Long ago I promised a set of the “three wise H’s”. After Hrotsvit and Heloise, we are overdue to hear about Hildegard, and Good Friday seems like the perfect time to promote one of the great medieval Christian philosophers. She… Read More ›
gender & feminism
The 82nd Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
All the details on the latest edition and how to submit to the next one!
Please don’t liken yourselves to Rosa Parks
Please don’t say that having lunch at a male membership only club makes you like Rosa Parks.
Reminder: Hoyden meetup, Sydney, Sunday March 8
Reminder: Hoyden meetup at the Guylian Belgian Chocolate Cafe, Opera Quays, East Circular Quay this Sunday (8th March) at 12:00 noon!
Friday Hoyden: Gillian Triggs
Gillian Triggs has proved herself so far above the pitiful scrabblings of the shrivelled souls who want her to stop saying that we shouldn’t subject children to institutional abuse that she has forced them to reveal themselves for what they are.
The Soft Tyranny of Low Expectations: boys shamed for empathising with female protagonists
A female author notes how schools keep deciding that boys won’t want to hear her speak about writing, while also deciding that whenever a male author visits the same school that girls will be just as interested in that author as the boys.
2015 Australian Women Writers Challenge Review – Every Secret Thing by Marie Munkara
My review of Every Secret Thing by Marie Munkara
The 81st Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!
All the details on the latest edition and how to submit to the next one!
Friday Hoyden: Sister Rosetta Tharpe
“Queen of the gospel and the mother of rock and roll” The person who brought the electric guitar to the popular masses wasn’t Chuck Berry, and it sure wasn’t Bill Haley. It was a woman from Arkansas who saw her… Read More ›
2015 Australian Women Writers Challenge in summary
Summary post for #AWW2015, including how I complied with the various criteria.
Hoyden About Town 