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Australian Women Writers Challenge 2013

By Mindy on 2013-01-04

#aww2013 The Australian Women Writers Challenge is on again!

two leopard cubs in a pale pinkish bowl - one is spotted, one is all black

Whimsy: Baby Leopard Edition

By tigtog on 2013-01-03 • ( 7 )

Sometimes we all need to see teh awesome. Please share anything that has recently surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you!

Quicklink: Beauty and the Beast, Love Actually and the skill of consuming media critically

By mimbles on 2012-12-30 • ( 13 )

From gyzym on Tumblr: just shut up …consuming media critically is a skill, and in an age where media is more prevalent than ever before, it’s a skill worth having. It’s a skill worth having because you are going to… Read More ›

Otterday! And Open Thread.

By lauredhel on 2012-12-29 • ( 36 )

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Books? News stories? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Friday Hoyden: Nieceblogging – what’s she making?

By Helen on 2012-12-28 • ( 4 )

Here she is bonding with her Dad over the Christmas break by doing a little gadget construction. Bonding with your daughters doing electronics, woodwork, mechanics or baking: A very feminist thing to do over the holidays and there should be a lot more of it.

promotional image from the BBC for the 2012 Doctor Who Christmas Special "The Snowmen"

Doctor Who Spoilers and Speculation Thread

By tigtog on 2012-12-28 • ( 13 )

The Whovians are taking over the Xmas thread, so I’m moving the discussion here.

Education is a political issue. This is why.

By hatbluemilk on 2012-12-24 • ( 12 )

This, “For many poor students, leap to college ends in a hard fall” is a very well-executed piece in The New York Times. It follows three talented, but terribly disadvantaged, girl students who make it into university but then manage… Read More ›

Quicklink: NRA Press Conference

By tigtog on 2012-12-22 • ( 4 )

Ugh. The hypocrisy of calling for a national database of the mentally ill while decrying any suggestions for a national database of gun owners is breathtaking.