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Casual academic, part time office assistant, full time food lover living in suburban Sydney.

• Media Circus #spill edition

  By Beppie on 2013-01-19 • ( 24 )

  

  Parliamentary Labor Caucus will meet at 4:30PM to vote on all leadership positions.

• It’s almost as though there’s a causal link here…

  By Beppie on 2013-01-05 • ( 25 )

  

  The gender pay gap has doubled over the last year — with women, as usual, coming off worst. Meanwhile in NSW for the first time girls have outperformed boys in maths as well as every other HSC subject. Despite the hand-wringing about how and why our education system is failing our boys I would suggest that our boys aren’t being failed at all. I would hypothesise, quite simply, that boys don’t work as hard at their schoolwork because they don’t have to.

• Outland Open Thread: Episode 6, “Pride”

  By Beppie on 2012-03-14 • ( 14 )

  It’s the season finale! Will the group make it to Pride?

• Outland Open Thread: Episode 5, “Toby”

  By Beppie on 2012-03-07 • ( 9 )

  Greetings, Outlanders! Tonight it’s a Toby extravaganza — discuss it here! In verse! (Except I was kidding about the “in verse” bit. :P)

• Outland Open Thread: Episode 4, “Fab”

  By Beppie on 2012-02-29 • ( 16 )

  

  Tonight’s Outland takes us on a Fab-ulous journey! Discuss it here!

• Outland Open Thread: Episode 3, “Andy”

  By Beppie on 2012-02-22 • ( 18 )

  What wonders await us on Outland tonight, as we venture into Andy’s home? Discuss them here!

• Outland Open Thread: Episodes 1 and 2

  By Beppie on 2012-02-15 • ( 27 )

  Last week saw the premiere of a new Australian comedy, Outland, penned by John Richards and Adam Richard, which focuses on the lives of a club for gay sci-fi geeks (or “science fiction enthusiast homosexualists” as club member Rae would prefer).

• Quick Hit: Allie Brosh’s “Adventures in Depression”

  By Beppie on 2011-11-22 • ( 5 )

  It’s been almost a month since Allie Brosh posted this at her blog Hyperbole and a Half, but I only just saw it: Adventures in Depression. I know I can definitely relate to this, and I have the feeling that… Read More ›

• Small (Environmental) Economies

  By Beppie on 2011-11-16 • ( 13 )

  I think that most of us here probably waste far more than we need to (I certainly do), but at the same time, most of us probably have our own little small personal economies to reduce waste, and it strikes me that sharing these with each other could be useful.

• Whoydensday: Vale Lis Sladen 1948-2011

  By Beppie on 2011-04-20 • ( 12 )

  Elisabeth Sladen, our beloved Sarah Jane Smith, has died, aged 63. She died after a struggle with cancer that she chose not to make public. Lis Sladen has touched many people through her portrayal of Sarah Jane, both in Doctor… Read More ›