Queen of Thorns at Ideologically Impure has put together a bumper Tenth Down Under Feminists Carnival. Did you ever think we would make it to ten? Be gobsmacked, have a groan, read about pay equity, jobs summits, crime, domestic life,… Read More ›
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All those social networking website widgets may as well remove the Facebook button now
Seeing as Facebook has decided to claim that they own rights to any content on a website that has a “click to share on Facebook” style button, nearly everybody will be removing that particular button ASAP
Ask the Hoydenizens
I always like these features on other blogs, so I thought I’d float it here. Do you have any burning questions for the Hoydentariat? Looking for readings on a topic? Have a dilemma you’d like thoughts on? Drop your question… Read More ›
SF Sunday: zines and fanfic and cons, oh my!
BayCon 2006 photos cropped from originals uploaded by kentbrew Fairly light on the fandom scale, me, despite my enthusiastic reading/viewing. We’re subscribed to Aurealis and I read Eidolon online, I’ve posted a few macros to ihasatardis, and I’ve been to… Read More ›
Advice to bloggers: use a webmail account for those off-blog interactions
Because if you use your primary email account, one where your user id might contain your full name and perhaps other identifying details in your sign-off block, you might be setting yourself up for cyberstalking woes. There are weird folks… Read More ›
Why I’m Not Pleased, Sexual Objectification Edition
I had “Women should be pleased” [that men sexually objectify them] echoing in my ears when I visited Shakesville the other day. The first thing I saw was this Wrangler jeans ad.
[trigger warning]
A few questions for Hoydenizens
Todays guest poster is Liz, who is generally a Lurker. Liz asked us “Would you be willing to throw a few questions to the readers of Hoyden About Town for me?”, so Liz’s questions are now this post.
I’m wondering if you could help me out here? I’m doing a write-up on feminist blogs and online communities for this
As so often occurs, I find out about something neat when it’s nearly over
NaComLeavMo: More Conversation Than You Can Shake a Stick at Arrgh, only a little over a week left! National Comment Leaving Month: an initiative of Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters, a blog I normally wouldn’t have found because of… Read More ›
Announcing: the Down Under Feminists Carnival! Submit now.
OK, I’ve bitten the bullet. Crunch. Announcing: the Down Under Feminists Carnival! This carnival, with submissions hosted at blogcarnival.com, is open to all feminist bloggers in Australia and New Zealand. Showcase your own posts or those of others. HOW? Submit… Read More ›
Tropposphere
Ken Parish of Club Troppo has just introduced what he calls the Tropposphere. The Tropposphere is a Clayton’s feedreader of selected news, opinion, and analysis. The aim is to aggregate the “best or most popular” Australian blogs who “consistently publish… Read More ›
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