2012 – Page 34 – Hoyden About Town

That attachment parenting TIME cover

By tigtog on 2012-05-14 • ( 9 )

Annie Urban looks at how it’s so easy for the MSM to misuse the concepts underpinning attachment parenting to “throw some fuel on the mommy wars”, and how motherhood is not a competition.

a beam of light like the Bat Signal but the symbol shown is the RSS symbol

Quicklink: Is this feminist?

By tigtog on 2012-05-14 • ( 3 )

A new tumblr to answer this question about a range of activities.

Condescending/Creepy Wonka Meme Image with text overlay (see caption)

A little advice gleaned from Condescending Wonka

By tigtog on 2012-05-14 • ( 2 )

If, after saying something, one feels the urge/need to say: “I don’t mean that in a creepy* way“, THEN ONE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THAN TO SAY IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

a red/white/blue poster done in the style of the Barack Obama "Audacity of Hope" posters. The image is of Tony Abbott, and in block letters underneath, it says "NOPE"

Political Meme of the week: Abbott “explains” things – they just are

By tigtog on 2012-05-12 • ( 6 )

ABBOTT: ‘blah blah Gillard govt schoolkid bonus bad blah blah’
REPORTER: ‘How is this different from the Howard govt baby bonus?’
ABBOTT: ‘Well look, they just are.’

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? Reading a good book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Friday Hoyden: Sady Doyle

By tigtog on 2012-05-11 • ( 10 )

Sady Doyle from the fantastic Tiger Beatdown blog gave Hoyden About Town a shout-out in a piece she wrote for In These Times – Blogging Sisterhood: How feminist blogs saved my life. So here’s a shout-out back, to one of my favourite writers!