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  • Sunset

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    Sadly, no lennies appeared when I went to view the sunset on Wednesday evening. However the sunset was still most spectacular, with a large clump of cloud right above the setting sun and ribbons of altocumulus streaming down to the… Read More ›

  • Stop and think: invisible access for invisible disabilities

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    This is my first personal post about being sick. A “coming-out”, to some of my online friends. And a whole lot of elaboration, for those who know I’m sick, but don’t know the details. It’s taken me ages to write,… Read More ›

  • Blogging Feminism: (Web)Sites of Resistance

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    A group of feminist bloggers are writing at the new Scholar & Feminist Online blog “Blogging Feminism: (Web)Sites of Resistance”. Pam Spaulding, Amanda Marcotte, Echidne, Samhita, Jill, Morgaine Swann, Melissa McEwan, and Jessica Valenti have teamed up to meta-blog about… Read More ›

  • Hearing Women’s Voices: Digital Communities and Feminist Ethics

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    Here’s a paper I wrote recently, Hearing Women’s Voices: Digital Communities and Feminist Ethics. [Edit: now available in HTML format here.] The intro: Introduction: Community and Ideas of “Space” “Online community” is a highly contested concept. Are text interactions “authentic”?… Read More ›

  • xkcd pwns teh internets

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    I don’t know why any of us are even bothering to pretend that xkcd is not our new insect overlord (except for Cory Doctorow, who escaped in that bloody balloon). Excuse me. I have to go and save that map,… Read More ›

  • Lenticular clouds

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    I just heard on the radio that weather conditions in Sydney today are such that there’s a high probability of a lenticular cloud forming over the city late this afternoon, as the day cools. If it does, it will likely… Read More ›

  • Parenting While Female: “It’s Not About You”

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    I’ve been contemplating this post: The Male Gaze… falls upon a Nursing Mother…. by Morgan Gallagher. I think there’s an important truth in there, something feminists find themselves saying over and over and over again: “It’s not about you.” Breastfeeding… Read More ›

  • 10,000

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    Sometime in the next week this incarnation of Hoyden About Town will see its 10,000th comment since moving here from blogspot in September 2006. (Those interested can see the number of a comment by hovering their mouse over the datestamp… Read More ›

  • Yes and No

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    This post has been hanging around as a draft since February, because I wasn’t quite happy with it. Lindsay’s recent post (and my response), on how misusing “moderate” to describe faith positions which don’t preach intolerance imputes that the intolerant… Read More ›

  • Knowing Your Market

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    Today’s Guest Poster “Little Jim” is a masked IT professional and blogger While the outside perception is that it is still a male domain (and indeed some segments of the industry are very much like a post office), within the… Read More ›