I don’t believe you’ve met my young friend Ace, an expert in calorification, incineration, carbonization, and inflammation.
-The Doctor, The Happiness Patrol
Dorothy McShane of Perivale, UK, better known as Ace, was the Doctor’s companion in Doctor Who from 1987 until the show’s cancellation in 1989. She was young. She was independent. She was tough. She was smart. She was a glorious feminist character.
Sorry all – supervising and exhorting a teen feeling horribly overwhelmed by Year 10 homework is currently consuming most of the time I would otherwise use for blogging. Just put a post up at FF101 though in response to a… Read More ›
I read this article in The West a little while ago, and it hit my bad-science peeve button. “Half of WA women drink throughout pregnancy“. This beat-up is certainly not alone in drawing conclusions that do not follow from the… Read More ›
Update 16 Sep 2009: Last year’s $211 million figure for taxpayer-funded obstetric care, mostly of pregnancies and births that are or could have been normal, has blown out further to $298 million. [Via the Courier Mail.] ~~~ The Maternity Services… Read More ›
This otter, courtesy of IRGlover on flickr, is begging for a caption. (For a simple captioning tool, try roflbot.) Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your… Read More ›
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O, video editing software, how I love thee so! Actually, I have very little skill with video editing software, nor do I have the time to acquire such skills, but fortunately, there are plenty of people with an abundance of… Read More ›
Emma_in_oz has identified as a feminist for fifteen years. (And as an SF fan, and as a medievalist, and as a fan of crafts, and…) Emma_in_oz is a single mother by choice – Pearl is nine months old. ~~~ I… Read More ›
Have peer review committees just given up on actually including a statistician these days? or do the statisticians need to do more sociology classes?
Hoyden About Town 