2010 – Hoyden About Town

It’s Carnival Time! Submit your August feminist posts now.

By lauredhel on 2010-08-28 • ( 3 )

As Chally says at the Down Under Feminists Carnival site, it’s Carnival time!:

It’s almost the end of August…

Quicklink: Catch Princess Cabaret if you can #edfringe

By tigtog on 2010-08-28

I feel bad for not promoting this weeks ago for any Hoydenizens planning to see some Edinburgh Fringe Festival shows this year – there’s only three more shows of Princess Cabaret left to go.

Otterday! And Open Thread.

By lauredhel on 2010-08-28 • ( 21 )

Today’s Asian small-clawed otters are jumping for joy in anticipation of a meal. Via the L.A. Times. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything… Read More ›

Femmostroppo Reader – August 27, 2010

By tigtog on 2010-08-28

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.

This morning’s sunrise

By tigtog on 2010-08-27 • ( 2 )

It was even rosier and purtier when I first went out to bring in the bins, but by the time I’d grabbed the camera the clouds had gone this pale tangerine shade.

Quicklink: Antony Green on constitutional realities

By tigtog on 2010-08-27

…”with neither side having gained a majority in their own right, the murky world of government formation under our system of unwritten constitutional conventions has been exposed to the light”…

How to wrangle a new paradigm

By Guest Poster on 2010-08-27 • ( 5 )

I’m particularly intrigued by the growing hysteria echoing out of Murdoch’s media outlets. Dealing with independents who aren’t pavlovian in their response to the media’s narratives must come as something of a shock.

Steve Fielding wants a new election too

By tigtog on 2010-08-27 • ( 8 )

Of course he’s not acknowledging that potentially providing multiple Double-Dissolution triggers over the next 9 months is blatantly in his self-interest – he’s just lost his Senate seat in the last election – under the reduced quota in place in DD elections, he stands a good chance of winning it back.