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Casual academic, part time office assistant, full time food lover living in suburban Sydney.

• Personal Anecdote: Why We Need Women’s Spaces

  By Beppie on 2009-04-24 • ( 38 )

  Once upon a time, when I was a wee undergraduate*, I did not like the fact that my university had a Women’s Room. You see, I considered myself a feminist, and the idea of a Women’s Room — a few… Read More ›

• Whoydensday Quickhit (Thursday Edition): Planet of the Dead Trailer!

  By Beppie on 2009-04-02 • ( 7 )

  I must apologise for slacking off on the Whoydensday posts recently — I have been much consumed with trying to find a new place to live, a dodgy home internet connection, and trying to get some small amount of uni… Read More ›

• Last Minute Reminder for Sydney Hoydenizens: Autumn Drinkies this Sunday!

  By Beppie on 2009-03-28

  Don’t forget lunch and drinks this Sunday (March 29th) for Sydney Hoydenizens — we’ll be at The Warren View Hotel (2 Stanmore Rd, Enmore — the link contains a Whereis map) from 12noon onwards, in the beer garden. I’ll have… Read More ›

• Does Edward Cullen Taste of Cherry Chapstick?

  By Beppie on 2009-03-18 • ( 25 )

  At my local shopping centre yesterday, I noticed a shop selling faux-Twilight merchandise — T-shirts with slogans that clearly reference the Twilight books/film, but are just generic enough to avoid a lawsuit (my apologies for the crappy cameraphone images): For… Read More ›

• Whoydensday: Dalek in a Pond!

  By Beppie on 2009-03-11 • ( 14 )

  If you haven’t heard the news yet — last week, a dalek head was found in a pond in Hampshire. According to telegraph.co.uk: Sales executive Marc Oakland was pushing a rake around the bed of the shallow pool when he… Read More ›

• Whoydensday: Fix-it fic (with bonus women-kicking-arse picspam)

  By Beppie on 2009-03-04 • ( 11 )

  Fanfiction has a pretty interesting relationship with Doctor Who — after all, ever since the 80s, most of the people writing for the show grew up as fans, and that’s even more true today — indeed, both Russell T. Davies… Read More ›

• Autumn Hoyden Drinkies

  By Beppie on 2009-03-03 • ( 46 )

  So, Sydney Hoydenizens — how do you like the idea of meeting up for lunch and an afternoon of drinkies on Sunday, March 29th? Just putting out some feelers at this stage, to see how well that date works for… Read More ›

• Quick Hit: She’s a WOMAN

  By Beppie on 2009-02-19 • ( 3 )

  [Everything is under the fold; trigger warnings apply]

• Whoydensday: Fanvids!

  By Beppie on 2009-02-18 • ( 13 )

  O, video editing software, how I love thee so! Actually, I have very little skill with video editing software, nor do I have the time to acquire such skills, but fortunately, there are plenty of people with an abundance of… Read More ›

• Whoydensday: Torchwood S3 Trailer

  By Beppie on 2009-02-11 • ( 17 )

  We still don’t know when it will air (although there are lots of whispers pointing to June), but the BBC last week released a 60 second trailer for Series 3 of Torchwood, which will consist of five hour-long episodes aired… Read More ›