This week’s photo sent me travelling back in time: How well I remember that utter fascination with those tiny limbs and their perfection, the wonder that this gorgeous new person had come from our flesh. It’s just as well that… Read More ›
relationships
All our relationships, not just partnerings
Friday Hoyden: Top 10 reasons I love The Sound of Music
Can I find a feminist narrative (or at least bits of one) within The Sound of Music? Superficially: The Sound of Music is the story of novice nun Maria, who is a “problem” to be solved, due to her lack… Read More ›
Quicklinks: Maternity and Parental Leave
The Rudd Government is mooting some changes. Others have blogged: Bite the bullet from blue milk by blue milk Quoting Eva Cox: Of course, there are gaps: too many workers still miss out, six months would have been better and… Read More ›
Whoydensday: Marry, Shag or Cliff? (Writers Edition)
As usual, you may match one and only one of the people below to each fate. So, who shall it be? Russell T. Davies, who masterminded the return of Doctor Who to our screens in 2005? Steven Moffat, who has… Read More ›
Virtual Travelling: Florida
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } girl power, originally uploaded by KarensJilly. a fanciful day ~ it was a perfect… Read More ›
On removing hijab
From Crypto-Muslim (aka Muslim Hedonist): How I again became (fully) white I was once again fully white. I blended into white, middle class society at work, at the mall, in the street. No one stared. No one asked me “where… Read More ›
For those who need to vent at Russell T Davies
following the Doctor Who Season 4 finale that has just finished airing on Australian telly – here’s a thread I prepared earlier! NB: there will be spoilers there will be spoilers there will be spoilers there will be spoilers
Ur doin it rong no. 15498774
Author: Mindy also blogs at the eclectic group blog For Battle! Just in case you thought it was the man drought that was keeping you single, here is a new book to put you straight. The Re-education of the Female… Read More ›
Can’t blog
Weeding, belatedly pruning the bougainvillea, fixing the garden trellis (not the one supporting the bougainvillea, the one supporting the honeysuckle and the Peace rose).
Virtual Travelling: Bucks County, Pennsylvania
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Dog Story, originally uploaded by Flint-Hill. Does this look like a rural idyll or what? Do… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 