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• Friday Hoyden: Gillian Triggs

  By Anna on 2015-02-27 • ( 2 )

  

  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

  By tigtog on 2015-02-27 • ( 6 )

  

  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.

• So, stuff will be happening here soon

  By tigtog on 2015-02-24

  

  In the meantime, all comments are closed.

• Fun with statistics and ‘splaining

  By tigtog on 2015-02-24

  

  When vos Savant politely responded to a reader’s inquiry on the Monty Hall Problem, a then-relatively-unknown probability puzzle, she never could’ve imagined what would unfold: though her answer was correct, she received over 10,000 letters, many from noted scholars and Ph.Ds, informing her that she was a hare-brained idiot.

• Tick bites, Mammalian Meat Allergy and Acute Anaphylaxis

  By tigtog on 2015-02-19 • ( 7 )

  

  This week on Catalyst: most people remove ticks incorrectly, and by doing so they vastly increase their chances of developing life-threatening allergic reactions.

• Media Circus: Metadata Edition

  By tigtog on 2015-02-19 • ( 24 )

  

  NB: updated 2015/02/23 with links (below) re Abbott’s counter-terrorism czar announcement

  I agree with LDP Senator David Leyonhjelm on something!

  What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?

• 2015 Australian Women Writers Challenge Review – Every Secret Thing by Marie Munkara

  By Jo Tamar on 2015-02-17

  

  My review of Every Secret Thing by Marie Munkara

• Weekend womanscraft: yarncraft

  By Jo Tamar on 2015-02-15 • ( 5 )

  

  Any yarnery happening in your life?

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2015-02-14 • ( 34 )

  

  Our Open Thread this weekend is hosted by an otter with a ball.

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.

• The 81st Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!

  By Chally on 2015-02-09

  

  All the details on the latest edition and how to submit to the next one!

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