This cool character was grabbed by FreeSpirit5 on flickr. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading… Read More ›
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The milieu through which we swim
Friday Hoyden: Katarina, aka The Shrew
Orlando has just returned to Sydney after a time living in the UK, and this article is the response promised to this earlier Friday Hoyden. What Can a Feminist do with a Shrew? Shrew: ‘a woman given to railing or… Read More ›
My faith has been shattered
…in the YouTube community. I hear the brilliant Greg Proops utter an immortal line about Presidential Elves (wouldn’t you totally watch a show about presidential elves?) on Whose Line Is It Anyway? (the Clive Anderson hosted version) while I’m in… Read More ›
Letter to Santa
The lad’s school did a letter to Santa as a writing exercise this week. Here’s the Lad’s, hot on the heels of the Great Smiley Conjunction:
Thursday Cheezburger and Delurking Day
How could I go past Vortex Kitteh? Runnerup: Hooman Saved Me. It’s our monthly Delurking Day! If you’ve been reading along, give us a shout and let us know you’re there. You’re welcome to post your favourite macro, introduce yourself,… Read More ›
Whoydensday: DOC bingo
I know, late again. It’s still Wednesday some places on the planet – leave me alone! After the pleasant discussion we had here last week on the possibility (firming to probability) of Paterson Joseph being the eleventh actor to pilot… Read More ›
Things annoying me today.
Mindy, For Battler, parent and feminist 1. I’d like to think we’d gone beyond this, but obviously not. 2. Greg Bird’s lawyer, Gavin Orr, is claiming that he has done nothing wrong and that the Cronulla Sharks have no reason… Read More ›
Ticking all those boxes
Via Feministing: Planned Parenthood in Indiana is offering a gift certificate service for the winter gifting festival: it is redeemable for the reproductive health services their clinics offer, and their hope is particularly that women on low incomes will be… Read More ›
LibrarianLazyWeb: Books of mythology from current dominant religions?
I’ve been poking around looking for books of the basic Bible stories and of stories including the basics from the other current prevalent world religions, but (a) told in a form suitable and engaging for a primary school kid who… Read More ›
Etymology 101
I’ll stop arguing with anti-feminists and other provocateurs who claim that the latest act labelled “misogynist” isn’t really that, because, you know, whoever did it doesn’t actually HATE women when they stop calling rich people “philanthropists” for giving money away,… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 