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Performing female sexuality 26 Aug 2013 | 02:47 pm
You have probably heard about Miley Cyrus performing at the VMA’s today. It has been somewhat controversial to say the least. If you haven’t, you may choose to watch this. Watching this I found my...
Otterday! And Open Thread. 24 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
Today’s Open/Chat thread is hosted by this teeny baby otter. Snapped in Tokyo and shared on flickr by tomosuke214 – click through for heaps more otter pics. Please feel free to use this thread to nat...
Signal Boost: I Am A Girl 23 Aug 2013 | 07:11 am
The new documentary I Am A Girl is about to screen, briefly, in Sydney and Melbourne. The film gives six teenage girls, each in a different country, the space to speak of their lives. From the press ...
Media Circus: Wikileaks Party Implodes Edition 22 Aug 2013 | 08:20 am
Resignations everywhere. Whee! What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately? As usual for media circus threads, please share your bouquets and brickbats for particular items...
Otterday! And Open Thread. 17 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
Both otters are sad today. I dunno why; maybe they both just watched the most recent Offspring episode with me. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is the...
Friday Hoyden: Hellena in Aphra Behn’s “The Rover” 16 Aug 2013 | 06:01 pm
I was going to do Aphra Behn, and then I thought, if it were possible to establish that it was on a Friday that Virginia Woolf gave her famous lecture upon which A Room of One’s Own is based, and in w...
Storify CEO enables a stalker and thinks it’s no big deal 16 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am
Ana Mardoll writes about how a single tweet from Storify CEO Xavier Damman informed her stalker that she and other women also being cyberstalked by the same person were seeking to have Storify stop hi...
Abbott Watch: they’re coming thick and fast 15 Aug 2013 | 12:16 pm
The unparalleled reliability of the current federal opposition leader’s flair for being publicly dreadful long ago prompted a whole “Abbott Watch” category around these parts, so we wouldn’t lose trac...
Sydney Femmosphere Meetup: Sunday August 18 in Enmore, come one, come all 14 Aug 2013 | 11:35 am
Hoydens, Hoydenizans and other feminists on and offline are invited to a meetup this coming Sunday, August 18 2013. Details Location: Warren View Hotel, 2 Stanmore Road, Enmore. Date and time: Sund...
Solidarity is for White Women Storified 13 Aug 2013 | 05:40 am
When I logged onto Twitter this morning I saw a new viral #solidarityisforwhitewomen. Since then @niche has gone to the effort to Storify the tweets to make it easier to read them. You can see the sto...
