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Interview time

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I’ve been a little slow with this one! Back at the end of January Liz at Eternal Lizdom invited her readers to request an interview from her, which I duly did. Shortly afterwards, her questions arrived in my inbox and I opened a draft post, began to write, got stuck and it’s been sitting there ever since. Today I determined to finish – and here it is. This is one of those pass-it-on meme type things so if you want me to interview you, leave a comment and say “Interview me!” and I’ll send you 5 questions to answer. Liz … Continue reading Interview time

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25

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Yep, it’s the Facebook 25 random things meme, I’ve been tagged often enough now that I figure it’s time to do it. I have one ear that sticks out further from my head than the other. When I was in my late teens a doctor suggested I might want to have surgery to “fix” it. I didn’t think it was broken, after all I can hear just fine with it thank you. When I was pregnant with David I really regretted calling the cat James. We may well have used the name for a child had it not been already … Continue reading 25

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Link-fest No. 9

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The Shapelings (that will be the commentariat for the uninitiated) are in fine form of late over at Shapely Prose. Among many recent fine posts we have a critique by Sweet Machine of the latest “fat is contagious” kerfuffle that leads to the introduction of Coconut Crabs and Fillyjonk’s quick hit on the subject of the monotony of articles about fatness that has spawned an epic comment thread with some beautiful rants about the absurdities of how mothers are perceived and expected to behave. Wil Wheaton has been having fun with Rock Band. Alix at Casa Hice has been telling … Continue reading Link-fest No. 9

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Blogosphere Book Circle reading list

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I’ve gone and joined a book club, we’ll be reading one book a month and sharing our thoughts and reviews on our blogs. It’s been organised by the lovely Penny at Walking Upside Down and it’s going to drag me kicking and screaming out of my usual genre comfort zone of SF&F and make me try something new and different for a change. I’m looking forward to it! Here’s our reading list for the next 12 months. Feb: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows Mar: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by … Continue reading Blogosphere Book Circle reading list

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B is for

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Photo credit: Leo Reynolds on Flickr I’m playing an alphabet game, Liz has given me the letter B so I get to come up with 10 things I like that start with the letter B. Books One of my greatest passions. I own far too many and I find it almost impossible to get rid of even the ones that I freely admit to being rubbish. See those shelves in the photo? I have 4 more the same, the shelves with paperbacks on them are double stacked and there are piles of books on my bedroom floor which don’t fit … Continue reading B is for

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Call for submissions

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The eighth edition of the Down Under Feminist Carnival is being hosted by Stephanie (stephiepenguin). Submissions are due before New Year, Stephanie is particularly interested in posts around feminism and intersectionality, particularly race and/or ethnicity. All the guidelines are at the Carnival homepage, and the carnival submission form is at Blogcarnival. If you can’t access the form, you can use the Hoyden contact instead. Hoyden About Town also has a call out for nominations for Femmostroppo retrospective 2008 – the most memorable feminist posts of 2008. Continue reading Call for submissions

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Absolutely Fabulous

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Break out the Bolly folks, I have it on good authority that this blog is just fabulous darling. (Sorry, can’t read the word “fabulous” without hearing it in my mind à la Ab Fab) Anyhoo, thank you so much Liz, I’m very flattered 🙂 There are rules associated with this blog award: Name 5 other fabulous blogs and share 5 things that you find fabulous. So, first up, 5 Fabulous Blogs.(This having to choose thing? It is hard!) Hoyden About Town – Down to earth Down Under feminism from Tigtog and Lauredhel, and a fabulous commenting community. In a Strange … Continue reading Absolutely Fabulous