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• Thursday Cheezburger, and monthly Delurking Day – come and say hi

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-05 • ( 16 )

  Tech Kittehs Ahoy! Runnerup: Training fur duty on teh International Space Station Post your own favourite cheez o’ t’ week here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear. [Please post a link to a full page, rather… Read More ›

• The Tenth Down Under Feminists Carnival is up at Ideologically Impure!

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-02

  Queen of Thorns at Ideologically Impure has put together a bumper Tenth Down Under Feminists Carnival. Did you ever think we would make it to ten? Be gobsmacked, have a groan, read about pay equity, jobs summits, crime, domestic life,… Read More ›

• Pink Chaddi Campaign: Violence against Woman continues in Bangalore

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-02 • ( 2 )

  In the aftermath of the Pink Chaddi Campaign, the violence against women continues in Bangalore. Ultra Violet says: ” I have received at least three emails about attacks on women in Bangalore for wearing jeans / drinking / being free… Read More ›

• “My daughter keeps asking if the naughty man is in jail” … and he’s not

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-01 • ( 20 )

  [trigger warning] The Grafton Daily Examiner: “Man free after child sex conviction”

• Quickhit: Bettina Arndt, rape cheerleader

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-01 • ( 152 )

  Sydney Morning Herald: “Women should say yes, yes, yes more” Forty years after liberated women felt able to say “no” to their partners’ demands for sex, they have been urged to say “yes” more often to keep their men happy…. Read More ›

• Quickhit: Maternity Services Review and Homebirth

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-28 • ( 12 )

  Further to our thread on the Maternity Services Review, check out ABC Unleashed: Homebirth ban, by Alison Leemen The Maternity Services Review report, released last weekend, was an attempt to delivery continuity of care and midwife-led services to more Australian… Read More ›

• Otterday, and Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-28 • ( 32 )

  Wildlife photographer Enrique Aguirre snapped this shot of a sea otter with a rusty videocam in Monterey Bay. [h/t to parissite] Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening… Read More ›

• The Tenth Down Under Feminists Carnival is fast approaching – please submit your posts now.

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-26 • ( 1 )

  The Tenth Edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is fast approaching! The deadline for submissions is the end of the month, so get your posts in before midnight Saturday. SUBMIT YOUR POSTS HERE. This edition will be hosted by… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger: Hoyden Kittehs!

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-26 • ( 6 )

  Hoydenkittehs say Happy Thursday:

• Not so wordless Wednesday

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-26 • ( 39 )

  [Via Mothers for Women’s Lib.]