I will be getting up very early in the morning to head off for holidays in accommodation with no net access. I Will Not Be Turning The Computer On Before I Go. There is net access at internet cafs and the town library, but I don’t expect that I’ll be logging on every day. I am telling myself that this will be Good For Me. Read more »
There is a lot of discussion around the issue of marriage at the moment. Let’s get one SotBO said at the start: there should be no difference between same-sex and not-the-same-sex marriage or civil unions or registrations in any way at all.
One solution that has been proposed to The Problem Of Marriage is abolishing the concept of marriage or domestic partnership altogether. Read more »
We know that women earn a lower average wage than men, and earn far less money over a lifetime than men (putting our retirement security at major risk).
Reprinted with permission, from a poster at the EssentialBaby forum. Emphasis is mine.
Phone rings. I pick up phone while kids are playing in the background.
Me: “Hello?”
TM: [On hearing the noise] “Oh… you’re a Mum!”
Me: “Ummmm… Yes?”
TM: “Oh well, then you wouldn’t be able to do our survey anyway”.
Me: “RIght… I probably wouldn’t WANT to do your survey, but why CAN’T I do your survey?”
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Hoyden About Town is pleased to present:
The FemmobolshoStroppo Awards:
A 2007 Retrospective! Read more »
Lauredhel and I will both have much less time than usual to squeeze in our blogging while our respective kids are not at school for the next few weeks. Outings and trips have to happen, as do sleepovers and cinema excursions etc etc.
So, if you’d like to volunteer to put up a guest post or five over the next few weeks, please do! Read more »
From the section of the paper actually called Unusual Tales.
Court overturns father’s grounding of 12-year-old [link]
“At her age, children test their limits and it’s up to their parents to set boundaries.
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With all the talk about childcare, I just thought I’d share my sole experience with an ABC Learning centre. I was looking for a new childcare centre when we moved house. Our first centre was an on-campus community centre, and it was lovely - low ratios, caring staff, good continuity.
I dropped in on a local ABC childcare centre without calling first, to get a peek at what it was like. Reading this back, it sounds made up, but I swear this is exactly how it was. I was looking for the Candid Camera the whole time. Read more »
Hoyden About Town is proud to present the first edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival! I hope you enjoy this spectacular buffet of feminist writing. Read more »
Last year Paul Norton wrote with some sadness and much asperity “Is David Burchell brain-dead?”
Referring to the particular column which prompted the post, Paul contrasted ex-communist Burchell’s stance with the positions taken by anti-communist Robert Manne thusly: Read more »
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