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• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By tigtog on 2014-12-13 • ( 23 )

  

  Today’s otters are a blast from the past – a repost of our very first otterday post featuring fuzzy Asian Small-Clawed otter pups from the Blackpool Zoo.

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

• The 79th Down Under Feminists Carnival

  By Mary on 2014-12-11 • ( 2 )

  

  This is the 79th monthly Down Under Feminists Carnival. This edition of the carnival gathers together November 2014 posts of feminist interest by writers living in Australia and New Zealand.

• What Does Miss Julie have in Common with Gone Girl?

  By Anna on 2014-12-11 • ( 1 )

  

  What is the lure of the awful female lead role to an excellent actress? Why, that it is a female lead role.

• Hands up anybody now who’d trust Rolling Stone to tell their story?

  By tigtog on 2014-12-10 • ( 4 )

  

  “We’ve constructed seemingly infinite incentives for victims to keep silent (you drank too much, you wore too little, you’ll destroy the family, you’ll ruin the fun, your entire sexual history will be dredged and questioned and vivisected … in front of your grandma) and pretty much no compelling reasons to report, nor functional support systems in the aftermath.”

• Doctor Who Season 8 chat thread

  By Mary on 2014-12-10 • ( 4 )

  

  While we were away, S8 wrapped up! What did you think?

• While we were sleeping: the 78th Down Under Feminists Carnival!

  By Mary on 2014-12-09

  

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

• Media Circus: Recent Parliamentary Shenanigans Edition

  By tigtog on 2014-12-09 • ( 15 )

  

  What’s been your most/least favourite political moment lately? Will an unelectable stick become the next Liberal PM?

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

• Vale Stella Young

  By Mary on 2014-12-08 • ( 5 )

  

  Australian writer, comedian and disability activist Stella Young died suddenly on Saturday, December 6. I loved Stella’s writing, and I’m really sad. Goodbye Stella.

• Welcome back! Extra special open thread!

  By Mary on 2014-12-08 • ( 24 )

  Surprised to not see a “Maintainence Mode” page when visiting hoydenabouttown.com? Us too! But we’ve busted out of our shared server environment and stopped overloading their system and are stretching out luxuriously on our virtual private server.

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2014-11-08 • ( 2 )

  

  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.

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