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• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2010-10-09 • ( 19 )

  Today’s little smooching otters are coming at you via The Daily Squee.

• For our sons but not for our daughters

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-10-08 • ( 16 )

  A recent UK internet survey (sample size: 2,500 but non-random) found mothers are more critical of their daughters than their sons. The results sound utterly depressing:

• Thursday Cheezburger – Unimpressed

  By Mindy on 2010-10-07 • ( 3 )

  Continuing last week’s school holiday theme I give you “Unimpressed”. As in I have been unimpressed with some of the mischief my children are capable of.

• Laughing at mental illness

  By Jo Tamar on 2010-10-07 • ( 4 )

  “Mental illness isn’t abnormal,” she says. “It just exaggerates experiences that everybody goes through. Everybody has felt sad, been slightly hyperactive. Mental illness isn’t this separate world – it’s just a step beyond the normal world.”

• Intersectionality and Privilege: Addressing the Squishy Bits

  By Beppie on 2010-10-06 • ( 32 )

  Not all questions have clear answers. Sometimes, there is no “right” answer. Sometimes, every “right” answer carries a little bit of wrong in it too. This is especially true when we take a feminist approach informed by intersectionality; a feminism… Read More ›

• The 2010 Ig Nobel Prizes

  By Jo Tamar on 2010-10-06 • ( 2 )

  This year’s Ig Nobel Prizes have been announced.

• Femmostroppo Reader – October 5, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-10-05

  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.

• 29th Down Under Feminists Carnival, curated by bluebec

  By Mary on 2010-10-05 • ( 1 )

  

  The 29th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up at bluebec’s place!

• Not-an-Otterday (and Open Thread)

  By tigtog on 2010-10-04 • ( 17 )

  These school holidays seem to be using up everybody’s spoons! Here, have a fox.

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

• Rally for Abortion Rights

  By Wildly Parenthetical on 2010-10-04 • ( 1 )

  On October the 9th this year, there is a National Day of Action being held in support of the Cairns couple who face legal action over sourcing RU486 from overseas, and in solidarity with Queensland women more generally. It’s also… Read More ›

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