Items of feminist, political and scientific interest found recently in my RSS feed This is Rape Culture March 20, 2009 – just read it Feminism 101: On Language and the Commodification of Sex Via Humor March 20, 2009 – a… Read More ›
Year: 2009
Otterday! And open thread.
Today’s North American river otters were spied among the ice on the Charles River in Needham, Massachusetts. Boston.com continues: The Charles River Watershed Association hailed the documented presence of otters so close to Boston as a mark of important progress…. Read More ›
Aggravated
Bozo howling into the void of the moderation filter on another blog, how is redacting text in your comment NOT a “moderation decision”? Moderating doesn’t mean just hitting the delete button, you know. I’m not the one who is being inaccurate here.
Reminder
Just over a week until Autumn Hoyden Drinkies!
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Friday Hoydens: the Redgrave women
There’s a lot of attention given to this particular death, partly because of the fame of her family, and partly because her death seems bizarre to those who don’t know much about head injuries. There’s plenty to read about both those aspects in the various MSM reports.
Daily Femmostroppo Reader – March 20, 2009
Items of feminist, political and scientific interest found recently in my RSS feed Today's Echidne Thought March 19, 2009 – echidne muses on false equivalency
“Virgin auction” solicitors back on Melbourne campus today
A couple of days ago, the “ViRGINS WANTED” [link removed] filmmakers were asked to leave the Monash University campus after putting posters up in student areas. The filmmakers are attempting to recruit two virgins[1] to sell their virginity online, and… Read More ›
CFS/ME and “faulty illness beliefs”: The incredible hubris of the psychiatro-patriarchal complex
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
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 ›
Hoyden About Town 