The Odds & Ends Drawer

Something of a bumper edition this week!

• Violet anticipates a return to resentment if she works full time and her partner has to pick up the housework.
• Deborah reviews Black Dust Dancing, which sounds awesome.
• Dancer reproduces and comments on an article about the slow death of the quality chick flick.
• Art and My Life has some bad mugs and some good street art.
• Jordan reckons National's approach to ACC is indicative of a broader strategy to decommision the welfare state.
• Heather Hapeta considers one of the few reasons to upgrade to a Dame.
• Megan Rose is looking forward to swapping back to the man=breadwinner woman=homemaker model.
• Stevedore argues that the Greens are more than one woman.
• Anjum is on holiday in Malaysia and doesn't feel out of place.
• Homepaddock has a Bo Peep recipe with pictures.
• barvasfiend doesn't hate sharks.
• Lew has engaged in an email conversation with David Garrett about prison rape and related matters.
• Blue Milk has a short yet thought-provoking post about the images of people advertising uses.
• Make Tea Not War postulates that Mamma Mia is all about baby-boomer lady wish-fulfillment.
• Luddite Journo considers New Zealand's chances in the Cricket World Cup. Anne-Marie blogs on a similar theme too.
• Pretty Pretty Pretty has news that will bring sugary fluttery feelings to the hearts of cupcake lovers in the nation's capital.
• Kakariki reports on her time in Hamilton earlier this month, including photos of a great exhibition she went to and a run-down of the talk she gave on radical craftivism.
• Azlemed contributes to Blue Milk's series on feminist motherhood.
• The Paradoxical Cat decides Dunedin Hospital's art gallery is actually not bad.
• jo's squirrelling is rather inspiring.

Wow!