2010 – Page 16 – Hoyden About Town

US Congressional Mid-Terms Reader

By tigtog on 2010-10-26 • ( 1 )

A selection of US blogger commentary found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss?

Extreme breastfeeding in novels

By hatbluemilk on 2010-10-25 • ( 19 )

I am reading Emma Donoghue’s Room at the moment. It is one of those novels that everyone is suddenly talking about. Narrated by a five year old, it is about he and his mother’s very isolated life. The book has an extraordinary premise, which I won’t give away here, but there is another element to the story that everyone can’t help but seem to notice and unpick and that is that the five-year old is still being breastfed.

Femmostroppo Reader – October 25, 2010

By tigtog on 2010-10-25 • ( 5 )

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.

Half-arsed Sunday: Books and Bechdel

By tigtog on 2010-10-24 • ( 25 )

So what’s everybody else been reading? What have you found especially well written, or at least well plotted? What’s particularly Bechdel-Wallacious? What, if anything, has been both?

Sydney Silly Season meetup planning thread

By Mary on 2010-10-23 • ( 14 )

Your input needed in planning a Sydney Silly Season meetup!

Otterday! and Open Thread

By tigtog on 2010-10-23 • ( 25 )

This week’s open thread is brought to you by Britain’s recovering wild otter population. I for one salute our new otter overlords.

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.

Femmostroppo Reader – October 23, 2010

By tigtog on 2010-10-23

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.

Compare the pair

By Jo Tamar on 2010-10-22 • ( 1 )

Headlines: “Student becomes new police chief in Mexican town” vs “Just 20, young mother becomes Mexican top cop”

Friday Hoyden: Ursula K. Le Guin

By Mary on 2010-10-22 • ( 22 )

tigtog asked if someone could do a Friday Hoyden piece on Ursula K. Le Guin for her 80th birthday… last year. Le Guin’s 81st birthday was yesterday on the 21st October 2010: this is going up in time for it to still be her birthday in her hometown of Portland, Oregon.