The Fifth Edition of the Down Under Carnival of the Feminists is scheduled for the first week of October at Hell On Hairy Legs. HellOn is a high school radical feminist who blogs about her life, patriarchy and miscellanea. Support… Read More ›
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Feminism Friday: “You’ll catch more flies with honey”
I hear this a fair bit. People who are angry, passionate, non-submissive, resolute, intense – we get shocked looks, and exhortations to compromise, and remarks like “You’ll catch more flies with honey, dear“. I’ve been vaguely wondering why that particular… Read More ›
Ask the Hoydenizens
I always like these features on other blogs, so I thought I’d float it here. Do you have any burning questions for the Hoydentariat? Looking for readings on a topic? Have a dilemma you’d like thoughts on? Drop your question… Read More ›
Thursday Cheezburger, and Delurking Day
We’ve declared this week, being the first week of the month, to be Delurking Week! If you’ve been reading along, give us a hoy and let us know you’re there – either here (feel free to post your favourite LOLcat… Read More ›
Submit for the Fourth Down Under Feminists Carnival!
Last chance to submit for the Fourth Down Under Feminists Carnival! This carnival will be hosted at Blue Milk. You must submit by the end of the month. Any feminist blog post from Australia or New Zealand is eligible –… Read More ›
Happy Birthday Tigtog!
And many moooooooore….. [Tardis cake is by Stephen Barker.]
If anything suddenly looks different
that’s because I’m tweaking CommentLuv and a couple of other plug-ins which aren’t working as efficiently as would be ideal. Let me know if you see anything odd. Update: OK, we have one commentor who’s having trouble getting out of… Read More ›
63rd Carnival of the Feminists
I missed this last week! The Mind of Genevieve has published the 63rd Carnival of the Feminists. There is plenty of reading on street harassment, video games, TV, not taking people’s crap, marketing, being queer in Lebanon, teenage parenting, the… Read More ›
What kind of space is Hoyden About Town? (And our new guidelines summary)
‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,’ it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.’ ‘The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different… Read More ›
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