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Quick Hit: Willetts: Bridget Jones + working women = TEOTWAWKI
David Willetts, Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, at a UK Conservative Party conference:
“Bridget Jones is a real phenomenon, driven partly by the way the pattern of university education is changing.
For the first time, in a historic experiment in our society, we have more women than men emerging from university. The majority [...]
Mine’s a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, thanks
…in a very tall glass, because I’m not entirely convinced that these are the hoopy froods (who know where their towels are) that we are looking for.
Virtual Travelling: Florida
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girl power, originally uploaded by KarensJilly.
a fanciful day ~
it was a perfect day for jump roping in the clouds.
Uploaded by KarensJilly
KarensJilly takes gorgeous photos, mostly of her daughter (an obvious hoyden in training!). The [...]
Does it really take a divisive stereotype to catch a divisive stereotype?
Author: blue milk – kinda radical feminist who kinda identifies with the “suburban mum” tag these days.
Not so long ago Monica Dux, in promoting the publication of jointly-authored book The Great Feminist Denial, attempted to initiate a conversation about re-branding feminism (in this opinion piece). You might recall that this didn’t end well [...]
TARP watch: bailout FAILOUT
Vote count:
Democrats: 141 Yea, 94 Nay
Republican: 66 Yea, 132 Nay
The Times – Analysis: bailout vote calls Hank Paulson’s bluff
Negotiators had worked all weekend to accommodate some of the doubts of conservative Republicans who objected to such a massive outlay of taxpayer funds on the financial sector. But in the end the largely superficial changes [...]
Lazyblogging Replay: “Yes We Can” vs “Ten Thousand Years”
We’re getting a lot of googlers popping by after searching variations on
mccain obama compare and contrast
I just rewatched the two videos on the original “Obama and McCain: Compare and Contrast” post, and they’re as relevant now as they were then, so I thought I’d go for a replay.
Enjoy.
Descriptions and lyrics:
Latest Palin rumour: a wedding for Bristol just before the election
Off the record, it appears that some McCain team members think a wedding for Bristol would provide the perfect distraction from Obama’s talking points in the crucial last week.
Inside John McCain’s campaign the expectation is growing that there will be a popularity boosting pre-election wedding in Alaska between Bristol Palin, 17, and Levi [...]
Book Giveaway: The Great Feminist Denial
I can’t deny, the timing on this has been a little awkward. We had a monster thread nearly two weeks ago about an op-ed written by one of the co-authors of this book, Monica Dux, where the general sense was aggrieved at some phrasing she used on the way to making a broad argument.
However, [...]
TARP Watch Week 2: oversight, immediacy and golden parachutes
The Times: US banking crisis: midnight delivers the $700bn deal: half now, half later
After compromises from the White House, Democrats and Republicans, the deal will effectively give Mr Paulson $350 billion immediately to start buying toxic mortgage-related assets, while the second $350 billion will have to be approved by Congress. It includes limits on pay [...]
On removing hijab
From Crypto-Muslim (aka Muslim Hedonist): How I again became (fully) white
I was once again fully white. I blended into white, middle class society at work, at the mall, in the street. No one stared. No one asked me “where I am from” any more (or, upon hearing that I am from Canada, wanted to know [...]
For those who need to vent at Russell T Davies
following the Doctor Who Season 4 finale that has just finished airing on Australian telly – here’s a thread I prepared earlier!
NB: there will be spoilers there will be spoilers there will be spoilers there will be spoilers
Goward on Palin: “She has led a conventional life, a conservative life, and liked it.”
Pru Goward, NSW Opposition spokesperson for women, has a really, really low opinion of those who share her gender.
What I learned from her column today: “Palin true to herself and values”:
* The most important things for women to know about Sarah Palin are the facts that she wears lipstick and nail polish, and tells jokes. [...]
Paul Newman Appreciation Thread: 1925-2008
Image Source: Simon & Shuster
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward with a small dog, 1958
Paul Newman (born 1925) and Joanne Woodward (born 1930) were photographed here, soon after their marriage in 1958, with an unidentified little dog, obviously a treasured pet. Woodward, an intelligent and gifted actress, had a love of horses and dogs, and the [...]
Election Watch: Debate edition
So, the McCain/Obama (alphabetical order) debate starts in a little over an hour. Despite the desperate stage-managing of these events, they still do occasionally surprise. Any Hoydenizen who is live-blogging the debates should leave a link in comments so others can check you out.
In other news, one of the National Review columnists has [...]
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