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• The year in feminist infighting

– Nice collection of blogosphere flare-ups from Broadsheet

• The definitive linkspam of this decade (1st January, 2010)

– GeekFeminism linksfest

• I just don't trust police

– “seriously, I am struggling to see why it was necessary to continue a high speed chase when there was a chopper on their tail, and at least another 100km of pretty frequent towns with other highway patrols who could be alerted and updated with the two men’s whereabouts. A little girl died because of this.”

• Recommended Reading for January 1st

– linksfest from FWD

• “Men who buy sex: Who they buy and what they know”

– “report that most men who buy sex are aware of and have witnessed exploitation, coercion and trafficking but this does not affect their decision to buy sex.”

• Sociological Images Update (Dec. 2009)

– If you haven’t got into the Sociological Images blog, this post gives a round-up of lots of good posts to start with.

• End financial discrimination against young people

– “The two arguments I’ve heard in favour of varied wage and benefit rates – excluding ‘nobody votes for raising benefits during a recession’ – are:

– it’s intended to encourage young people into higher education
– young people need less money because they’re supported by their parents.”

• The nuts, the bolts and the tenderness.

– “Yesterday I spent 5 hours in a sexual and reproductive health care facility, supporting a dear friend who found she was pregnant and did not wish to continue with the pregnancy.”

• STATE OF THE FEMINISM: Time for a Rebranding, Ladies!

– from Sady at Tiger Beatdown (also posted at Feministe)

• Twitter and LinkedIn neck and neck, while Bebo and Second Life lag behind

– What’s working for people and what’s not

Categories: linkfest

Tags: blogging, Read-ems, social media