I don’t care what that SEO manual is telling you about how offering your guest posts to other bloggers (on condition that there’s a link back to your blog) is a fine and dandy way to increase your readership and your search engine ranking. If you’ve never even left a single comment attempting to engage with our commenting community, then asking us to publish a post of yours on spec is simply downright rude.
Month: October 2010
FFS folks: just how long does the public shaming of Kristy Fraser-Kirk for daring to speak up have to go on?
What part exactly of “any punitive damages portion of up to 37 million dollars awarded by the court will be donated to charity” and “a private settlement of less than a million dollars does not include the originally sought-after punitive damages” are so many people finding so difficult to compute?
How to time a holiday in France
Petty personal considerations aside, the strikes in France illustrate a conflict that will be repeated across many nations who have had a raft of strong social safety net policies over many decades who are now struggling to finance those policies.
Femmostroppo “Back from Holidays” Reader – October 17, 2010
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.
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Today’s baby otters learning to swim come to you via Zooborns.
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.
Soapmaking Photo Walkthrough, Part Four: Finis
I thought some of you might be wondering what the finishing process and the finished product looks like! Here’s a little run-through of my process from rough just-unmoulded soap to finished soap ready for labelling.
Reasons why you should see Made in Dagenham
(1) It is a story about women, in a world where there is a dearth of stories about women.
Thursday Cheezburger: FACE-OFF! – And Delurking Day.
Today’s lolcat theme is: Faceoff!
Post your own favourite in-theme Cheez here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear.
Not guilty!
Tegan Leach and her partner Sergie Brennan have been acquitted:
Bitch PhD closes down
I saw some sad news when I clicked on one of my favourite blogs yesterday. Bitch, PhD is closing down.
The signs were there. Posts from my favourite BPhD writers have been thin on the ground this year. This has been one of my go-to group blogs since 2004, and has been one of the feminist blogs which has helped me work out my own feminism.
Hoyden About Town 