Category Archives: announcements
Blog for Choice Day 2008
It’s the 35th anniversary of the U.S.A. Supreme Court in the case of Roe v. Wade, a decision which allowed the legalisation of terminations of pregnancy in the U.S.A. on what is widely viewed as essentially a technicality, which is why the case is still so important. There is no Federal legislation decriminalising abortion, merely […]
Happy New Year, all
A few days late, I know. Hope that you all enjoyed your holidays and that the year ahead is productive and joyous.
Best of ’07: post nominations
This is to alert the feminist/womanist blogging community to the FemmoBolsho ’07 Best Posts compilation I have just announced over at Hoyden About Town. (“Bolshy” in Aussie slang has no special leftist connotations, it has a stronger denotation of simply “challenging the status quo”.) There are two wings of the nomination procedure: nominate your favourite […]
Carnival roundup
A reminder for those looking for excellence in feminist blogging, the various feminist and women-centric blog carnivals regularly present the cream of the crop. All the carnivals below feature strong analysis of gender roles and other feminist issues, and the special interest carnivals highlight how feminism informs areas such as science careers and science fiction. […]
We get activist email
In my inbox this morning. As I’m not a US citizen, I reproduce it here for those who are: Hi Feminism 101, My name is Joey Appley-Epstein, and I’m writing to you on behalf of a project by the Women’s Campaign Forum called “She Should Run.” The goal of the project is to encourage both […]
43rd Carnival of Feminists
Over at Femtique. You can find the homepages here at FF101 for other feminist-themed blog carnivals (where they will list the latest editions) if you click on the Resources tab below the banner and look through the Links page.
shakesville
tekanji
tigtog
In which the moderator apologises for dropping the ball
I have been distracted over the holiday break, and this has meant that over the last month or so I have allowed some commenters through whom I would normally have cut off at the pass. The tone of the blog has suffered badly as a result. Those commentors are aggressive and are discouraging other voices, […]