire is a matter of some dispute. The Liberal (conservative) Premier of… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-18 • ( 20 )

  This orphaned Exmoor otter cub has a wee furry friend. [Via the Telegraph, more on the story here.] Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life?… Read More ›

• Political speech and PR cleanup: the AAP squirms at the DigitalNow conference

  By lauredhel on 2009-04-17 • ( 13 )

  You can download the full video of Amber McArthur’s keynote here, but I’ve picked out the part of interest to me, because it is right at the end.

  Why is it of interest? It’s a chap from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), in this video called only “John”, quietly panicking about the organisation’s latest public relations disaster: Jay Gordon’s April Fool press release stating that the AAP would no longer accept sponsorship from infant formula companies.

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