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Otterday! And Open Thread.

Today’s honorary otter is a sea lion! This little pup was born in the Adelaide Zoo over Halloween.

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

Signal Boost: Carnival Reminders

Firstly, the next Down Under Feminist Carnival…Secondly, a new carnival: the inaugural Blog Carnival of Mental Health is being organised right now.

Anybody got any other carnivals they’d like to plug?

Mother as politician

The evolution of the whole ‘Mum’ identity in politics is completely fascinating if not also repellent. You can read Judith Warner’s entire piece, “The New Momism” here. It is a pretty thought-provoking article. There was a time when words like… Read More ›