Image Source: Dorland’s Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers. © 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. Because at least one doesn’t seem prepared to acknowledge that foetal presentation makes any difference to birthing outcomes. Lauredhel has been astonishingly civil… Read More ›
moral panics
‘I’m Mrs. “Extra! Extra! This just in”‘
An unofficial, more gut-wrenching songvid of Britney Spears’ “Piece of Me”. [via Cupidsbow.]
How to intimidate a personal trainer
Laugh in their face when they suggest that your target weight loss in middle age should take you to 5kg below the weight you were as a superfit teenager (competitition squash, cross-country running, speed-skating, bushwalking, bodysurfing, school softball and soccer… Read More ›
Today’s fabricated panic: “Delayed” birth interventions causing childhood obesity?
Srsly. The ABC News is quoting economist Andrew Leigh as saying that the “delayed” interventions around baby bonus time is causing fatter children. A Canberra economist says an increase in the baby bonus could lead to unhealthier children. Research by… Read More ›
Holy traditional family values, Batman!
This frame is from the 1959 Batman comic “The Marriage of Batman and Batwoman”: Via Eatliver.com. Description is in footnote 1. Lonely Gods expands on the rest of the story: Batwoman’s status as an inferior woman was most clearly stated… Read More ›
Ms Fits asks:
Christ. Is there anyone currently involved in federal politics who hasn’t taken drugs? and creates the LOLPols to suit. Sweet (and maybe a little scary).
Seed Vault under the Arctic frost
A “Doomsday vault” even: The project is intended to provide a failsafe against disaster so that if a seed collection is destroyed in its natural habitat there is an alternative source of supply. Cary Fowler, executive director of the Global… Read More ›
Another for the “beware delegating authority to thugs who like uniforms” file
A baby from Samoa who had been approved entry to the USA for heart surgery in Honolulu dies after being detained in the airport without an oxygen mask due to questions over his mother’s visa (the accompanying nurse and the… Read More ›
Health in Pictures: the Daily Mail
Via jadine in the Shapely Prose comments, who posted this screenshot, the Daily Mail’s take on “health”. I think there’s something in this for all of us. “A picture of poor health”, Sean Lennon, who they dub “rotund” and “The… Read More ›
Margaret Mead and long bows: is the sexual revolution all her fault or not?
There’s an excellent post by Mercurius at Larvatus Prodeo regarding the drawing of long bows from scanty (nay, unrelated) data. It’s based on a notably incoherent op-ed column which asserts many things, but particularly makes the now common charge that… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 