Remember the Ladies’ Handbook of Home Treatment? It’s baaaack! For Teh Portly Dyke, I present: “On The Threshold of Womanhood: Puberty, or Adolescence”. A careful explanation of a mother’s responsibility to guide and manage her daughter’s fragile pubertal state, so… Read More ›
Month: February 2008
Friday Hoyden: Emma Thompson
Seeing as I finally caught up with Nanny McPhee this week, I was planning to give the accolade to the ridiculously talented Emma Thompson anyway, as I was reminded anew of her streak of iconoclasm. Then I saw a post… Read More ›
A bigot is dead
William F. Buckley, that is. I’m on the same page as most of the commentors over at Making Light, and this comment particularly summed it all up: I’m baffled by the backhanded complements of, “well, at least he was an… Read More ›
Feminism Friday and 52 acts
I’ve put up a post over at Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog on rape myths vs statistics and the psychology of victim-blaming. I’ve also decided what my 52 acts posts for the year are going to be: I’m going to… Read More ›
Feminist motherhood: a definition
Feminist motherhood: the radical notion that children are people. [After reading this, and this.]
Gender-switching fiction: Viola’s Bookshelf
Viola’s Bookshelf is a new project blog dedicated to publishing altered out of copyright, or creative commons licensed fiction, where the character’s genders have been reversed. The idea behind this is to help provide an understanding of gender construction in… Read More ›
Launching: Holla Back Australia!
Women have been exposing their harassers and attackers on Hollaback NYC and the other North American Hollabacks for three years now. So sajbrfem and I have decided to launch: Holla Back Australia! It’s empty right now, of course – so… Read More ›
Carnival Time!
The lad is home today, supporting the teacher’s strike, and it’s about a zillion degrees outside. So we’ve settled in for a Scooby Doo marathon. Yoinks! Must make popcorn. Meanwhile, Deborah from In A Strange Land has the 54th Carnival… Read More ›
Marry, shag, or throw off a cliff?
updated to add image Josh Lyman, Sam Seaborn or Toby Ziegler? (or, for those whose preferences run otherwise, Donna Moss, CJ Cregg or Abigail Bartlett?) (Show your work.) Why yes, I am catching reruns of The West Wing on cable,… Read More ›
“These stunts are becoming tiresome…”
The protest will raise fresh questions over security at the Houses of Parliament. It is seen as a fundamental part of British democracy that people should be able to go there to lobby their MP. The public are allowed temporary… Read More ›
