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• Quick Hit: In Which I am Impressed

  By Beppie on 2010-05-09 • ( 22 )

  I’ve long thought that the voting age in Australia should be lowered to 16 — I’ve believed this since I was 16 years old myself and had to content myself with handing out how-to-vote cards, because I was unable to… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2010-05-08 • ( 18 )

  Today’s otter comes via The Daily Otter. 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? Reading a good… Read More ›

• Thursday Cheezburger: It’s Full Of Stars

  By lauredhel on 2010-05-06 • ( 15 )

  Today’s Cheezburger theme is… Classic SF! (That’s speculative fiction, not just science fiction – feel free to add your fantasy favourites.) Post your own favourite in-theme Cheez here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear. Please post… Read More ›

• How much for your surname?

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-05-05 • ( 23 )

  What assumptions do you make about a woman when you hear that she has changed her surname after getting married? And what assumptions do you make about her when you hear she kept her surname after getting married? Do you… Read More ›

• 24th Down Under Feminists Carnival!

  By lauredhel on 2010-05-05 • ( 2 )

  Two years. TWO YEARS! That’s how long we’ve been doing this Down Under Feminists Carnival thing. This month, Frankie PhD has the honour of posting the second birthday edition. The 24th Down Under Feminists Carnival is now up at her… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – May 5, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-05-05

  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. Appearance politics: does this dress say I’m easy? – “You see a woman in stiletto heels… Read More ›

• Feed the Blogroll!

  By tigtog on 2010-05-04 • ( 14 )

  It’s a while since we updated our links – who have we missed in the new voices department? Has any of the links we already have on the list changed to a new domain? If you regularly comment here and… Read More ›

• Detached irony or cultural cringe?

  By tigtog on 2010-05-04 • ( 47 )

  I’m hugely ambivalent about the “ironic” burlesque revival – it’s still nearly always only female bodies on display, with the many fabulous male performers pushed to the showbiz margins of inner-city gay clubs and occasional hen’s nights while the burlesque girls venture regularly into mainstream suburban pubs, where they consciously drop the most confronting pieces from the run-sheet because they figure that the audience out there* won’t get/doesn’t want those anyway.

• I Have Measured Out My Flour With Coffee Cups: No-Knead Bread Photo Tutorial

  By lauredhel on 2010-05-03 • ( 14 )

  I … may have mentioned no-knead bread once or twice before. My method has roots in the NYT/The Minimalist recipe, but I’ve eliminated several steps over time, and am still happy with the results. This recipe is wonderful for people… Read More ›

• (Belated) BADD: Fictional Heroes with Disabilities

  By Beppie on 2010-05-02 • ( 13 )

  

  (My apologies for the lateness of this post — still, I’m sure it’s still May 1 in one or two timezones. :)) While it’s true that people with disabilities are under-represented and misrepresented in popular culture, I wanted to spend… Read More ›

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