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Catholic school suspends student for shaving head

Posted in freedom of speech, you WHAT?, tagged , , , , , , , , on 10 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The title of this post says it all. See the SMH’s article for more detail. (By the way, SMH, I fixed that passive-voiced headline for you!)
Look, I’m not pissed off that the Catholic school has suspended the student for shaving her head as a fundraiser for cancer. I’m pissed off that the Catholic school has [...]

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How immoral to acknowledge to kids that yes, sex happens

Posted in children, education, tagged , , , , , , , , on 8 November 2009 | 12 Comments »

This post is inspired to some extent by Wildly Parenthetical’s post on sex ed – although I’ve thought for a very long time that sex ed should be a normal part of education generally (from a young age). I don’t know the best way to integrate it (but then, I’m not a teacher). However, I [...]

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18th Down Under Feminists’ Carnival!

Posted in Blogular, Down Under Feminists' Carnival, feminism, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 8 November 2009 | 23 Comments »

Welcome to the 18th Down Under Feminists’ Carnival! (And apologies for the delay.)
This Carnival has an optional caring theme, thanks to Australian Carers’ Week (which was October 18 to October 24). The theme for this year was “Anyone, Anytime, Across Australia”, which I modified to “Anyone, Anytime” for the purposes of the DUFC.
There wasn’t much [...]

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The privilege of choice

Posted in carers, disability rights, tagged , , , , , , on 3 November 2009 | 2 Comments »

I know it’s no longer Carers’ Week, nor is it still October, the month in relation to which I’m hosting the DUFC (you are still welcome to send me submissions by email, by the way, although anything sent via the blog carnival site will no longer come to me).
However, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be [...]

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Starting the day with horror and incredulity

Posted in health, human rights, you WHAT?, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 28 October 2009 | 9 Comments »

There is a homeless guy who sits outside my building every morning. He says g’day to the people he recognises. I always say good morning. I’ve noticed other people sometimes stop to chat at length. He begs. Lately, he’s been getting a bit more insistent on the begging front. I hope he’s doing ok.
This morning, [...]

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The tragedy in Rossiter’s right to die

Posted in disability rights, right to die, right to live, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 21 September 2009 | 1 Comment »

Christian Rossiter is dead. RIP.
I stayed out of the debate about Rossiter’s win in the Supreme Court at the time, partly because I didn’t have the time to get involved in the discussion in the depth it deserves, but also because it is quite a painful issue for me.
My grandmother chose to die by rejecting [...]

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“Why are maternal death rates remaining stubbornly high?”

Posted in right to safe birth, tagged , , , , , , , , on 9 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Carolyn Hardy, chief executive of UNICEF Australia, in the SMH today:
Some half a million women die in childbirth each year around the world. The deaths are almost entirely contained to poor nations. It is estimated up to 80 per cent of these death are preventable.
Why are we failing? Why are maternal death rates remaining stubbornly [...]

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Perceptions of medical risk

Posted in home birth debate, right to safe birth, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 7 September 2009 | 9 Comments »

Note: Thanks to Lauredhel for encouraging me to write this post; otherwise, it might have slipped through the cracks of “other priorities”.
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For various reasons – mostly because I seem to have a lot of friends who are doctors – I’ve had the opportunity to chat to a number of doctors, nurses and midwives about birth. [...]

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