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• Slim people are happier, apparently.

  By Mindy on 2013-12-04 • ( 8 )

  

  Can we have happiness at every size?

• I’m on #teamwerejectyourfalsedichotomy *and* #teamnotgonnashutup

  By tigtog on 2013-12-03 • ( 8 )

  

  So, the whole #teamelan vs #teamdianne thing that’s been keeping a large segment of the twitterverse, bookface and the blogosphere hatertained this weekend?

• Signal Boost: Making Airwaves

  By Anna on 2013-12-02 • ( 2 )

  

  Windgap Foundation has partnered with Eastside Radio 89.7FM, theatre professionals and DJs to develop the ‘Making Airwaves’ project, an opportunity for people with an intellectual disability to learn radio presentation and production skills, creating their own radio show to be aired on International Day of People with Disability, 3 December 2013.

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2013-11-30 • ( 21 )

  

  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 book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

• Reproductive rights round-up: NSW, Vic, SA, Tas

  By Mary on 2013-11-29 • ( 28 )

  

  Fetal personhood legislation progressing through parliament in NSW while failing in South Australia. Tasmania adopts Victoria-like access to legal abortion, but the campaign to repeal part of Victoria’s abortion access heats up. And the USA demonstrates the uses to which fetal personhood can be put.

• Why I almost didn’t write a post for White Ribbon Day this year

  By tigtog on 2013-11-28 • ( 3 )

  

  Because the neverending pushback against it year after year after year had very almost ground me down, to the point where I was avoiding reading WRD posts so that I wouldn’t have to see the comments. This post by Jane Gilmore at King’s Tribune (via Clementine Ford’s discussion of it on her FB timeline) made me decide to post after all.

• A little more research wouldn’t have hurt

  By Mindy on 2013-11-26 • ( 13 )

  

  Public humiliation visits every retailer occasionally. But to young women who are a bit on the large side, the embarrassment being visited on clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch must be as delicious as a good public flogging.

• Does not compute

  By tigtog on 2013-11-25 • ( 9 )

  

  For some reason, I don’t think my unsolicited correspondent is telling me the entire truth about xir diligence in background research.

• Why I love selfies

  By Mindy on 2013-11-23 • ( 9 )

  

  Selfies: more than just narcissism and marketing.

• ObWhoniverse: 50th Anniversary Episode Thread

  By tigtog on 2013-11-23 • ( 29 )

  

  Share your feelpinions, but please be spoiler-aware!

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