Kaarin: I can't sit next to him because when Fiona comes she will think he's my boyfriend.
Sheralyn: No, I think she will think he's talking to me
Kaarin: No! She always thinks that. She picked up her chair and moved firstly to the far end of the table, but then quickly left to use the glass threading beads.]
I felt that the ways Kaarin understood and practiced her gender and hetero- sexuality were limiting who she could play with, when and ultimately what forms knowledge she could access. Instead of being a scientist or feminist, Kaarin potentially became Mick's girlfriend. While there were many aspects of this situation that I didn't understand and many dangers for Mick, Kaarin and myself in raising issues of gender and sexuality, I wanted to create opportunities for all children to play together at the science table. For me, this meant disrupting how gender and sexuality were operating for Kaarin and for Mick Action research offered ways of