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 ›
Month: March 2009
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Daily Femmostroppo Reader – March 17, 2009
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
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 ›
Autumn, blessed autumn
This time of year makes my heart sing! It was 38* degrees yesterday (bleurgh), 30 degrees today (hmm), but it’s now cooling down with a plunge and a sigh. Not one day in the next week is going to be… Read More ›
More confected fat-baby epidemic panic? The “increasing trend” that isn’t.
This supposed ongoing upward trend in birthweight has been used as an excuse for absurd levels of inductions of labour and skyrocketing C sections, and a springboard for blaming lazy, old, fat, neglectful mothers for the “obesity epidemic”, childhood cancer,… Read More ›
Every egg in the carton so far has been like this
Double yolks.
Upgrading time again
Okay, I’m about to do a few upgrade things with the blog. I’ll aim to get them done quickly and easily without mucking too many things up, but who knows?
Quickhit: Background Briefing on Australia’s Looming Internet Censorship
For those interested in Minister Stephen Conroy’s plans to introduce mandatory internet censorship to Australia, check out Wendy Carlisle’s show on the Background Briefing. ABC Radio National: Conroy’s clean feed It’s well-researched, and it explains the issue from square one,… Read More ›
Baby toupees: “i’m Not a Boy!”
Dissatisfied with lacy elastic garters as a salve for gender-neutral panic in the carers of baby girls, the market has come up with this hideously hirsute scalpgirdle: The splash page reads: Baby Bangs – for the girl who has everything…. Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 