Which means it must be just about time for a US Congressional election. Yup, here come those midterms. So people are going to start talking to and about Sarah Palin again. Great.
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Femmostroppo Reader – December 1, 2009
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. An Australian double standard – Our government refuses to fund an atheist conference while blithely funding… Read More ›
Faves: Feminism
Hoyden About Town is looking forward to the finalist voting in the 2008 Weblog Awards. Because it’s school holidays and tigtog and I are family-focussed right now, I’ve put together a few of my posts from the past, in the categories Feminism, Breasts, bodies and birth, Bad science, Big pharma, and Disability. They’re not chosen for any strict criteria – just the posts I found memorable, the ones
US Election ’08: Transcript of Hoyden About Town LiveBloggyChat
Greetings, folks! [A transcript of president-elect Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at Grant Park is here.] Earlier today, we had a liveblog/chat during the US election result counting. I’ve cleaned it up and trimmed it a lot (trying to maintain the… Read More ›
US Election: 3 days to go, and Palin/”Sarkozy” prank call
Oh my, this radio station prank call to Sarah Palin, from “President Sarkozy”, is, well, oh my. What were her staff thinking? What was she thinking? Just … what? You’re welcome to use this thread for any US election chat…. Read More ›
Feminism Friday: Right Wing Women, Sarah Palin, and Me
Beppie is a PhD student who reads feminist blogs to help her procrastinate think. I’ve been thinking a lot, lately, about Andrea Dworkin’s Right Wing Women, a book that asks why so many women choose (or apparently choose) to live… Read More ›
John McCain: Sarah Palin a direct counterpoint to feminism
OK, so can we stop talking about how feminism and feminists should rally behind Sarah Palin now? John McCain, answering “Hasn’t Governor Palin become a drag on your ticket?”: “As a cold, political calculation, I could not be more pleased…. Read More ›
Third Debate Thoughts, and Video of McCain’s air-scarequotes “health of the mother”
My first impression thoughts of the third presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, mostly grabbed from my twitter feed: – McCain choked on addressing Obama as “Senator Obama” at the opening, unless there was a glitch in the… Read More ›
Quick Hit: New Yorker covers and Strange Maps
This Quick Hit is via the enthralling Strange Maps: “Les extrèmes se touchent: Palinworld“: SM explains the geography: “Big Diomede and Little Diomede, are where les extrèmes se touchent, as the French say. These two islands in the middle of… Read More ›
Delaware has a Very Narrow Maritime Border with Jersey: In Defence of Joe Biden
Author: stalwart Hoydenizen Amanda also blogs at Flop-Eared Mule All debate lead-ups are exercises in lowering the expectations for your candidate, although in this VP debate the effort is somewhat half-hearted from the Dems because … well, you know, Sarah… Read More ›
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