Radical Act, a documentary by Tex Clark, was filmed back in 1995 and is about the queer/feminist music scene in the USA at that time. The documentary is simple but endearing – Clark interviewed female musicians and music journalists about… Read More ›
Month: December 2010
In Support of Captain Bridget Clinch
Captain Bridget Clinch is a pretty awesome woman. It’s because of her that the Australian Defence Force changed its policy, which banned people undergoing or contemplating gender reassignment from serving. She risked the job she loves — the job she’s… Read More ›
Otterday! And Open Thread.
How many times do I have to tell you, people? Don’t fuck with otters. They are VICIOUS LITTLE WEASELS. Awesome vicious little weasels – this is not an insult – but vicious little weasels.
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.
I defy you not to adore this version of I Will Always Love You
The diva as the undead. Perfect.
Friday Hoyden: Katharine Hepburn
This is a repost: first published March 30, 2006 as Hepburn and Mephistopheles (before I’d got into the Friday Hoyden habit). I’ve taken this opportunity to correct my original misspelling of her given name, and I’m very happy that the website I snarked on then still exists for you to … enjoy.
SF gets a new world-building scenario
A microbe has been discovered in a remote Californian lake that can survive without phosphorus, capable of substituting arsenic into that slot in its biochemistry instead.
Ethics classes to be offered in SRE time in NSW
Ethics classes in special religious education time (SRE) are almost certainly going ahead in NSW, in 2011 at least. What do you think? If you have a child will you or would you have them attend the ethics option in SRE time? Will you or would you volunteer to be an instructor?
Femmostroppo Reader December 2, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed-reader. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.
Thursday Cheezburger: meta LOL
Today’s LOL theme is: meta LOL. Cheez about cheez! Self-referentiality: we can haz it!
Post your own favourite in-theme Cheez here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear.
Ask Auntie Hoyden: get your dog outlines here, and other search engine queries
People ask search engines the damnedest things: what can we do except help out as best we can?
Hoyden About Town 