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• CFS/ME and “faulty illness beliefs”: The incredible hubris of the psychiatro-patriarchal complex

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-19 • ( 35 )

  New Scientist this week published an interview with infamous psychiatrist Simon Wessely. Wessely persists in believing, in the face of all the evidence, that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalitis (CFS/ME)* is a uniquely UK/American psychological condition caused by internet-triggered “faulty illness… Read More ›

• Daily Femmostroppo Reader – March 19, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-03-19

  Items of feminist, political and scientific interest found recently in my RSS feed Breaking the Silence: On Living Pro-Lifers' Choice for Women March 18, 2009 – must read about the regrets of a mother who took the adoption route The… Read More ›

• Pain trouble-shooting

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-18 • ( 31 )

  Some days, I need this handy Pain Troubleshooting Guide. Today is one of those days. In other news:

• Kitties!

  By tigtog on 2009-03-18 • ( 4 )

  Lots of kitties being AWESOME. A collation of some of the best cat footage on the Web.

• Does Edward Cullen Taste of Cherry Chapstick?

  By Beppie on 2009-03-18 • ( 25 )

  At my local shopping centre yesterday, I noticed a shop selling faux-Twilight merchandise — T-shirts with slogans that clearly reference the Twilight books/film, but are just generic enough to avoid a lawsuit (my apologies for the crappy cameraphone images): For… Read More ›

• Disgusting

  By tigtog on 2009-03-18 • ( 14 )

  Demotivator made by moi. Feel free to download and share from the Flickr page (click on the pic). Backstory in The Guardian.

• Daily Femmostroppo Reader – March 18, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-03-18 • ( 1 )

  Items of feminist, political and scientific interest found recently in my RSS feed Words Matter March 17, 2009 – more Othering of PWD Read ‘Em March 17, 2009 – Links round up on Shapely Prose It's not "sex," it's rape… Read More ›

• For the benefit of those on Feed Readers

  By tigtog on 2009-03-17 • ( 21 )

  If you can’t access the blog you should still be able to read this. (If you’re seeing this on the blog, you’re not experiencing the problem this techy bugfix post is addressing, so please feel free to ignore.)

  I’ve just installed Bad Behavior to combat spammers. Very occasionally it blocks legitimate users as well,

• Daily Femmostroppo Reader – March 17, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-03-17 • ( 1 )

  Items of feminist, political and scientific interest found recently in my RSS feed Obama's "enemy combatant" policy: following a familiar pattern March 16, 2009 – depressing Rising inequality in good and bad times? March 16, 2009 – Quote: “The Institute… Read More ›

• Feminists with disabilities – please come and put your two cents in

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-17 • ( 19 )

  Questions of the day: 1. Is there a Feminists with Disabilities blog carnival? Where? 2. If ‘no’, should there be? 3. What else might be useful to build bonds and facilitate community conversations amongst feminists with disabilities? 4. Have you… Read More ›

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