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On internet bullying
Ianto coming into a “feminist” environment was always going to bring up issues with some people. Even when he was invited to talk at a feminist themed breakfast at Next Wave, which he attended as a...
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Anatomy of the egg
What we’re learning about today in the Mass Action kitchen: the Chalaza. 1. Eggshell 2. Outer membrane 3. Inner membrane 4. Chalaza 5. Exterior albumen (outer thin albumen) 6. Middle albumen (inner...
View ArticleFeminism and the CWA: The Perth Belles
While researching the CWA and feminism I found a branch in Perth, the CWA Perth Belles, a young and outspokenly feminist branch of the CWA. Intreugied and excited, I sent off an email to find out more...
View ArticleThings I don’t feel like doing right now:
- Writing. About anything. - Looking at any form of screen. I didn’t look at one, except for the time and a map, between leaving the CWA at 7:15 last night, and coming back at 8:45 this morning –...
View ArticleMore egg lessons
What we’re learning about today in the Mass Action kitchen: blood specks are not failed fertilisation. On chicken farms, cocks are not kept with the egg-laying hens. This means eggs can never be...
View ArticleThe joy of the meeting of the CWA and Brown Council
CWA Member: What is this? Is it judges training? Di: No, it’s an art work. It’s a performance. CWA Member: It is not! Is it?! This was perhaps my favourite interaction between the women of Brown...
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Icing by the numbers
Kate has had a few comments on the icing on her Moist Coconut Cake, with those experienced in the cookery competition telling her the icing is too intensely pink. For her latest cake, Peach Blossom...
View Article137 Cakes: Baked
With a little over five hours to spare, Brown Council have completed their monumental task of baking every cake in the Jam Drops and Marble Cakes cook book. They said it couldn’t be done but here they...
View ArticleJane’s wrap-up
So here we are, a few days away from the Mass Action kitchen, and for me a state away back home. While I left after the final judging in quite a daze, I’ve found myself back home unexpectedly calmed...
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