Just read about these fabulous women. Last week, I can’t remember where, I read some biological essentialist claptrap about feisty older women, that it was somehow all to do with less hormonal oestrogen in the post menopausal years. I can’t… Read More ›
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Happy anniversary, cob logger!
Lauredhel has now officially been a Hoyden for a year!
Friday Hoyden: Zoe Goss
Who can forget that golden moment when Zoe Goss dismissed Brian Lara? Goss was part of the Bradman XI side playing in the Bradman Foundation charity match in 1994. She bowled two for 60 off ten overs, including the wicket… Read More ›
Germaine Greer on Margaret Throsby
[image source] I’ve just finished listening to Germaine Greer on Margaret Throsby’s show this morning. I really like Margaret Throsby – a relaxed and respectful interviewer, she draws her guests out, allows them plenty of space, gets down to personal… Read More ›
Friday Hoydens: The Gulabi Gang
“Well behaved women rarely make history.” – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich The Guardian has an article on the Gulabi Gang. The Gulabi Gang is a several-hundred-strong pink-sari-clad resistance force, at war against male corruption, oppression, and violence in northern India. Raekha… Read More ›
Humpday Photos
One of those days. Have an amusing/bemusing photo or two, and yes, you may suggest LOLcaptions. Uploaded by Hoyden About Town, Reuters/Pilar Olivares : Peruvian surfer Domingo Pianezzi rides a wave accompanied by a cat named Nicolasa at the San… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: Emma Thompson
Seeing as I finally caught up with Nanny McPhee this week, I was planning to give the accolade to the ridiculously talented Emma Thompson anyway, as I was reminded anew of her streak of iconoclasm. Then I saw a post… Read More ›
Feminism Friday and 52 acts
I’ve put up a post over at Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog on rape myths vs statistics and the psychology of victim-blaming. I’ve also decided what my 52 acts posts for the year are going to be: I’m going to… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: Cyndi Lauper
Is this possibly the Hoyden anthem? Wikipedia bio etc. I really like this acoustic version of She-Bop from more recent times:
Last minute film alert
Tonight. 8:30 AEST. The Lion In Winter on Fox Classics. Oldie but goodie, with the older historical hoyden Eleanor of Aquitaine playing a key role (interpreted by Katharine Hepburn). Also Peter O’Toole, Anthony Hopkins, Nigel Terry and a very young… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 