Posts by Isabel Hitchings
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Up Front: How About Now?, in reply to BenWilson,
Also, another session, more of a lecture, raised the concept of contraception, and promoted the “rhythm method”
Did they teach the "count to 14" version of the rhythm method (which is truly laughable) or actual, proper Natural Family Planning (which is actually remarkably effective when done properly)?
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Up Front: P.A. Story, in reply to Lilith __,
and we MUST have a drunken Grand Chancellor in here somewhere, I think!
Oh lordy yes - he can stop people from ever being able to get on with stuff.
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Up Front: P.A. Story, in reply to Russell Brown,
sexy file-upload button
can we also have a button for non-sexy images?
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I think the quest object should be a body part - hero's pinky, saint's winky...
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I love our front loading washing machine because it doesn't get all unbalanced three times a load like the old one did so, while in theory some cycles are longer, it actually finishes the job even if I leave the house or go to bed and it spins more effectively so what we lose on washing time we gain in the drying.
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Hard News: #NetHui: it's all about you, in reply to Megan Wegan,
Yeah, but it's surprising how often people see their keyboards as an excuse to abdicate that particular responsibility.
There is that.
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Up Front: Life on Mars, in reply to Kumara Republic,
I just hope it’s a return to form for the Listener of old.
It was the Listener than made me happy I've been too lazy-arse to cancel my subscription. If only I had hope of it continuing in that vein.
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Hard News: #NetHui: it's all about you, in reply to Megan Wegan,
Yeah, but there's a way to ask, you know?
Doesn't that just come under the general heading of "don't be a dick"?
I suspect that one of the problems with many of the terms which get used in any form of specialised discourse (privilege being the currently relevant but far from only example) is that they are also normal vocabulary words with a slightly different meaning so people encountering that usage for the first time may not even realise there is anything to learn. And, yeah, there are ways for people on both sides of the divide to handle it without dickishness.
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Hard News: #NetHui: it's all about you, in reply to Megan Wegan,
few of the sites I write for are 101 sites, and that's clearly stated - so it gets irritating when someone crashes into a conversation with no understanding of what, say, rape culture is.
I have to say that i find the division of discussion between 101 and not 101 a bit intimidating at times. There's a feeling that somewhere along the line I need to pass an exam before I'll be allowed to play with the big kids. I totally understand not wanting to explain the in-group language over and over again and I always google unfamiliar terms before leaping in but there have been a number of times where I've felt someone is using a term in a way that is slightly different from the definition I know or that, with the best will in the world, I'm not quite seeing their point and I find it really hard to judge the point at which I can ask without being told "we don't do 101".
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Up Front: Life on Mars, in reply to Hebe,
Does anyone else make sure one of the parents is in the area of their children’s school at all times?
I'm ok with not being too close to school because I know there are always adults my kids (and I) trust there but my youngest really needs me around school quite a bit and it's in fucking Halswell and I don't drive so if I'm there at all I'm there for the whole freaking day so I'm at school more days than I'm not. I really like spending time at school but I mourn for when we were in town when, in between helping with spelling, I could go and sit in the food court or post a letter or go bra shopping all by myself.