The SF authors of the past might well have been surprised by the essential triviality of the way most of us use this amazing worldwide communication system we enjoy, but should they have been?
Sociology
The 47th Down Under Feminists Carnival is here
The March edition has been curated by Ariane aka shonias at Ariane’s Little World.
Read! Enjoy! Leave comments on all the different blogs!
Farewell to Larvatus Prodeo
Australia’s big purple poliblog will no longer be publishing new posts. The archives will remain, and that goodbye post is filling up with nostalgic comments.
Quicklink: Ashley Judd’s call to action on The Conversation about women’s looks
Great analysis from actor Ashley Judd in the Daily Beast regarding media speculation about her “puffy face” last month.
Sunday Singalong: Salt n Pepa
Salt n Pepa’s hip hop songs were filled to the brim with feminist messages about self-respect and sexual autonomy from “Let’s Talk About Sex” to “Ain’t Nuthin But A She Thing” and their songs were sooo catchy.
Actually, fairytales weren’t always so sexist
What modern mother hasn’t cringed at the pink and passive fairy tale princesses served up to her impressionable girl? The Disney versions of Snow White and Cinderella, Belle and Rapunzel are heroines of such vapid foolishness one wonders how they… Read More ›
10 rules for women blogging about their relationship woes
Before beginning your rant, and it will be a rant because you’re a woman writing this, always start that post with an apologetic, introductory paragraph about how truly nice your partner is and how he (and he will be a… Read More ›
Quick Hit: Splitting the Bill
What one man’s refusal to listen when she asks to pay for her meal tells a woman on a first date.
Sunday Poet: Adrienne Rich
These are the words that made me love Adrienne Rich’s work: This is what living with children could be – without school hours, fixed routines, naps, the conflict of being both mother and wife with no room for being simply,… Read More ›
Giveaway: Why Study Women’s History?
“Working with college students, I often recall myself as a sophomore at Barnard College in 1966. I wanted nothing to do with women’s movements or women’s history. When my advisor, Annette Baxter, suggested that I enroll in her course on U.S. women’s history, I had the nerve to reply that I would rather study “real” history.”
In 1-3 paragraphs, how would you have responded to the young Ms Freedman, and to women like her?
Hoyden About Town 