August 2008

• MIA: long post in the works
• Women reduced to a disembodied womb, GetUp edition
• Practical aid for remote indigenous communities: subsidise freight charges for fresh food, for a start?
• Institutionalised violence against women in China, redux
• SF Sunday: reproduction
• The Man Who Would Be Veep
• Girl-Wonder announces the Con Anti-Harassment Project
• Otterday! And Weekend Open Thread
• 63rd Carnival of the Feminists
• Fun with blogs and Christian Kerr, who doesn’t understand them
• Friday Hoyden: Germaine Greer
• In other important news, you will get wet if you walk in the rain
• Quick hit: Smoking ad history, from Lucky Strike to the Marlboro Man
• Thursday Cheezburger
• Why I haven’t blogged on the Victorian abortion decriminalisation bill
• Question OTD: What makes for a blog that excites you?
• Wednesday Links
• Now this is what I call a netroots base
• Whoydensday: Hugohugohugo! Moffmoffmoff!
• What kind of space is Hoyden About Town? (And our new guidelines summary)
• Peeve OTD: Tolerance versus Acceptance
• Ksubi topless party
• OMGWTFBBQ!!!
• You always hurt the one you love…
• Double standard watch: the “gay panic” defence
• Mt Isa men willing to get drunk and fuck – even ugly chicks
• Carnivalia, transgenderism and the gender binary
• SF Sunday: machines and freedom from slavery
• Bedside Manner
• Otterday!
• Random Awesomeness
• Saturday Links: “Ethnic” Food, Mother-Blaming, and more on sexy sports uniforms
• Friday Hoyden: who’s your hoyden?
• Why I’m Not Pleased, Sexual Objectification Edition
• Big Brother Friday Fauxpology: Mo’s been in the headmaster’s office before, hasn’t he?
• Caption this:
• The HuffPo is off my reading list
• Feminism Friday linkage:
• Thursday Cheezburger
• UK Criminal Compensation Authority Blaming Rape Victims
• Whoydensday: Old vs New, strengths and weaknesses
• But why are women so worried about their looks?
• By all means, discuss our comments policy in this thread
• More classic sexist advertising
• A conflict of interest in Campaign McCain, you say? Quelle surprise!
• Women still the sex class in international elite sports
• WWTTMD?
• From the reading pile: Barrayar (contains spoilers)
• SF Sunday: so what are you reading?
• Friday Hoyden*: Michelle Gomez