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• Autumn, blessed autumn

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-16 • ( 7 )

  This time of year makes my heart sing! It was 38* degrees yesterday (bleurgh), 30 degrees today (hmm), but it’s now cooling down with a plunge and a sigh. Not one day in the next week is going to be… Read More ›

• More confected fat-baby epidemic panic? The “increasing trend” that isn’t.

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-16 • ( 28 )

  This supposed ongoing upward trend in birthweight has been used as an excuse for absurd levels of inductions of labour and skyrocketing C sections, and a springboard for blaming lazy, old, fat, neglectful mothers for the “obesity epidemic”, childhood cancer,… Read More ›

• Every egg in the carton so far has been like this

  By tigtog on 2009-03-16 • ( 20 )

  Double yolks.

• Upgrading time again

  By tigtog on 2009-03-16 • ( 3 )

  Okay, I’m about to do a few upgrade things with the blog. I’ll aim to get them done quickly and easily without mucking too many things up, but who knows?

• Quickhit: Background Briefing on Australia’s Looming Internet Censorship

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-15

  For those interested in Minister Stephen Conroy’s plans to introduce mandatory internet censorship to Australia, check out Wendy Carlisle’s show on the Background Briefing. ABC Radio National: Conroy’s clean feed It’s well-researched, and it explains the issue from square one,… Read More ›

• Baby toupees: “i’m Not a Boy!”

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-15 • ( 31 )

  Dissatisfied with lacy elastic garters as a salve for gender-neutral panic in the carers of baby girls, the market has come up with this hideously hirsute scalpgirdle: The splash page reads: Baby Bangs – for the girl who has everything…. Read More ›

• It’s still the 14th somewhere, right?

  By tigtog on 2009-03-15 • ( 3 )

  I meant to post this yesterday. I did at least discuss it with my beloved. Did any reader do/make anything special to mark Pi Day? The video below has no direct relation to Pi Day, but the poem was written… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-14 • ( 26 )

  Last week it was otters telling a crocodile who’s boss; this week, it’s a coyote. The otters take a brief moment out from playing to smack the stalking coyote down; the coyote rapidly decides that it’s just not worth the… Read More ›

• 2 a.m. What The Fuck

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-14 • ( 11 )

  You know that stuff I danced around about bottle imagery undermining breastfeeding messages? There’s more to say there, but for now… Here’s todays 2 a.m. What The Fuck, from the Daily Mail: “Mothers win the right to breastfeed in all… Read More ›

• Call to Action on Violence against Women: Guest Hoyden Su

  By Guest Poster on 2009-03-13 • ( 11 )

  Su is a regular commenter with a background in physiology and zoology. Just a quick reminder to Antipodean hoydenizens (Australian Division) to get behind Amnesty International’s campaign to urge the Federal Government to properly fund a National Plan of Action… Read More ›

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