The 47th Down Under Feminists Carnival is here
The March edition has been curated by Ariane aka shonias at Ariane’s Little World.
Read! Enjoy! Leave comments on all the different blogs!
Farewell to Larvatus Prodeo
Australia’s big purple poliblog will no longer be publishing new posts. The archives will remain, and that goodbye post is filling up with nostalgic comments.
Quick Hit: Weekend Election Watch
Teresa Nielsen Hayden at Making Light sums up how frothingly the extreme right wing blogosphere is reacting to the polls for the McCain campaign: The Corner goes round the bend Meanwhile, as I say, The Corner and its cronies continue their descent into conspiracy theory, as they attempt to “prove” that Obama is really a [...]
Newsflash: Kyle Payne jailed
Iowa Independent: Blogger Kyle Payne sentenced to six months in county jail Payne received 360 days, with 180 days suspended on each of two counts of invasion of privacy, a serious misdemeanor charge. He was also given one year of probation on each count. On the charge of 2nd degree attempted burglary, a felony, Payne [...]
I’m not worthy
You know that stage when you’ve been doing a hobby five years or so, and you think you’re getting really quite good at it most of the time, then you cruise Etsy and the blogosphere and realise you’re totally not worthy? Check out these breathtaking soaps. Tumbled Turquoise soap by amethystsoap Related posts: Soapmaking Photo [...]
AP: That’ll be $2.50 a word for copy-paste, thanks
The blogosphere is starting to buzz. What’s the buzz? AP has kicked up about bloggers posting short, linked excerpts without paying. Out-law.com says that the Associated Press issued Rogers Cadenhead (of the Drudge Retort) a series of takedown notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The stories contained excerpts from 33 to 79 words [...]
BADD: The radical notion that people with disabilities are people, and Australia’s 2020 Summit
This post is a part of Blogging Against Disablism Day. Update: BADD isn’t over yet, but if you want to get a start on reading the posts, check out the roundup at Diary of a Goldfish. For most people, health is not life’s goal. Public health is not a religion, or, as recently seen in [...]
What Shakesville said
We Write Letters Related posts: Femmostroppo Reader – April 9, 2009 Faves: Disability He writes letters Congratulations Shakesville! Seen at Shakesville
As so often occurs, I find out about something neat when it’s nearly over
By tigtog on June 16, 2008
NaComLeavMo: More Conversation Than You Can Shake a Stick at Arrgh, only a little over a week left! National Comment Leaving Month: an initiative of Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters, a blog I normally wouldn’t have found because of its specific focus on an area that isn’t a particular interest of mine (infertility etc), [...]
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