Have social attitudes to female criminals changed since Queen Victoria’s time?
arts & entertainment
music, stage, writing, comedy, cinema, telly, arts, sport, crafts, photography – all this and more!
Sunday Screening: The Slap – parenting, friendship, loyalty, secrets
Here There Be Spoilers
What I found particularly satisfying about the series was how the character-based narrative kept overturning my initial conceptions, each POV episode revealing new challenges, realisations, secrets and dreams as events unreel.
Quicklink: China and fashion spending
Chinese men spend more on fashion clothing than women. More than twice as much ($1.1 billion to $439 million).
Rotate Your Owl For Science!!
Ro-ro-rotate your owl!
Intermittent Emma: morale building messages
The Keep Calm trope has regularly upped my chuff levels, and I had a sudden bout of WWED, realising that Mrs Peel would definitely do her bit, so here you go:
It’s time.
It’s Time: new ad from Get Up.
Vale Anne McCaffrey
Her books were very important to me as a teen, and I loved the adventures that she allowed girls and women to have.
Stay classy, Kyle (rhymes with vile)
Mumbrella: Sandilands threatens to hunt down ‘piece of shit’ News Limited journalist for reporting negative viewer reaction to show
Ob Twilight: Breaking Dawn Thread
Love it? Hate it? Meh? It’s a bit hard to totally ignore this week, just sayin’. (obviously, Spoilers Alert)
Quick Hit: Allie Brosh’s “Adventures in Depression”
It’s been almost a month since Allie Brosh posted this at her blog Hyperbole and a Half, but I only just saw it: Adventures in Depression. I know I can definitely relate to this, and I have the feeling that… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 