Pavlov’s Cat has an excellent post that lays out clearly and simply why attempting to shoehorn the complexity of educating children into some objective scale to grade teachers and pay them accordingly is ideology gone wild. More good posts about… Read More ›
Year: 2007
How to be a bitch
Chris Clarke has posted a fabulous thing: How To Not Be an Asshole – A Guide For Men A long way into the very long thread which ensued, a regular antifeminist commenter, Infidel Sage, wrote: We eagerly await the companion… Read More ›
“Activist” judges: rape world round-up
A roundup of rape in court this week, in the USA, UK and Australia. Cut for rape and child sexual abuse triggers. Carson City, Nevada, USA: the Nevada Appeal report on a plea-bargain in a child pornography case involving possession… Read More ›
Rain on the strawberries
This is why we are content to celebrate a global festival of renewal and new life in the southern autumn, instead of in the spring. My heart feels buoyant. And this is why: Fresh, lush, beautiful rain on the strawberry… Read More ›
Anti-feminist-Bingo! A master-class in sexual entitlement.
Edit 18 Dec 2009: I’ve seen this referred to in quite a few places round the ‘sphere as “Antifeminist Troll Bingo”. It’s not called that here, and was never called that here, because that isn’t my sole or primary intention…. Read More ›
A parenting wake-up call
It’s always been my philosophy to provide both my kids with a comprehensive sexual health and safety education to supplement the already good school program in NSW. My parents did that for me, and it made me confident about demanding… Read More ›
Geeky delights
via For Battle! (although someone posted a link to the same on a mailing list to which I belong a few weeks back, and I didn’t click through, theshametheshame) If you’ve ever played D&D, or know someone who has, read… Read More ›
In a nutshell
A portrait of the authoritarian/fundamentalist mindset: (Bush) believes the same thing Wednesday that he believed on Monday, no matter what happened Tuesday. — Colbert
Decline to publish unacceptable content
Kos thinks women (well, specifically Kathy Sierra) whine unjustifiably about being harassed online, which is not a big deal, apparently. Bitch PhD explains to him that he is being an arse, as do quite a few Kossacks. Kos and Bitch… Read More ›
That blogging “code of conduct”
While I applaud the sentiment of those advocating a formal bloggers’ code of conduct, I think their approach is ultimately doomed to failure.
Hoyden About Town 