- Cathy Warwick, General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives, says ‘Don’t tell women how to give birth.’
- A Sudanese women faces 40 lashes. For wearing trousers.
- In happier news, a 91 year old Scottish woman has borrowed nearly 25,000 books from her local library over 63 years… and never had an overdue fine. She might be my new hero.
- Dovegrey Reader interviews AS Byatt and Sarah Waters. Jealous? Moi?
- From The F Word, feminist art is ‘the most important artistic movement since WWII‘. Hell. Yes.
- The Guardian Book Blog announces the Not the Booker Prize Prize.
- The latest on the Vestas Factory protest.
- Academic Friend points me towards this US story: Mommy Bloggers and ‘Blog-ola’.



