Image credit. I have been dying to do Hole for a Sunday Singalong because they’re easily my favourite ‘angry young women’ (and one man) band of all time. Courtney Love, who loves word play and drilling into the sexism of… Read More ›
Life
Otterday! And Open Thread.
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 a good book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?
Friday Hoyden: Dora Chance
Dora and Nora Chance (the “Lucky Chances”, naturally) are twins born into post- war London, on the wrong side of the theatrical tracks. Bastard children of a grand Shakespearean actor, Dora and Nora learn to dance to work their passage through a world that makes a great fuss of legitimacy, but likes to have less licit elements on call as well. Dora narrates, and you accompany her giddy passions, frantic hopes and pragmatic compromises.
Thursday Internet Tradition: Not Quite Feminist Phil
Hoydens are aware of all Internet traditions! But we share our hard-won cultural knowledge! This week, we introduce you to the tradition of Not Quite Feminist Phil!
Living as a feminist
When Rachel Cusk wrote about motherhood in A Life’s Work: On Becoming a Mother, I felt heard. It wasn’t my story, exactly, but it was closer to my story of the early days of motherhood than others were writing. This… Read More ›
Outland Open Thread: Episode 3, “Andy”
What wonders await us on Outland tonight, as we venture into Andy’s home? Discuss them here!
Enthusiastic consent and regrettable sex
Regrets and enthusiastic consent, can they exist together?
Gonski, shmonski says Aussie media
I’m not going to add up the column inches, but “febrile leadership speculation” easily outran Gonski coverage by a shameful margin.
Quicklink: These jokes aren’t benign
With them, the president is normalizing a patriarchal, sexist, adversarial take on parenthood — and on fathering daughters specifically.
Sunday Composer: Zoë Keating
Try singing along to this? You can’t, no lyrics, so it’s not a singalong exactly but she’s a composer and we all need a soundtrack for the movie of our lives and I think I choose her to compose mine…. Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 