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• Not so Wordless Wednesday

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-17 • ( 14 )

  This just dropped into my inbox.

• “Saying conjoined twins are disabled is insulting!”: Evelyn Evelyn, redux

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-17 • ( 5 )

  [Cross-posted to Disabled Feminists] Something that has really struck me about the conversations around Evelyn Evelyn is the reaction that “Conjoined twins don’t have a disability! To say they do is insulting!” Not all commenters make the link between the… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-13 • ( 39 )

  This may or may not be an otter trail. Whether it is or not, I don’t really care – it’s a gorgeous scene. [Source.] Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger: Internet Indiscretions

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-11 • ( 6 )

  Today’s Cheezburger Theme is: Internet Indiscretions! Post your own favourite Internet Indiscretion Cheez here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear. Please post a link to a FULL webpage, rather than a direct link to an image… Read More ›

• Feral Follicular Feminist Fire

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-11 • ( 19 )

  You gotta love it when the testerical trollumnists start throwing around the word “feral” in reference to feminists. You can probably guess who, at least down to a handful or two. This time, it’s Howard Sattler, and he’d like us… Read More ›

• Quickhit: Conroy admires Google China’s censorship, plumps for censored Youtube Oz

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-10 • ( 6 )

  The looming prospect of internet censorship in Australia just gets more and more disturbing. From APC Mag: Now Conroy wants Google to filter YouTube in Australia In the latest twist over his controversial Web filtering scheme, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy… Read More ›

• Strokable

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-07 • ( 12 )

  From the Things I Love files today: Beautifully covered cookbooks. Sure, the other cookbooks get pulled out plenty for their content. Mrs Beeton’s, the C.W.A. Cookbook, The Cook’s Companion, Complete Vegetarian, How To Eat, 101 Muffins, Trattoria Pasta, the Women’s… Read More ›

• Carnival! We’re TWENTY-ONE!

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-06

  The Bumper Coming-of-age Twenty-First Edition Down Under Feminists Carnival is up at The Radical Radish!. Check it out now. The range of posts tackles domesticity, race, trusting women, respect, politics, activism, body image, sexuality, media, movies, SF, fashion and rape… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-06 • ( 10 )

  It’s Otterday! Today’s river otters were photographed at Yellowstone – please go check out the rest of the photos at Laurie’s Blog. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great… Read More ›

• For Haiti Orphans, Cross Nursing Can Save Lives: ILCA, UNICEF, WHO, PAHO

  By lauredhel on 2010-02-05 • ( 7 )

  For those wondering how on earth aid to a disaster area can exist without huge-scale donations of infanf formula from the United States, or wondering how to explain this to others, this press release from ILCA, and the links therein… Read More ›