- It's only natural, Dave - ask any baboon - Rosemary McLeod considers David Letterman.
- A Day in the Life of an Abortion Clinic Escort - thanks to Anna for submitting this one
- Shakespeare's daughters - Rachel Cusk considers women's writing in the Guardian (thanks to HH for pointing this out on FB)
- Sue Moroney and Cactus Kate look at the curious case of the the Minister of Women's Affairs, and whether her lack of competence might be a deliberate ploy on the part of John Key.
- Why pink doesn't stink - Emily Hill (again in the Guardian) looks at the Pinkstinks campaign and whether pink is as anti-feminists as all that (thanks to the Mighty S for sharing this link)
- Deborah finds a programme to train bar staff in reducing rape that is sans victim-blaming, hurrah!
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Monday, 14 December 2009
Grab-bag
Sorry some of these have taken me a while to share, I didn't realise I had a grab-bag sitting in draft.
I just saw this Salon article and thought I'd share
ReplyDeletehttp://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/feature/2009/12/11/nineteenth_duggar
It's about Michelle Duggar having her 19th child and the "quiverfull" movment - a religious movement that states women have to breed or they're going against God's laws. Even if getting pregnant kills them.
Kind of bizzare,this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8416739.stm
ReplyDeleteA shopping centre in China's Hebei province has built a car park with wider spaces and painted in pink and light purple to cater to women's "strong sense of colour and different sense of distance".
ReplyDeletehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8432887.stm