I bet this post is not what you think it’s going to be. What cheeses me off is Temporarily Able-Bodied (TAB) folk leaping to attribute accessible parking problems to “permit abuse”. (This can be broadened to other disability accommodations, also.)… Read More ›
Month: May 2009
Otterday! And Open Thread.
See staff at SeaWorld San Diego hand rearing an orphan sea otter pup – feeding, grooming, and having a swim. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in… Read More ›
CALL TO ACTIVISM – Many people with disabilities to be excluded from accessible parking under proposed scheme
Join our Facebook group – “Against the Proposed Narrowing of Accessible Parking Permit Eligibility“! ~~~ UPDATE 1 June 2009: Please see this new post about the current State and Territory eligibility criteria for accessible parking permits: “Harmonisation” of disabled parking… Read More ›
3 posts on butch/femme & disability – read ’em.
First, bfp at Flip Flopping Joy: “what is butch?” but then i see sites specifically for butches–and all i see are women who clearly are spending hours and hours and tons of money getting dressed up–with plucked eyebrows even! –and… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – May 29, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Blogger, Walk With Me: BOB and Internet Feminism – “Traister actually made a pretty important point in that piece: that… Read More ›
Infant Formula Product Placement in Chemistry Matric Exam
School and university exam writers often invent scenarios. They play with made-up names for people, they dream up companies, they have fun devising original scenarios and puns to spice up their questions. But what happens when they get bored doing… Read More ›
Thursday Cheezburger: I tawt I taw a cartoon reference edition
Post your own favourite Cartoon homage cheez o’ t’ week here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear.
Femmostroppo Reader – May 28, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Penny for Your Thoughtfulness – Melissa examines the extraordinary conservative panic over the concept of “empathy” in a judge. Why,… Read More ›
Quickhit: Minor Hoydening for the long weekend?
We have at least one Hoydenizen coming to Sydney for the June long weekend, and I plan to meet up with her for food, drink and chat sometime over the weekend. I’m sure plenty of other Sydneyside readers have other… Read More ›
Dutch ice yachting in Monnickendam
I was looking for something else entirely, and happened across this. The past winter was the first time in 12 years that the Gouwsea in the Netherlands has frozen enough to allow skating, and everyone who could got out there to play.
Hoyden About Town 