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• QOTD: Daphne du Maurier

  By tigtog on 2016-11-07

  

  “There’s nothing so dangerous as a headstrong girl who knows her own mind.”

• Cheesy Sunday Monday

  By tigtog on 2016-11-07

  

  My favourite of the current crop of “replacing movie weapon with selfie-stick” memes – Conan selfie!

• Otterday! And Open Thread

  By tigtog on 2016-11-05 • ( 9 )

  

  It’s ages since we’ve had an Otterday! This week’s Open Thread is hosted by an otter who learnt to use an asthma inhaler last year at an aquarium in Seattle:

• Myths about alpha males redux

  By tigtog on 2016-11-05 • ( 2 )

  

  “Of course, even if the lupine origins of the alpha-male trope weren’t obsolete, the notion that the term can even apply to human social structures is inherently absurd.”

• So my plans for writing today didn’t quite work out

  By tigtog on 2016-11-04

  

  I really wanted to vent about politics on my keyboard today, but it didn’t happen. However, one of our Geek Feminist friends Valerie Aurora had her ally-training work profiled in the Guardian, so that’s a happy happening!

• BFTP Friday Hoyden: Ching Shih

  By Anna on 2016-11-04

  

  Feminist Frequency in its new series, #OrdinaryWomen: Daring to Defy History, is continuing its run of making awesome little profiles of awesome women who we’ve already profiled here at some time in the distant past. This time it’s nineteenth century… Read More ›

• Today was a singing day

  By tigtog on 2016-11-03 • ( 2 )

  

  I decided to prioritise the singing for today and let the politics wait for tomorrow.

• In praise of Applied Chemistry and Basic Hazard Management

  By tigtog on 2016-11-02 • ( 2 )

  

  I wish I’d learnt more about household chemicals as a youngster. Not knowing about them is why now, in my fifties: yesterday was the first time I’ve ever done a simple Ammonia clean of my oven. I’m a convert.

• For those times when actually blocking someone on FB is socially awkward

  By tigtog on 2016-11-02 • ( 6 )

  

  This is my first post for NaBloPoMo 2016, and I’m cheating a bit by reusing something I wrote a few weeks ago for a friend. I hope others might find it helpful too.

• Quick Hit: Digital Writers’ Festival

  By Anna on 2016-11-01 • ( 1 )

  

  Just started, and running until 11 November. All online. Jane Howard, Michaela McGuire and Kate Callingham are at the helm, and the lineup is amazing. It really is extraordinary how much they’re packing in, it must have been a phenomenal feat of… Read More ›

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