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• Weekend Wibble: Logos

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-30 • ( 1 )

  Have I mentioned before how amused I am that our local ambulances are adorned with three blips and a flatline? So have at it in-thread. Amusing/inappropriate/apropos logos ahoy!

• A glimpse into my head

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-30 • ( 9 )

  Chally’s been playing with Wordies. I had a bit of a play, and thought I’d give you a quick peek into my Unfinished Drafts & Rough Ideas folder. Click through for a larger version, and feel free to post Wordies… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – August 30, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-08-30 • ( 9 )

  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. Remembering Hurricane Katrina – My birthday – shared with MJ plus anniversary of Katrina. If I… Read More ›

• Playing with editing comments

  By tigtog on 2009-08-29 • ( 80 )

  Please, everyone – just post a short comment below and then see if you can edit it to add something and have it update properly. I just want to check that this is working for everyone, not just for admins.

• Femmostroppo Reader – August 29, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-08-29 • ( 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. Radical Readers: Feminisms for Dummies – from frau sally benz: “It is here! Our online feminist… Read More ›

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-29 • ( 28 )

  For no particular reason, today is meerkatday instead of otterday. Three baby meerkats were recently born at the Belfast Zoo. [Via.] Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening… Read More ›

• Credit where credit is due, says judge to child rapist

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-29 • ( 4 )

  You know, I don’t even blog most of the instances I come across of “it’s not sex, it’s rape”, because there’s so bloody many of them. This one cheesed me the fuck off tonight. [Child sexual abuse warning.] Police decry… Read More ›

• Inaccurate contraceptive info from National Prescribing Service

  By lauredhel on 2009-08-28 • ( 9 )

  One of the key pieces of information we need when choosing contraception is accurate data on effectiveness. What is the likelihood that your birth control will stop you getting pregnant? We are presented with pretty charts by family planning counsellors,… Read More ›

• On avoiding pile-ons

  By tigtog on 2009-08-28 • ( 55 )

  There really should be a better way to balance a principle of explicit non-toleration of marginalising language/arguments on HaT and a practise which appears to be driving people away from discussion here entirely. So how about we explore that a bit?

• Friday Hoyden: Roxanne Shante

  By Guest Poster on 2009-08-28 • ( 6 )

  Roxanne Shante – a teen rapper in the 1980s – had a contract with Warner Music. It included a clause that the company would pay for Shante’s education for the rest of her life.

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