by Mindy, For Battler, and feminist. The ABC news website has details of a new survey up showing that there is still a lot of work to be done to educate boys about girls. A new report has found that… Read More ›
education
formal, eclectic, iconoclastic, autodidactic – all the ways we learn
Kidlit report: Never Tease a Weasel, and Danny the Champion of the World
Among the giant pile of books we currently have checked out of the library are these two, both of which are skating close to five stars for me. This is a terrific picture book. Never Tease a Weasel, by Jean… Read More ›
Third Debate Thoughts, and Video of McCain’s air-scarequotes “health of the mother”
My first impression thoughts of the third presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, mostly grabbed from my twitter feed: – McCain choked on addressing Obama as “Senator Obama” at the opening, unless there was a glitch in the… Read More ›
Angst in the papers
This morning’s editorial in The Age is muted with respect to the two laws passed regarding reproductive choice in Victoria last week, opining that the abortion decriminalisation legislation goes too far with its explicit negation of a conscience clause, and… Read More ›
Ladies’ Handbook: On quacks, hormones, abstinence, and the sexual double standard
Another instalment in the Ladies’ Handbook series! The initial post is here. This instalment is part three of Chapter IV, “Sex Physiology and Hygiene”. (Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.) But, again, in youth as in childhood; and, indeed,… Read More ›
Sunday Science links
Image Source: National Geographic: Best Science Images of 2008 Announced (Honorable Mention, Photography: “Squid Suckers: The Little Monsters That Feed the Beast” by Jessica Schiffman) Ig Nobels The Annals of Improbable Research has just had its annual big night out:… Read More ›
Feminist Blogger Project
Jessie is doing a PhD, and needs feminist bloggers to do a survey and maybe later an interview.
Obama sez
Courtesy of baroquestar:
McCain doesn’t want children to learn how to protect themselves
A couple of days ago I talked about John McCain’s vigorous opposition to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Now he has put out a lying attack ad against Barack Obama. The bill concerned included teaching… Read More ›
Procrastination aid: A punt on the Cam
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Mathematical Bridge, originally uploaded by bridgink. Radio National had a delicious program last week: This week… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 