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Femmostroppo Reader – May 16, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please add interesting links of your own in the comments. Friday Feminist – Marilyn French (2) – The passage from The Women’s Room that made her infamous amongst MRAs etc –… Read More ›
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Comedy this weekend?
I’m going out to see shows on Saturday night and Sunday arvo. The Sunday arvo shows were the ones I recommended earlier, but if anyone’s up for a Saturday night show you’re more than welcome to join me.
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Femmostroppo Reader – May 15, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please add interesting links of your own in the comments. BBC NEWS | Health | Women 'fight off disease better' – Female immune systems are more robust, leading to possibility of… Read More ›
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Open-mindedness: are you sure you know what it really means?
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Friday Hoyden: Kirsty Moore
Congratulations on being the first woman pilot to join the UK’s elite Red Arrow aerobatic display team!
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Femmostroppo Reader – May 14, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please add interesting links of your own in the comments. The Trouble with Linda Hirshman's Critique of Jezebel – more on Hirshman and her tin ear regarding rape Undersupplied U.S soldiers… Read More ›
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Femmostroppo Reader – May 13, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please add interesting links of your own in the comments. My Raging Narcissism: Now Including 51% of the Earth's Population! – Sady beats down another meme discounting women’s opinions and experiences…. Read More ›
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Elite male athletes and homosocial bonding through sexual coercion of women
As raised on the Otterday open thread, this has been all over the TV, radio and papers today – the 4 Corners episode on ARL footy players and their attitudes of sexual entitlement. Especially the attitude that says if a girl agrees to sexual contact with one footballer, or maybe two, that it’s no big deal if suddenly several other players appear in the room to “take a turn”, with a larger crowd of the team’s entourage happily watching this suddenly changed situation. The news stories very carefully avoid any terms suggesting that any player committed a criminal sexual offence, as no charges have been laid, and certainly no convictions have ensued.
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Femmostroppo Reader – May 12, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please add interesting links of your own in the comments. TAX SLUG!!!1! – different ways of viewing slugs Community Blog Round-up: Male feminists – some discussions from Feministing Monday Blogaround –… Read More ›
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