One of my favourite bits of cracking open a new book is being swept up in the story and carried along on an enjoyable ride to the end. Sometimes there are hiccups and it can be hard to get into,… Read More ›
Culture
The milieu through which we swim
BFTP: We knew it was bad for you, see!?!
Part of this month’s Blast from the Past reposting program: originally published January 4, 2006. This post notes the ongoing pattern of research around abortion being distorted and misrepresented.
Review: Radical Act
Radical Act, a documentary by Tex Clark, was filmed back in 1995 and is about the queer/feminist music scene in the USA at that time. The documentary is simple but endearing – Clark interviewed female musicians and music journalists about… Read More ›
I defy you not to adore this version of I Will Always Love You
The diva as the undead. Perfect.
Friday Hoyden: Katharine Hepburn
This is a repost: first published March 30, 2006 as Hepburn and Mephistopheles (before I’d got into the Friday Hoyden habit). I’ve taken this opportunity to correct my original misspelling of her given name, and I’m very happy that the website I snarked on then still exists for you to … enjoy.
SF gets a new world-building scenario
A microbe has been discovered in a remote Californian lake that can survive without phosphorus, capable of substituting arsenic into that slot in its biochemistry instead.
Ethics classes to be offered in SRE time in NSW
Ethics classes in special religious education time (SRE) are almost certainly going ahead in NSW, in 2011 at least. What do you think? If you have a child will you or would you have them attend the ethics option in SRE time? Will you or would you volunteer to be an instructor?
Ask Auntie Hoyden: get your dog outlines here, and other search engine queries
People ask search engines the damnedest things: what can we do except help out as best we can?
Top Ten Australian Songs
via Peta in comments ABC radio in Canberra has been asking listeners to nominate their top ten Australian songs. This is the list they came up with. 10. It’s Because I Love You (Masters’ Apprentices) 9. And The Band Played… Read More ›
BFTP: Is Vorkosigan as nasty as I love Lucy?
This is a repost: originally published in December 2005 at my original tigtogblog (later imported here to HaT) – I’d only been blogging for a few months.
Hoyden About Town 