incurable hippie\\\'s musings and rantsincurable hippie\\\'s musings and rantsAbout me? Mad, in debt, feminist, radical, angry, pacifist, warrior, radio 4 listener, geek, flower-power chick... About Hippie blog? Ramblings, photos, fury, giggles and musings about love, peace, friendship, madness, happiness, the state of the wor Articles
Designer Vaginas
2008-08-18 23:23:00 I'm watching a documentary called The Perfect Vagina, about the rising trend of women having cosmetic surgery on their vaginas.It is the fastest growing area of cosmetic surgery, and seems to be predominantly due to women's concerns about the size of their labia minora. In a medical research paper referenced in the programme, we learn that labia minora range in size from 20mm to 100mm, so naturally there is a lot of variation, but it seems that the vaginas we see, especially in porn, are 'perfect' and contained and neat, with small labia minoras, and this is making many women insecure. To the point of wanting surgery to reduce theirs.Girls of 14, 15 and 16 are enquiring about the surgery, and the numbers seeking it are unprecedented.The operation is called a labiaplasty and it is done under local anaesthetic, the woman being awake while her labia are sliced off. It can take three months for the vagina to recover after surgery.The presenter, Lisa Rogers was clearly moved and alar...
Wiki Birthday
2008-08-13 18:08:00 Look up your birthday on Wiki pedia. Pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday.May 14thEvents1796 - Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.1889 - The children's charity the NSPCC is launched in London.1925 - Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.2005 - Pope Benedict XVI observes his first beatification, elevating Blessed Marianne of Molokai on the road to canonization into sainthood.Births1666 - Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)1926 - Eric Morecambe, British comedian (d. 1984)1982 - BeardyMan, English beatboxerDeaths1847 - Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (b. 1805)1998 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)HolidaysFeast Day of St. Boniface of Tarsus More About: Birthday
Photography Blog Updates
2008-08-06 11:37:00 In no particular orderWeather Vane CompassBlue BandstandGirls Can Be Geeks, TooESPREMore of my work used elsewherePark BenchesChildren Playing: Stencil Art More About: Photography , Blog , Updates
Diagnosis Research
2008-08-05 20:01:00 At a hospital appointment last week, I received a diagnosis of sensorimotor axonal neuropathy. Possible causes they are looking at are medication-related, coeliac disease, and vasculitis. We know that I don't have diabetes or alcoholism, which are the most common causes.So, of course, I'm doing all the googling. Amongst others, I have learned these two things:1) With exception of the Roman Catholic Church, most mainline Christian churches offer their communicants gluten-free alternatives to the sacramental bread, usually in the form of a rice-based cracker or gluten-free bread. These include United Methodist, Christian Reformed, Episcopal, Lutheran, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and many others.Roman Catholic doctrine states that for a valid Eucharist the bread must be made from wheat. ... On August 22, 1994, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith apparently barred coeliacs from ordination, stating, "Given the centrality of the celebration of the Eucha... More About: Research , Diagnosis
I've been Stumbling.
2008-07-28 00:16:00 StumbleUpon...from Brad Barrett's Iraq Paper. It seems the tutor *really* wanted a specific answer!Made at flashface.ctapt.de. It kind of looks like me.Five minute chocolate cakeBubbles game. I used to have this on my phone, highly addictive. More About: Stumble , Stumbling
Wordle.net
2008-07-21 13:26:00 I've been having a lot of fun with this new toyFrom this blog in general.From this Stonewall postFrom this post about lapdancingFrom my photography blog
Last Night
2008-05-24 19:37:00 11.30pm - go to bed. Take night meds, include painkillers for toothache.12.30am - going insane with toothache. Smear orajel over teeth.1am - do three Buddhist pain management meditations.1.30am - smear orajel over teeth and gums.2am - getting insaner. Pain pain pain!2.30am - cry.3am - run a bath, get in the bath, hope the heat will soothe and relax. It doesn't.3.45am - google 'pain management'.4am - smear orajel over teeth and gums.4.15am - cry.4.30am - get the instruction manual out for the brand new microwave, learn how to use it. Heat up wheat bag.4.45am - slight relief from the heat of the wheat bag! Yey!5.30am til 6am - SLEEP!6am - wake up throbbing, agony, argh. Count down til 7am painkillers.7am - painkillers. While it's a relief to take them, realise that it'll be another 45 minutes til they have any effect, which they didn't last night.7.30am - cry. Smear orajel over teeth.8am til 11am - listen to radio, try not to cry, moan, groan or rock.11.30am til 1pm - SLEEP!1pm ... More About: Night
Things You Really Need to Look At.
2008-05-11 22:29:00 Carved crayons - w-o-o-o-w.Google in 20 years - genius, I need this for my house.I love tattoos, but... - some of these aren't so bad but some are so, so, so bad.Another Funny Tattoo for the html geeks among us.Sins - what happens with different combinations of the seven deadly sins.Hillary. Normally avoiding all mention of the endless US elections, had to share this one.15 hilarious church signs - Not sure I'd go with 'hilarious', but some raised a smile, especially the google reference.Vandals like tetris too15 Spectacular Lightning Images - what it says on the tin.Last Day on Earth - yowch, someone's in trouble...Talkin' Serious Cute - indeed. Serious cute.The Man She Forgot to GoogleAlong the Autobahn. Don't speed. Really don't speed. More About: Things
So, so wrong
2008-04-23 15:11:00 in so many different ways...Impossible Babe of the Day.Do we go with the political? Having a 'babe of the day' at all?The technical? That photoshopping is appalling - her back would break and her shadow actually has a stomach.Back to the political? What on earth are we telling women and girls about how they should look?Back to the technical? What the hell happened?Gah! More About: Wrong
Monday Mumbles
2008-04-07 21:07:00 The 100 Greatest Female Artists of Rock'n'Roll has been published.How is Celine Dion there and not Nina Simone? I mean really, how is Nina Simone *not* on there? It's obscene!Still on music, it's surprising just what can be created using only sounds from Windows XP and Windows 98.If you're running short of toilet paper, why not try the 100% recycled Shit Be Gone! That is seriously its name. I do like it when you know where you are with a product, and exactly what it will do!I'm sure I'm not the only one whose teenage years were characterised by Judy Blume and all her books and characters. Interesting to see, then, that two of her books have been updated to reflect more recent practise in sexual health. And one of them's Forever, which was the one we all thought was exceedingly rude. Ah, the innocence!New Photo Blog UpdatesThe Orton EffectPhoto to Drawing: RaspberriesSpell With FlickrMore Orton EffectFake Model PhotographySame Photo, Different Treatments More About: Monday
Duel / Dangerous Pathways.
2008-04-06 19:22:00 I don't know if you've ever seen the film Duel , but despite it having virtually no dialogue, not much of a plot, and a tiny budget, it is one of the scariest films you could ever see.This, my friends, is just the same. More About: Dangerous
Sic!
2008-04-05 13:03:00 From worldwidewordsSic!----------------------- ----------------------------------------- ---"Don't most people know this already?" was Tom Gould's comment on a front-page teaser headline advertising an article inside (what's the newspaper term for these?) that appeared in The Tennessean on 26 March: "Don't expect smart car dealer soon."What a difference a misplaced hyphen makes. Annie Clarke reports that the London freesheet Metro included a headline on 27 March: ANTI-YOUTH CRIME EVENT."The instructions on a carpet cleaner," e-mailed Pete Swindells, "caused me momentary confusion: 'Empty when full'."Department of athletic horticulture. Henry Drury was reading the Home & Living section of the Sunday Telegraph for 30th March and found this property advert: "Paradise Cottage, West Berkshire, a glorious Grade II listed four bedroom hotchpotch of a cottage. Gardens and a stream run through the property."Bankers struggle against their reputation for unfeeling arrogance but error mess...
Not really ok
2008-04-03 17:38:00 It's a year today since Helen died.Well, probably. The inquest couldn't give an exact date, they gave a week's time span, but from the evidence given I do think it was the 3rd.I miss her every day. Every day. But today feels even worse. I feel weighed down with sadness.
incurable hippie is 'a convergence of the worst aaspects (sic) of the relig
2008-04-01 19:54:00 I am, apparently, a tool of the religious right. And the brave 'Anonymous' tells *me* to get a grip!In other, less surprising, news: Homophobia rife in British society, landmark equality survey finds.· Bullying in schools worse than for older generations· Public bodies complacent, says gay rights charityBritain's 3.6 million lesbian, gay and bisexual people see themselves confronted by huge barriers of prejudice at every level of society, according to the first authoritative poll of their views.The poll, commissioned by the equality charity Stonewall, which said some public bodies were too "smug" about their record on discrimination, indicates that the schoolyard is the most entrenched bastion of prejudice.The YouGov poll of 1,658 gay adults found homophobic bullying in schools is more prevalent now than in previous decades. Around 30% of lesbian and gay people expect to encounter discrimination if they were to try to enrol a child at primary or secondary school, and 80% believe ... More About: Convergence
Sell-Out.
2008-03-26 23:16:00 It's that time of year again... the one where for an hour a week I turn into a raving capitalist.The Apprentice. I just can't help myself! I guess I'm fired. More About: Sell
'I was seen as an object, not a person'
2008-03-19 19:28:00 "I was seen as an object, not a person" | Lifeandstyle | Life and HealthLap-dancing clubs are advertised as exclusive, glamorous entertainment for 'gentlemen'. As a former dancer tells Rachel Bell, the reality for the women who work in them is both degrading and dangerousWednesday March 19, 2008The GuardianLap-dancing clubs'Just by being there you're acknowledging that you are something the men can pick and choose from.' Weeks after moving into a new flat, Elena [not her real name] learned that her temping contract was to be cut short - she had to find money to cover the rent as quickly as possible. She had recently met a woman who worked as a lap-dancer, which had reassured her that it "wasn't too dangerous. It made it seem normal." For the next six months, Elena worked for one of the many lap-dancing chains that assures customers that they are "gentlemen", paying for an "exclusive" experience. During that period, any sense that she had had of lap-dancing as just another job... More About: Object , Person
Saturday Dribblings
2008-03-15 17:53:00 Bad punctuation is everywhere, and I try not to be upset, but sometimes it is just unbearable!This:is a sign in Sheffield city centre. Caf'e. What happened?! I guess they were trying to convey the E acute accent on the E, but surely, if you really want to do that, and the signwriter doesn't have an E acute accent capability (?!) then you do CAFE'.But if you think that's bad, I came across this in the Bon Marche magazine yesterday. It is entirely bewildering.First to confirm, the product is not called TAKE. If it was, there could perhaps be some mitigating circumstances to the ad. But no.'TAKE', control of your pelvic muscles.Why? Why oh why oh why? Why is TAKE in capital letters? Why does it have quotation marks? And why is there a comma after it? Why?! Nothing in the world makes sense any more. Who wrote that ad? And who the hell approved it?! It's actually painful to my little mind.New Photography blog updates.Different Lomo Effect TutorialCreate a Rainbow in PhotoshopMore ... More About: Saturday
Say NO! to Hooters in Sheffield Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]
2008-03-01 20:35:00 Say NO! to Hooters in Sheffield Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]
Spring Clean of Hippie blog
2008-02-28 22:48:00 I have spent the last few hours spring cleaning. Not the house, though God knows it needs it. Nope, hippie blog.The blog links are all up to date, and the numerous which no longer exist or which have moved or which require password access are moved down to the now huge 'Quiet Just Now' section on the right.The bottom of the blog is also seriously trimmed. Out of date rings, links which lead to different places now than when I first added them, and unnecessaries were removed.The 'Sites I Like' section hasn't yet been done, but you have to start somewhere. More About: Blog , Spring , Clean
BBC NEWS | Magazine | 'Robbed' of the right to smoke
2008-02-28 17:01:00 Robbed of the right to smokeThe ban on smoking in enclosed public places has caused controversy, but what if you couldn't smoke in the place where you lived? It's what mental health patients are claiming.Life in a typical mental health unit is not exactly festooned with luxuries. Like all hospitals, they can seem cold, clinical and austere places to many patients.And life is about to get worse for many of those held in a unit. By 1 July 2008 they must all be smoke-free. Prisons, on the other hand, will remain exempt from the smoking ban.The move is likely to anger many patients, who are not allowed to leave the unit and are not being punished for any crime. Already three are taking legal action over their right to smoke. You have the choice to smoke in prison, but not in a mental hospital - but prisons are there for punishment, and hospitals are there for treatmentRob Beech, legal advocateTwo of the cases, brought by Terrence Grimwood and another patient, are arguing against the e... More About: News , Magazine , Smoke , Robbed
Straw sacrifices prostitution law to ban strikes by prison staff | Politics
2008-02-28 16:49:00 Straw sacrifices prostitution law to ban strikes by prison staffThe government last night dropped key parts of its criminal justice and immigration bill, including a crackdown on prostitution, to ensure that powers banning prison officers going on strike are rushed on to the statute book by May 8.The justice secretary, Jack Straw, is also sacrificing a proposal which would have barred the appeal court quashing convictions on a technicality in cases where there was "no reasonable doubt" about the defendant's guilt. It stirred strong opposition in the legal world where it was seen as incursion on the discretion of judges.The bill would have introduced a programme of "compulsory rehab" for those involved in prostitution and removed the pre-Victorian term of "common prostitute" from the statute book which ministers said was widely regarded as stigmatising and offensive.Women who were persistently found to be involved in loitering and soliciting were to attend compulsory drug and alcoho... More About: Politics , Prostitution , Prison , Staff
Photography Blog Updates
2008-02-23 23:04:00 World-Wide MomentJane Bown (Audio)Burma Follow-upHeeley City FarmMore from Heeley City FarmObsessed with the City Farm? Never!Wind TurbinesEnglish Tea-Can / China Painting Effect in PhotoshopPhoto to Drawing - PhotoshopFurther Photo to Drawing - SunflowersClassical Art Colour MatchThe Lomo Effect More About: Photography , Blog , Updates
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
2008-02-16 23:45:00 Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo is actually a complete and grammatically correct sentence.Bison from Buffalo, New York who are intimidated by other bison in their community also happen to intimidate other bison in their community is a quick-ish translation, but if you're still confused, read the wikipedia page.Love this stuff.See also James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher. More About: Buffalo
Lost in Translation
2008-02-04 22:48:00 Lost in Translation is a fun site, looking at the difficulties of translating between languages, especially when done automatically by a computer. And especially when used by a (cunning) linguist.You give it something in English, then it translates it to and from numerous languages then back into English, where the results are frequently comedic.I asked it to translate, "I get knocked down then I get up again you ain't never gonna keep me down".These are the results:Translated to Japanese:????????????????????????gonna ??????????Translated back to English:As for me being hit, then it causes me, you do not obtain me whom forthe second time gonna which is not it does not lock under anyconditionTranslated to Chinese:??????, ??????, ???????????????????????Translated back to English:Is hit as for me, does it then cause me, which you not to obtain mesecond time to go to is not it does not lock in any situationTranslated to French:Est frappé quant à moi, le fait me causent alors, au lequel... More About: Lost
Project Chanology.
2008-02-01 18:23:00 A group of 'Anonymous' people have commenced Project Chanology, launching an online attack on Scientology , naming it a dangerous cult and a brainwashing cult.My work here is done.
Justice for rape victims
More articles from this author:2008-01-30 14:25:00 Justice for rape victimsPlease add your signature to the open letter at the link above, addressed to Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary.Every 34 minutes a rape is reported to the police in the United Kingdom. Thousands more victims do not come forward.Yet women are being failed by the criminal justice system, and left with nowhere to turn for support. We need your help to make a difference.Please add your signature, and we will present the letter to her after the end of the campaign on 8th March, International Women's Day.If you have any problems signing online, please email your name and organisation (if appropriate) to petition@fawcettsociety.org.uk or call us on 020 7253 2598 and we will add your name to the letter.Petition:Dear Home SecretaryEvery 34 minutes a rape is reported to the police in the United Kingdom. Thousands more victims do not come forward.Yet despite the scale of the problem, the Government has failed to provide the support that women want and need. The few remai... More About: Justice , Rape , Victims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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