Exit stage right
Well it looks as though Lauren is back for a while so I’m going to take a long walk into the sunset. Thanks to Lauren for letting me vent my spleen for a bit on her blog, I really enjoyed it and learned a bit too. Millstone and Spooky pass on their farewells. Did I [...]
...read moreChess, anyone?
You know you’re dumb when your cat reckons it can beat you with its eyes closed.
...read moreAMWU promotes menstrual leave
Flute here, not Lauren. The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has put a claim in for 12 days menstrual leave for those women who suffer from chronic problems during their menstrual cycle. “It’s a tough, hot dangerous job and we believe that this is a sensible claim that’s good for the company because it will improve [...]
...read moreOpinions sought from non-trolls
Flute here, not Lauren. I’ve just been speaking at length with my local MP about his position on abortion as it was reported that he is against government funding for it. He said that although he is personally against abortion, he is against any cuts or changes to the system and supports the right to [...]
...read moreThe fall and rise of community
Flute here, not Lauren. Humans are social animals. Yet today, through decades of targeted marketing, people place more value on consumer products than they do on each other. Gone are the days where social capital was the major currency of life, it has been replaced by the cold hard greenback. Now a persons capacity to [...]
...read moreMother’s time: diary study
I don’t usually do this (Flute here, not Lauren) blogging at the weekend lark, but an interesting study on how parents spend their time was highlighted in one of the weekend newspapers. Here is the newspaper story, and here is the full report. Interesting points include: Working mothers spend as much “active” time with their [...]
...read moreCuter than Pablo?
Seeing as its Friday afternoon in Australia and while I am here you will kneel in worship to my timezone, its catblogging time. You give us effluence like “Everybody Loves Raymond”, I give you early cats. Another example of how free trade agreements screw the small folk. I used to hate cats. My wife wanted [...]
...read moreThe moron’s guide to feminism
Hello, flute here, not Lauren. Forget the sexes for a moment. Imagine a society split down the middle for another reason. One half more opportunity than the other. One half has more control in the way “things are”. By doing this, the potential of half the population is unrealised and society as a whole is [...]
...read moreIn depth SOTU analysis
Flute here again, not Lauren. I read Bush’s annual turn at the comedy club, in case you missed it, it went like this. Ignore the shitty economy, you’ve never had it so good, spend money on tanks and bombs not health and education, love God, hate the queers and dykes, don’t screw a business in [...]
...read moreRelax, the battle is won
There is a perception in the Australian media (yes, its Flute here again, not Lauren) perperuated mainly by right wing women that there is no need for feminism anymore, if that is the case then why: * In 1966 there were 32% of women in full time work, in 1999 this had risen to a [...]
...read moreMore than just a woman’s issue
While I’m on this tirade about the abortion “debate” its important to remember that this issue concerns more than purely women’s rights. Let me make this abundantly clear. The cutting of government funding, or restriction in any way of abortions will not stop those with money from undergoing a procedure, that would be beyond the [...]
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