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• Femmostroppo Reader October 5, 2011

  By tigtog on 2011-10-05 • ( 7 )

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!

• I feel rather like this sneezing bear this week

  By tigtog on 2011-10-05 • ( 1 )

  

  Except I’m not nearly so cute.

• When did you first identify as feminist?

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-10-04 • ( 11 )

  

  Recently I wrote for Mamafesto about how and when I came to identify as feminist. (Avital Nathman is still looking for other feminist contributors, so….). Then just this week I came across photos of me from that time. I was… Read More ›

• The new ‘I Do’ ad for marriage equality

  By Chally on 2011-10-03 • ( 6 )

  

  Remember how I wrote a post about the experiences of filming an ad advocating marriage equality the other day? Well, it’s out now from the good people at the I Do campaign. It features Mim, her family, and me, if you can spot us!

• Links of the day: gendered slurs as social signals

  By tigtog on 2011-10-03

  

  On the subject of gendered insults (in this case, the use of specific terms to signal acceptable behavior):

• Guys, Don’t Do That

  By tigtog on 2011-10-01 • ( 8 )

  

  Months later, the woman who spoke these four words is still dealing with cyber-harassment including rape and death threats

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2011-10-01 • ( 16 )

  Today’s bewhiskered otter was shared by virtualreality on flickr.
  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? […] Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

• Today in Evo-psych Gender essentialism…

  By Mindy on 2011-09-30 • ( 19 )

  

  Gender essentialism at its best.

• Friday Hoyden: Emilia

  By Guest Poster on 2011-09-30 • ( 6 )

  

  In Othello, it is Emilia, unfortunate wife of the villainous Iago, who delivers the woman’s equivalent of Shylock’s more famous “Has not a Jew eyes?” speech.

  Such is the focus on the central couple that it is easy to forget that two husbands kill their wives in this play.

• Quick Hit- Will anything change?

  By Mindy on 2011-09-30 • ( 6 )

  

  A new, unflattering, book about Tony Abbott, to hit the shops 1 October 2011.

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