Well, I try and kick arse, but I don’t really think I kick an Angela Davis level of arse. (Updated to Add: see, although Crikey! has just described Hoyden About Town as “dispens[ing] its femmobolsho views loudly, proudly and with… Read More ›
Life
In which I judge a book by its cover
Guest post by Helen on the Cast Iron Balcony. Thanks to Tigtog for honouring me with an invitation to guest post at Hoyden while she whizzes down mountains. Recently, the folks at IBTP have been bemoaning the pinkification of everything… Read More ›
Sex ed – the facts
Further to Lauredhel’s post about a UK judge’s strange views on the sexual precocity of a 10 year old girl, which became a discussion on young people and sexuality (and the negatives of viewing adolescent sexual experimentation through a lens… Read More ›
Sexual assault medicine in crisis in regional NSW
Fancy driving a round trip of 700km for a forensic medical examination after being raped? That’s what rape victims in central NSW are facing due to NSW Health’s refusal to pay the standard call-out rate for medical practitioners who are… Read More ›
For my librarian friends
Even I think this is uncalled for. Image Credit: xkcd.com
Solstice rose
Happy winter solstice, all!
“I will…NOT”
Marriage, or the lack thereof, is in the air at blogdom. At least at Feministe and I Blame the Patriarchy. The two threads have different moods. At Feministe there’s a lot of young unmarried women telling why they see little… Read More ›
Gigantoraptor: 1400 kg bird-like dinosaur!
It’s not every day paleontologists discover a new dinosaur! These discoveries take me back to the wonder of imagining the dinosaur world when I was a child. We weren’t saturated with the pre-digested smoothly-animated imagery* of Jurassic Park and Walking… Read More ›
Domestic abuse
A great post from a survivor of an abusive marriage, addressing the issue of “why do women stay?” and how responses to a survivor are often just victim-blaming instead of true support.
Talking about acting childish,
I finally downloaded some pics from my cameraphone, and here are the tiglets. Tigling is 12, and togster is 14, but they still sometimes act like they’re 5. Good on ’em.
Hoyden About Town 