Femmostroppo Reader – May 28, 2009

Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

• Penny for Your Thoughtfulness

- Melissa examines the extraordinary conservative panic over the concept of “empathy” in a judge.

• Why, No—I'm Not an Idiot, But Thanks for Assuming

- How many women who are voluntarily sterilised actually do regret it?

• Inventive New Arguments Against Gay Marriage!

- hugely entertaining smackdown

• Justifying domestic violence

- The mild mannered grandfather supposedly had a good excuse

• Slavery 101: Clearing up some misconceptions.

- Read and bookmark

• Update on Gender Knot Post Due Today

- Some gender matters links from Zuska prior to the promised Gender Knot post

• Snatching defeat from the jaws of the MDC

- An account of yet another self-claimed psychic rationalising why she failed the Randi Foundation’s Million Dollar Challenge

• The anti-vaccine movement: Is it too late for scientists to bridge the gap between evidence and fear?

- a great summary of the history of the current antivax scares, full of links

• Won't Somebody Listen to the Generals (and Admirals and Majors)?

- because Dick Cheney didn’t and won’t.

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Related posts:

1. Femmostroppo Reader – June 1, 2009
2. Femmostroppo Reader – May 29, 2009
3. Femmostroppo Reader – May 23, 2009
4. Femmostroppo Reader – April 11, 2009
5. Femmostroppo Reader – March 31, 2009