Are any of you watching Game of Thrones? Have you seen the ‘extended breastfeeding’ scene in episode 5? (Not there yet, then look away, look away, this post is probably going to be full of SPOILERS from the first season)…. Read More ›
Sociology
Centenary Census: Australia 2011
Thoughts? Questions you were happy they asked, wished they’d asked, wished they hadn’t asked? Any statistical notes?
Hanging out the washing
Yes, it really is a post about hanging out the washing. Five seconds of your life that you’ll never get back. Oh Kerry, please do ask me. Back of the t-shirt. (What does that even mean?) And my todder son… Read More ›
Redux: Hey, I’ve been busy, how about you?
Too busy for normal blogging, so I thought I’d let you in on some of the webwrangling work I’ve been doing:
Redux: The 21st Century Motherhood Movement – book review
I’m not going to go into spoilers, but I can say if you like bluemilk’s blog you will enjoy her writing which is simultaneously distilled essence of bluemilk expanded tenfold into a really fantastic chapter.
Quick Hit – on Ethics classes.
An 11 year old put FN in his place.
Adventures from the frontline: running my first anti-sexism workshop with young children
I ran my first anti-sexism workshop for children last week. They were a Montessori class of 5-6 year olds and I concentrated on questioning gender stereotypes, identifying sexism and a little bit of acceptance stuff of gender queer identities. I… Read More ›
Dear Tony Abbott
This is what carbon dioxide detectors look like before a technician puts them into a nice portable case with a meter attached. You can order one online for less than US$20.
This is what you meant isn’t it?
.. when you said you want to wear white and be a princess for a day?
Shows us your cats
Image: Tacocat I highly recommend “Sexist Queers” by Bree McKenna over at the Stranger about the expectations placed on feminists by their own community and the sexism of music media: I’ve always wanted to write a review of a dude… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 