Kids around Australia know the bilby because of a successful program begun over 10 years ago to encourage people to give chocolate bilbies to kids at Easter instead of chocolate bunnies
Year: 2010
Perfect, just perfect
A school and the community around them made a peaceful counter-protest to the Westboro Baptist Church’s demonstration against the school for actively promoting not just tolerance but loving acceptance of people who have attributes outside the narrow lines of what Fred Phelps deems acceptable.
Femmostroppo Reader – April 3, 2010
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. Breaking: Victorian women liked sex! – “As with a restrictive corset worn for far too long,… Read More ›
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Today’s Otterday is hosted by an April First Loch Ness Otter, courtesy of Beg Bits, a wildlife tour operator in Mull. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening… Read More ›
Dragon trailer doesn’t do it justice
How To Train Your Dragon is the best family entertainment film since Monsters Inc– pure feel-good escapism.
It’s Carnival time! Submit your posts now.
The Twenty-Third Edition (can you believe it?) of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is fast approaching! The deadline for submissions is the 2nd of April – tomorrow – so get your posts in now. This 23rd edition will be hosted… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – April 1, 2010
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. No True Scotsman – “t was not surprising that the group recently arrested and charged with… Read More ›
Thursday Cheezburger: Vampire Kittehs
Today’s theme is… Vampires! Post your own favourite vampire (or werewolf!) LOLcat here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear. Please post a link to a FULL webpage, rather than a direct link to an image only… Read More ›
Go on, ask me about the History of Metals
I just won’t answer for another hour or so, until we’ve got this Year 11 (!) Assessment Task (!) presentation (!) which I was first told “wasn’t quite ready” (!) about at approx 11:30pm last night handed in (Period 5).
Fire in the frost: Feisty Olympians defy the odds
As the opening quarter of 2010 draws to a close, we look back on what I believe is the one of the highlights of the year: the Winter Olympics in February. In this event, a whole different kind of athletic… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 