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  • There’s enough normativity-policing in the world already, thanks

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    Telling people that they are Doin’ It Rong because they are doing it differently than people do it on the telly, or in books, or (Blob forbid) differently than you did it? Who made you the This Is How It Is police?

  • Today in Double Standards

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    Isn’t it interesting, that in this particular instance, the blame seems to be directed at the person who is distributing these photos when they shouldn’t be, rather than at the people who actually posed for the photograph? There are no platitudes about how careful men need to be, or about how they need to be educated about the consequences of their actions.

  • BFTP: Parenting While Female: “It’s Not About You”

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    This is part of our December slowdown Blast From The Past reposting program. This post was originally published May 2nd, 2007.

    I’ve been contemplating this post: The Male Gaze… falls upon a Nursing Mother…. by Morgan Gallagher. I think there’s an important truth in there, something feminists find themselves saying over and over and over again: “It’s not about you.”

  • Sydney Summery meetup is go: 9th January!

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    "Just north of Coogee beach" by Aschaf on Flickr (CC BY)

    All of the Sydney feminist blogosphere is invited to a meetup at Coogee Beach, 3pm on Sun January 9. Let Chally know you’re coming. Also check the wet weather plan.

  • Femmostroppo Reader December 21, 2010

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    Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader – #MooreandMe, Naomi Wolf trivialising rape allegations, #talkaboutit, negotiating consent and a couple that aren’t about Assange at all (how did that happen?). What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

  • Quicklink: December Lights Project

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    via the marvellous Karen Healey at Attention Rebellious Jezebels, news of the December Lights Project, promising “Short stories to light up the winter season…”:

  • Silly Season post 1

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    Welcome to the Silly Season. This (I hope) series will be about silly things that will hopefully make you smile. Currently the weather here is quite silly for December in Australia.

  • Femmostroppo Reader December 19, 2010

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    Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. Yet more Wikileaks traincrash dominates, sadly. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

  • Great news to wake up to

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    The US Senate has voted to repeal the 1993 “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” bill that banned same-sex-attracted military personnel from being open and honest about their sexual orientation under penalty of dismissal.

  • Stop looking at my Mom

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    Bugs me to think that our children are introduced to sexual objectification so young by watching it happen to us. But on a positive note, how fantastic is this kid? Here is an interview with Astronomical Kid. (Do not read… Read More ›