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Other things I have been reading, and think that you should read too:
The F Word is trying to raise money for a site redesign.
Sotheby’s are auctioning some amazing books, including a signed edition of A Christmas Carol.
For Books’ Sake is teaming up with Ladyfest Ten! Books + Feminism = Very Happy Kirsty
FutureBook reviews the iPad.
The [...]
The dust is beginning to settle, I’m beginning to get my reading mojo back, and that means I can begin to get back to some sort of regular blogging. Phew, it’s been an odd few weeks. So, where are we?
First up, bloody hell, I’m 8th in Wikio’s Top Culture Blogs! Now, this definitely isn’t an [...]
May 6, 2010 in blogs, book acquisitions, feminism, fiction, not the tv book group, politics, prizes, reading the orange prize
Tagged books, election, fawcett society, feminism, not the tv book group, orange prize, politics, wikio
Tagged books, election, fawcett society, feminism, not the tv book group, orange prize, politics, wikio
Other things I have been reading, and which you should read too:
Election Sexism Watch – Cath posts the first in what will no doubt be a depressingly long series.
The New Humanist asks what the three main political parties have to say to atheists/humanists.
Monique Roffey, author of The White Woman on the Green Bicycle, on the [...]
April 7, 2010 in blogs, feminism, links, literature, news & media, politics
Tagged babysitters club, books, election, links, politics, sexism
Tagged babysitters club, books, election, links, politics, sexism
Today, March 24th, is Ada Lovelace Day, an international day of blogging about women in science and technology. Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace was born on 10th December 1815, the only child of Lord Byron and his wife, Annabella. Born Augusta Ada Byron, but now known simply as Ada Lovelace, she wrote the world’s [...]
March 24, 2010 in feminism, science & technology, women's history
Tagged ada lovelace day, equality, feminism, science, technology, women
Tagged ada lovelace day, equality, feminism, science, technology, women
I’ve had a couple of days away from the blogosphere, so I’m way behind in blog reading (hello Google Reader and your 300+ unread posts) and commenting. So, while I’m catching up, here are a few things I have managed to read over the last few days:
A new report suggests that there should be more [...]
March 15, 2010 in book news, feminism, links, victorian literature
Tagged amazon, anthony gormley, books, feminism, links
Tagged amazon, anthony gormley, books, feminism, links
Jill Tweedie was a feminist writer and broadcaster who is best remembered for her Guardian column on feminist issues, which ran from from 1969 to 1988. One particular series of columns was Letters from a Fainthearted Feminist, which was later collected into a book of the same name, and later again, More from Martha. I [...]
March 10, 2010 in book thoughts, feminism, fiction, politics, women's history
Tagged feminism, jill tweedie, journalism, letters from a fainthearted feminist, reading challege, women unbound
Tagged feminism, jill tweedie, journalism, letters from a fainthearted feminist, reading challege, women unbound
Before I go on, I want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who popped in for yesterday’s Not the TV Book Group discussion on Vanessa and Virginia by Susan Sellers. I never fail to be delighted by how many threads and conversations come out of the NTTVBG meetings. Thanks to my fellow NTTVBG-ers, [...]
March 8, 2010 in feminism, politics, women's history
Tagged aung san suu kyi, burma, feminism, international women's day, oxford, women
Tagged aung san suu kyi, burma, feminism, international women's day, oxford, women
I have, if you haven’t noticed, been away for a few days. FH and I decided that we fancied a jaunt up to Edinburgh to see friends and family, and generally to see the city outside the festival season (the only chance I’ve had to go up there in the last couple of years is [...]
One of the books I am most looking forward to reading soon is Natasha Walter’s forthcoming book Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism. My copy is pre-ordered! Seven days to go!
Kira Cochrane interviewed her for The Guardian a couple of days ago:
Walter and her partner have two children, Clara, nine, and Arthur, one, and it [...]
January 28, 2010 in book news, feminism, news & media, politics, women's history
Tagged feminism, guardian, living dolls, natasha walter
Tagged feminism, guardian, living dolls, natasha walter
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