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• Otterday! And Open Thread, as the otter said to the gull

  By lauredhel on 2013-10-19 • ( 21 )

  

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading a good book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

• Can HECS debt be privatised?

  By Mindy on 2013-10-16 • ( 8 )

  

  According to Matt Cowgill, potentially yes, but there aren’t any good reasons to do so.

• Today in Fantasy Film Sexism: Disney tries to pat some feminists’ heads

  By tigtog on 2013-10-16 • ( 6 )

  It’s been ages since I linked to Margot McGowan’s ReelGirl blog, and I thought I’d rectify that.

• Friday Hoyden: Ada Lovelace Day 2013

  By tigtog on 2013-10-16

  

  It was the fourth Ada Lovelace Day on Tuesday this week (juuuust missed posting on the day), celebrating women’s achievements in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields. Did you go to any Ada Lovelace Day events this year? Tell us about it if you did.

• Media Circus: Shorten is LOTO edition

  By tigtog on 2013-10-14 • ( 3 )

  

  Opposition leader Bill Shorten announces Tanya Plibersek as deputy leader, and Penny Wong as Leader of the senate for the Labor party.

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

• Quickhit: “No personal attacks” is not neutral

  By lauredhel on 2013-10-13 • ( 3 )

  By The Wasp at The Feminist Hivemind: ‘ “No personal attacks” is not neutral’: “[…] When ours are the bodies at risk, and our views are expressions of self-defense, there is no distinction between attacking those views and attacking us… Read More ›

• Disability and Diversity in Young Adult Fiction

  By lauredhel on 2013-10-12 • ( 1 )

  A couple of things have caught my eye lately, so I thought I’d share! Firstly, the Disability in Kidlit blog. This blog embraces a broad definition of disability, and discusses its representation in middle grade and YA literature from a… Read More ›

• Why the Opal Card could be a bad thing.

  By Mindy on 2013-10-12 • ( 21 )

  

  Is the new Opal card all it is cracked up to be and could it end up costing you more?

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2013-10-12 • ( 11 )

  

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading a good book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

• Friday Hoyden: Tina Harrod

  By Anna on 2013-10-11

  

  One of the great modern voices of Soul can be found in Sydney, if you keep your ear to the ground. Having the privilege of hearing Tina Harrod perform live is to be immersed in a wave of sound. Technical… Read More ›

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