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• The Tenth Down Under Feminists Carnival is up at Ideologically Impure!

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-02

  Queen of Thorns at Ideologically Impure has put together a bumper Tenth Down Under Feminists Carnival. Did you ever think we would make it to ten? Be gobsmacked, have a groan, read about pay equity, jobs summits, crime, domestic life,… Read More ›

• Pink Chaddi Campaign: Violence against Woman continues in Bangalore

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-02 • ( 2 )

  In the aftermath of the Pink Chaddi Campaign, the violence against women continues in Bangalore. Ultra Violet says: ” I have received at least three emails about attacks on women in Bangalore for wearing jeans / drinking / being free… Read More ›

• Quickhit: Prop 8 The Musical

  By tigtog on 2009-03-01 • ( 4 )

  Star-studded and in a good cause. http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf “Prop 8 – The Musical” starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more… from Jack Black

• “My daughter keeps asking if the naughty man is in jail” … and he’s not

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-01 • ( 20 )

  [trigger warning] The Grafton Daily Examiner: “Man free after child sex conviction”

• Quickhit: Bettina Arndt, rape cheerleader

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-01 • ( 152 )

  Sydney Morning Herald: “Women should say yes, yes, yes more” Forty years after liberated women felt able to say “no” to their partners’ demands for sex, they have been urged to say “yes” more often to keep their men happy…. Read More ›

• The writer and the cartoonist

  By Helen on 2009-02-28 • ( 5 )

  Helen writes at the Cast Iron Balcony. She’s a blogger, she’s a grinner, she’s a mother, she’s a sinner. She plays her music in the sun. Last year, some cartoons which appeared with two of Miranda Devine‘s articles caught my… Read More ›

• Quickhit: Maternity Services Review and Homebirth

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-28 • ( 12 )

  Further to our thread on the Maternity Services Review, check out ABC Unleashed: Homebirth ban, by Alison Leemen The Maternity Services Review report, released last weekend, was an attempt to delivery continuity of care and midwife-led services to more Australian… Read More ›

• Otterday, and Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2009-02-28 • ( 32 )

  Wildlife photographer Enrique Aguirre snapped this shot of a sea otter with a rusty videocam in Monterey Bay. [h/t to parissite] Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening… Read More ›

• Friday Hoyden: Octavia Butler, by Guest Hoyden Chally

  By Guest Poster on 2009-02-27 • ( 13 )

  Today’s Friday Hoyden is by guest Hoyden Chally from Zero At The Bone. Chally’s ode to Octavia Butler was first published here, and is also being discussed at io9. Chally is a scary feminist whose hobbies include French knitting, eating… Read More ›

• Better than (foo), reminds me of (bar)

  By tigtog on 2009-02-27 • ( 10 )

  A new meme! Using one of the tips from this handy Lifehacker post (Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks – it’s recommended as a way to find music/movies etc that you might like based on a musician/film you already like) I plugged in a few different search terms to Google to see what came up (although as I am a poliblogger with a shriveled husk of a heart, I tweaked the search in order to more likely find the pol-abuse) .

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