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Month: October 2009
Femmostroppo Reader – October 28, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. The Name Game – “Apparently 70 percent of Americans believe that a woman should change her… Read More ›
Quote for the day: sexual favouritism creates a hostile work environment
There’s a subset of sexual harassment called sexual favoritism that, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, can lead to a “hostile work environment,” often “creating an atmosphere that is demeaning to women.”
And that pretty much sums up my experience at Late Night with David Letterman.
Virtual Travelling – Ceci n’est pas cinq parasols
This photo is actually untitled by the artist, but I feel this piece of conceptual art photography has more than a touch of the spirit of Magritte.
More for the “men stand by while other men beat their property” files
Further to the Amazing Race assault post, another example of how men will just stand around while a man beats a woman, so long as they can assume that the woman is the man’s property. Etana at Fatshionista writes “When… Read More ›
Maintenance time again!
The theme that runs this site, Thesis, has been updated, so it’s time to do a bit of fiddling in the background to get it installed and take advantage of its new features. So I’m putting the blog into Maintenance Mode for an hour or so.
Quickhit: Lesbian mums are “offensive language”, say Scholastic censors
At change.org: You have to wonder why an organization dedicated to getting students to read would decide to make censorship such an important part of their work. […] But that’s what Scholastic Books is doing by banning a book from… Read More ›
OBs denying doula access: Where’s the SCIENCE!!!1!?
Can someone show me again the SCIENCE!!!1! behind denying access to a doula during maternity care? Here are a few excerpts of papers I found, mixed in type (quantitative research, qualitative research, meta-analysis, review), on doula care. Emphases are mine…. Read More ›
Assault and battery on the Amazing Race
Does anyone here keep up with The Amazing Race? I’ve just been completely wigged out by the casual showing of partner-on-partner abuse, including assault and battery. No one on the show said a word or attempted to intervene. Just expected… Read More ›
Quickhit: Women have ‘same heart symptoms’
Don’t believe what you may have heard about women not having chest pain when they are having a heart attack
Hoyden About Town 