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• Femmostroppo Reader – January 11, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-01-12 • ( 3 )

  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. Storm’s a-Comin’ – Tim Minchin’s Storm is getting animated (by a Skepchick). Woot! Teachers know decimals… Read More ›

• Uluru nonsense

  By lauredhel on 2010-01-11 • ( 23 )

  So, in case you haven’t been following along, there has been talk for quite some time about closing the Uluru climb. A whole lot of tourists, despite being educated about the issues the Anangu people have with the climb of… Read More ›

• Bless: they’re still confused about weather vs climate

  By tigtog on 2010-01-11 • ( 11 )

  Not one of them seems to realise that the only thing that has ever stopped the UK (and other nations around the North Atlantic) from having the same winters as Moscow (at a similar latitude) is the twin effects of the oceanic Gulf Stream (North Atlantic Conveyor) and the atmospheric Jet Stream over Europe

• Feminism to Blame (Again!)

  By tigtog on 2010-01-11 • ( 27 )

  Does Prof Baskerville give us any stats for how many men in the prisons are there for rape, DV or skipping child support compared to other crimes? No, indeed he does not.

• The 20th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up!

  By lauredhel on 2010-01-10 • ( 2 )

  The Twentieth Edition (20! Can you believe it?) of the Down Under Feminists Carnival is up at Pharaoh Katt’s place, Something More Than Sides. Check it out now. There’s a focus on feminism and child care, with plenty of other… Read More ›

• QOTD: Andrew Bartlett #nocleanfeed

  By tigtog on 2010-01-09 • ( 9 )

  The government’s compulsory internet filter will not make the internet any safer for children to use unsupervised, nor will it make police detection of users of illegal content any easier.

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2010-01-09 • ( 14 )

  Today’s otter comes courtesy of Donald Clark 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? Reading… Read More ›

• Tropes and jargon in the femmogeekosphere

  By tigtog on 2010-01-09 • ( 14 )

  I’m putting together a reference page for some of the handy dandy jargon phrases we know and love on these tubal internets, but which we also have to explain fairly often to people who haven’t heard them before. So far… Read More ›

• The legacies of trans-exclusive feminism (aka why are you angry?)

  By Queen Emily on 2010-01-08 • ( 14 )

  Having read over the various obituaries for Mary Daly the past couple days, I’ve found myself more and more angry at the various defences marshalled in her defence (I particularly recommend Sady’s one at Tiger Beatdown), I’ve found myself more… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – January 8, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-01-08 • ( 1 )

  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. OMG! VF discovers "tweethearts"! – “There’s something kind of cute about watching the withering old media… Read More ›

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