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One teachers approach to preventing gender bullying in a classroom
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said: “Allie, I’m not playing. It’s time for art. The rule is no hoods or hats in school.”
She looked up with tears in her eyes and I realized there was something wrong. Her classmates went into the art room and we moved to the art storage area so her classmates wouldn’t hear our conversation. I softened my tone and asked her if she’d like to tell me what was wrong.
“My ponytail,” she cried.
“Can I see?” I asked.
She nodded and pulled down her hood. Allie’s braids had come undone overnight and there hadn’t been time to redo them in the morning, so they had to be put back in a ponytail. It was high up on the back of her head like those of many girls in our class, but I could see that to Allie it just felt wrong. With Allie’s permission, I took the elastic out and re-braided her hair so it could hang down.
“How’s that?” I asked.
She smiled. “Good,” she said and skipped off to join her friends in art.
‘Why Do You Look Like a Boy?’
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Charlie McDonnell and I, on the TARDIS set, talking about The Doctor’s Wife.
The more I see Neil Gaiman being interviewed the nicer a bloke he seems to be. I mean, he’s impossibly nice. He’s just splendid.
This may be the point where I have to admit that I have some sort of man-crush on him. But then, I suspect I’m not the only person I know in that situation…
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Joss Whedon: Feminist
- Interviewer: So why do you write these strong female characters?
- Whedon: Because you're still asking me that question.
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This is AS GOOD as the “John Williams Is The Man” video. It’s an a cappella version of the Dr Who theme in four part harmony. Listen and enjoy.
Kickstarter - An Evening With Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer →
I just gave Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer $5 to help fund their tour of the American West Coast, for which I will receive an digital recording. Seems like a pretty good deal. Go watch the video and see if you want to back them too.
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What it means to be a nerd.
Wil Wheaton reads John Green
“Thank you, John Green, for telling me exactly why I’m a nerd.”
PAX 2011
THIS IS A MOMENT I WILL NEVER FORGET. <3
Damn right I’m a nerd.
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I enjoyed Roller Disco in Shoreham tonight with the Brighton Rockers, and did not fall on my arse. Yay!
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Spock is Not Impressed with your pathetic regeneration. When Spock came back to life, so did an entire planet.
Timelords. Pah.
Spock is really hard to impress, guys.
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Two trending topics amongst my twitter friends are #raptureplaylist and #ItsOKtoBeTakei. I love the Internet.
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On the way to weekly D&D game. Ended last session in Great Peril: will we survive?
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All your base are belong to us. You have no chance make your time. Somebody set up us the bomb. - this meme is over ten years old!
Playing Icons (supers RPG) at gameforce in London. Just invented Sir Cedric Parsonby - the “Last Lord a-Leaping”.
Just played a new RPG, The Laundry - a British civil servants crossed with cthullu type thing. Bit cynical, bit satirical, needs more play time to really get into it.
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