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Mary is a women in tech activist, a programmer, a writer, and a sometime computational linguist. She writes at puzzling.org. Her previous projects include co-founding the Ada Initiative and major contributions to the Geek Feminism blog. She's @me_gardiner on Twitter.

• Welcome to our new home! Open thread! With cake recipes!

  By Mary on 2015-03-09 • ( 19 )

  

  If you can see this post, migration is complete, comments are open, and it is time to resume usual Hoyden business! This is a bonus open thread for commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations! Also links to cake and treat recipies,… Read More ›

• Reminder: Hoyden meetup, Sydney, Sunday March 8

  By Mary on 2015-03-03 • ( 10 )

  

  Reminder: Hoyden meetup at the Guylian Belgian Chocolate Cafe, Opera Quays, East Circular Quay this Sunday (8th March) at 12:00 noon!

• Hoyden meetup: Sydney, Sunday March 8

  By Mary on 2015-01-27

  

  Hoyden meetup at the Guylian Belgian Chocolate Cafe, Opera Quays, East Circular Quay on Sunday 8th March 2015 at 12:00 noon!

• Sydney’s All About Women festival + Hoyden meetup

  By Mary on 2015-01-05 • ( 3 )

  

  The All About Women festival will be held at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday 8th March 2015, with speakers including Anita Sarkeesian and Rosie Batty. I suggest we also have a Hoyden meetup that day.

• The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies (SPOILERS)

  By Mary on 2014-12-28 • ( 4 )

  

  In which I claim to have enjoyed the film and then list many things I didn’t like. But seriously, it was fun.

  Warning: spoilers present in post and welcome in comments!

• Media Circus: News Hidden Under the Wrapping Paper Edition

  By Mary on 2014-12-23 • ( 5 )

  

  It’s a bit early for a new media circus thread, but it’s also the time of year for the release of unpleasant news that the newsmakers hope will be buried by the holidays.

  What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?

• Xmas open thread 2014

  By Mary on 2014-12-20 • ( 18 )

  Feel free to talk services, observances, decorations, rushing, shopping, gifts, surprises, feasting and family traditions heart-warming and otherwise. If anyone making other seasonal observances wants to join the thread, please do.

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By Mary on 2014-12-20 • ( 15 )

  

  Today’s otter is taking a dive at the Seattle Aquarium.

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. (Note: this Otterday post is a Christmas-free zone.)

• The 79th Down Under Feminists Carnival

  By Mary on 2014-12-11 • ( 2 )

  

  This is the 79th monthly Down Under Feminists Carnival. This edition of the carnival gathers together November 2014 posts of feminist interest by writers living in Australia and New Zealand.

• Doctor Who Season 8 chat thread

  By Mary on 2014-12-10 • ( 4 )

  

  While we were away, S8 wrapped up! What did you think?