The lad has become rather fascinated with rules, robbers, and law and order. He is hopping mad that “squiggle-robbers” have graffitied the sign and wall at his kindy, and keeps coming up with plans to trap any robbers that try… Read More ›
relationships
All our relationships, not just partnerings
“Seen And Heard”: Children in public spaces
The dearth of children in public spaces is too often decried purely in terms of The! Obesity! Crisis!!1! But there are much better reasons to encourage children back into the public world, and they’re reasons not readily addressed by a… Read More ›
So Similar
A draft I’ve had hanging around since last month: I’m trying to get these things out for some discussion even if I haven’t been able to wrap a bow around them to my entire satisfaction. Via Samara at The F-word… Read More ›
Sagacious Shakespeare & Hoydenalicious Margarita Mayhem
Assume a hoyden, if you have it not. Which work of Shakespeare was the original quote from? Get your own quotes: Meme yoinked from Lauredhel’s LJ. I spent the weekend overlooking Copacabana Beach on the Central Coast with three of… Read More ›
So what are you doing tonight at 9pm?
You could do a lot worse than listen to the repeat broadcast of today’s Life Matters Health Report program on Radio National. It was a cracker, taking a different tack in this election period on the traits we all have… Read More ›
Friday Feminism on the run: Nice Guys (TM) redux and what makes an ideal husband and father
Over at Feministe, Jill dissects a particularly loopy column/movie review from Jill Stanek (dialled up several notches even from her notoriously loose grip on what passes for analysis), where Stanek ends up in her column’s comments thread being reduced to… Read More ›
Bobby’s Dairy: “Your baby cannot have your milk.”
Moving house is sucking all my blogergy, so here’s a tale for you. Trish and Bobby. [Image source] Background to this story: Bobby was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. This is a congenital defect in which the left side… Read More ›
Humourless feminists and PUAs
It seems silly to waste time on artificial techniques to trick a woman into having sex when she quite possibly wanted to have sex anyway as long as the man seems likeable.
Smug married guy, you don’t know anything about single mothers
I’m chuffed to welcome bluemilk back to Hoyden About Town for this guest post. Bluemilk is an Australian feminist mother, posting about life, love and mummy-myths over at bluemilk.wordpress.com ~ Lauredhel. ~~~ I was so frustrated by this discussion over… Read More ›
Woman-blaming gymnastics by Janet Hall
“Dr Janet Hall” bills herself as an INFOTAINER. Bedwetting, sex therapy, smoking cessation, public speaking, business confidence, computer coaching, tantrums, eating disorders, social commentary, she does it all. You can read her newsletters here. Check out “October 2007 – Why… Read More ›
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