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• Thursday Cheezburger: Oh So Sleepy edition

  By tigtog on 2010-10-28 • ( 2 )

  Today’s theme is Oh So Sleepy. The Interwebs are so exhausting!

  Post your own favourite in-theme Cheez here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear.

• Jerks and those who do not challenge them

  By tigtog on 2010-10-27 • ( 7 )

  Clueless quote of the day via Blaghag, blogging on why women don’t come to atheist meetings after a conversation that ended with this:

  “What? It’s not harassment since we’re not in a workplace.”

• Classic Quote: Carol Hanisch

  By tigtog on 2010-10-26 • ( 7 )

  This is part of one of the most important theories we are beginning to articulate. We call it “the pro-woman line.” What it says basically is that women are really neat people…

• Signal Boost: International Nestlé-Free Week 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-10-26 • ( 5 )

  Today marks the beginning of International Nestle-Free Week 2010. If you are not yet aware of the reasons why people boycott and protest Nestle, here is a summary:

• US Congressional Mid-Terms Reader

  By tigtog on 2010-10-26 • ( 1 )

  A selection of US blogger commentary found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss?

• Extreme breastfeeding in novels

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-10-25 • ( 19 )

  I am reading Emma Donoghue’s Room at the moment. It is one of those novels that everyone is suddenly talking about. Narrated by a five year old, it is about he and his mother’s very isolated life. The book has an extraordinary premise, which I won’t give away here, but there is another element to the story that everyone can’t help but seem to notice and unpick and that is that the five-year old is still being breastfed.

• Femmostroppo Reader – October 25, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-10-25 • ( 5 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed.What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

• Half-arsed Sunday: Books and Bechdel

  By tigtog on 2010-10-24 • ( 25 )

  So what’s everybody else been reading? What have you found especially well written, or at least well plotted? What’s particularly Bechdel-Wallacious? What, if anything, has been both?

• Sydney Silly Season meetup planning thread

  By Mary on 2010-10-23 • ( 14 )

  

  Your input needed in planning a Sydney Silly Season meetup!

• Otterday! and Open Thread

  By tigtog on 2010-10-23 • ( 25 )

  This week’s open thread is brought to you by Britain’s recovering wild otter population. I for one salute our new otter overlords.

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

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