May 2010 – Page 4 – Hoyden About Town

Otterday! And Open Thread.

By lauredhel on 2010-05-15 • ( 17 )

This dear sweet whiskered otter comes via The Daily Otter. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest?… Read More ›

Kelly Vincent’s maiden speech: Dignity 4 Disability not a “single-issue party”

By lauredhel on 2010-05-14 • ( 8 )

Kelly Vincent has now taken her place in the South Australian parliament. The House scrambled to provide accessibility, with a newly constructed desk and ramps. The House itself now has a different geography due to the presence of one person…. Read More ›

Friday Hoyden: Annie Lennox

By tigtog on 2010-05-14 • ( 5 )

I can’t remember when I wasn’t a fan of Annie Lennox. That glorious voice and the amazing style of her costumes and performances, that sense of gracious absurdity, fierce compassion and joyous gravitas. She has always stood out.

Massaging circulation figures?

By tigtog on 2010-05-14 • ( 9 )

I was surprised to see a friend toting a Murdoch tabloid around in her car, and learned that it had come free with her earlier emergency drive-through caffeine+muffin hit from a McDonald’s. It seems that everybody gets one now when… Read More ›

Femmostroppo Reader – May 13, 2010

By tigtog on 2010-05-13 • ( 2 )

Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Roman Polanski can remain silent no more. Anybody got a gag? – “What makes me sick… Read More ›

Carer hits PWD on the head in public; World points and laughs

By lauredhel on 2010-05-13 • ( 16 )

No, it is not fucking ok for carers to hit people with disabilities on the head when they don’t do as they’re told. NOT. OK. Why does this need saying? At a football game at Saltergate, groups of Chesterfield fans… Read More ›

This morning I am preemptively addressing SAD

By tigtog on 2010-05-13 • ( 11 )

It’s one of those gorgeous brisk sunny winter mornings in Sydney, so I am working at the beach. My iPhone tells me that the temperature is 14 degrees Celsius, and it feels like it in the wind, but I am up in one of the picnic shelters facing the sun and out of the wind, so I might soon haveto take my fleecy off. Apologies for dodgy webcam shot.