“Interacting with the education system can be a frustrating and confusing experience for parents of a child with a disability or special needs, as they attempt to ensure that their child gets adequate support to reach their full potential”, said… Read More ›
Year: 2010
Quickhit: Conroy admires Google China’s censorship, plumps for censored Youtube Oz
The looming prospect of internet censorship in Australia just gets more and more disturbing. From APC Mag: Now Conroy wants Google to filter YouTube in Australia In the latest twist over his controversial Web filtering scheme, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy… Read More ›
Whoydensday: finally in Oz this Sunday Night
Yay! We get to see End of Time Part 1 on Sunday 14th, then End of Time Part 2 on Sunday 21st. Auntie seems to have taken forever to get them to us…
Unsolicited visual image of the day
Fran Kelly owes me a bucket of brain bleach.
Femmostroppo Reader – February 8, 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. Misogyny in Music: Art vs Science – “Generally what happens is this: I’m driving along, listening… Read More ›
Mixed messages
That’s still a solid lead for Labor and for Rudd as preferred PM.
All rain and slow internets makes tigtog something something…
Morbidly concerned with appropriate discipline for a teen who downloaded several gigs of Youtubes the other weekend for a start. I’m on 64kbps until next Monday unless I dive into my netbook’s mobile broadband allowance. How was your weekend?
Strokable
From the Things I Love files today: Beautifully covered cookbooks. Sure, the other cookbooks get pulled out plenty for their content. Mrs Beeton’s, the C.W.A. Cookbook, The Cook’s Companion, Complete Vegetarian, How To Eat, 101 Muffins, Trattoria Pasta, the Women’s… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – February 6, 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. Shaking hands with Death – “Terry Pratchett recently had the honour of giving the Richard Dimbleby… Read More ›
Carnival! We’re TWENTY-ONE!
The Bumper Coming-of-age Twenty-First Edition Down Under Feminists Carnival is up at The Radical Radish!. Check it out now. The range of posts tackles domesticity, race, trusting women, respect, politics, activism, body image, sexuality, media, movies, SF, fashion and rape… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 