Poor old Larvatus Prodeo is having problems this weekend – half of the collective can’t log on to write posts or moderate comments. I wonder what anyone who can get on to the site is up to? The collective have… Read More ›
interblog
The League of Maternal Justice wants YOU!
If you’ve ever breastfed, or supported a mother who breastfed, or support the right of other mothers to freely breastfeed no matter what, the League wants you tomorrow as part of the Great Virtual Breast Fest. There’s an emphasis on… Read More ›
I See A Great Need.
[Image from here. Cap by me.]
Kate Harding plug
Kate Harding, one face of the “obesity crisis”. I haven’t done any Kate Harding plugs for a while, and that’s been a bit remiss of me. Kate has a delightful commentariat, no doubt through her excellently executed comments policy, and… Read More ›
Chris Clarke wants marsupial tales
So he’s tagged me with this Animeme, via Bora. I’m not that much into memes generally, but this one appeals to me. I’m afraid it takes me a little while to get to the marsupials, but I promise they’re here.
Feminism Friday (belated): Disruptive Posters Index
I’ve noticed lately on my favourite feminist blogs that several thread hijackers are using a relatively new technique. Because most if not all femiblogs (on platforms which allow it) have enabled the option to always moderate first-time posters, these people’s… Read More ›
Linkalicious: Big Tuesday Edition
A veritable smorgasbord for you! 1. “Intimate Politics: A Roundtable”: a downloadable podcast of a panel of feminist scholars and their reactions (not book reviews, but further musings) to the book Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for… Read More ›
What happened to women’s rights in Iraq?
There were some long involved threads on ozblogs last week about Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Kim at LP, and those of us who agreed with her, got piled upon (twice) for disagreeing with some of Hirsi Ali’s suggestions about how to… Read More ›
“Acting childish” – from Feministe
There’s a long and involved thread on Feministe right now about the much-bandied-about phrase “I hate children!” The guest blogger, Roy, wonders why open hate speech against children is perfectly ok, when it’s not generally acceptable against other group of… Read More ›
The interblog ventures, continued
I’m going to have to start writing proper posts more often. Along with the Blogocracy Round Robin initiative (see previous post), which was a welcome workout, I’m also going to be guest-blogging at Feministe for a week at the end… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 