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Year: 2009
Troll-Off! Vote now for your favourite troll.
Welcome to the Hoyden About Town Inaugural Troll-Off! Inspired by Feministe’s Next Top Troll, in the Hoyden Troll-Off you get to vote for the worst. You’ll need to “click to continue” to see all of the contestants, and the poll…. Read More ›
What the media isn’t asking about that private hospital birth study (or, Bayes’ Theorem for Dummies)
Have peer review committees just given up on actually including a statistician these days? or do the statisticians need to do more sociology classes?
“Newsflash: Man kills dozens; woman, naturally, to blame”
Once, just once, can we have a story about the suspect for a high-profile violent crime without the lede being “OMG JILTED LOVER”? “Victoria fires: Brendan Sokaluk, Gippsland arson accused, fails to appear in court” I guess the Court of… Read More ›
SUNDAY FEMINIST LINK-AROUND (now with crunchy Monday topping)
OK, a selection from the last week of memorable and topical posts. There’s quite a few links, so I’m putting them behind a cut so as not to clutter up the front page of the blog. Add your own links to posts you recommend in comments:
Guest post by Ruzawench: “Fat and breastfeeding? The amphetamine script’s in the mail.”
This guest post is from Ruzawench, a FOAF of Lauredhel’s. She is posting her experience as a comment on how unexpected weight gain is treated by the medical community, and as a warning to other women. ~~~ I had a… Read More ›
Otterday, and Open Thread (now Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse discussion)
An otter juggling pebbles. What more could you want on a Saturday morn? Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires, so long as it’s not the subject of an already active thread. (The… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: Jean Hirst
I was rather taken today by the story of Jean Hirst. This 72-year-old woman was giving three teenage girls a lift after asking them directions to a theatre. One of the girls thought she saw an easy mark, grabbed Hirst’s… Read More ›
Valentine’s Day is for the menz!
Apparently, ladies, we are expecting far too much on Valentine’s Day and are just selfish, selfish, selfish! We should be, according to this little spiel, be secretly arranging for him to have the day off on Friday (and three of… Read More ›
That Koala from the Fires – Video
Via A.E.Brain, video of the rescue of that koala who was stuck, dehydrated and with burnt paws, after the Victoria bushfires. More here at the Herald, showing Sam’s journey on the mend. She now has another koala to cuddle. You… Read More ›
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