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Link-fest No. 11

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Tor.com is publishing Cory Doctorow’s next novel in serial form. A Friday Fluff piece by Fillyjonk on Shapely Prose had everyone answering the question “What does your soul look like?” I think mine is an old, well loved, leather bound book with gilt-edged pages and the sort of story that you re-read often – comfort food for the brain. Pavlov’s Cat is asking for people to share their first memories of reading over at Still Life With Cat. I cannot for the life of me come up with any clear memory of reading prior to The Hobbit when I was … Continue reading Link-fest No. 11

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Link-fest No.10 now with DUFC!

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Stuff for you to read. A whole series of posts at Hoyden About Town on the subject of the proposed“Harmonisation” of Disability Parking Permit Schemes in Australia – for harmonisation read narrowing of eligibility criteria – and the need to protest against the proposal. There are open letters to use in adding your voice to the protests and a Facebook group to join. I am Dr Tiller – “This website was created as both a memorial to the lifework of Dr. George Tiller and as a living testimony to the courageous lives of abortion providers.” The Mum Files – a … Continue reading Link-fest No.10 now with DUFC!

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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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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