Things I took for granted this month

That I was sufficiently prepared for our feminist mothers’ discussion as to be inclusive of everyone who could possibly show up. But I think I probably wasn’t inclusive enough of our first non-custodial mother. (Eep). 
That I knew everything there was to know about vaginas.
That I knew everything there was to know about being vegetarian (NSFW). (Thanks Feministe and if anyone joins that vego porn [...]

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If I didn’t already hate Disney princesses

Here is Disney feeling all warm and fuzzy about themselves – look we finally made a black princess! Of course her features are pretty similar to the white Disney princesses (equal opportunity unrealistic depictions of female beauty) and she gets to be sexually harassed by a frog. But the nicest bit is that she has a wise old [...]

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Don’t forget

The third carnival has like, a day left for making your submission here, so hop to. Audrey and the Bad Apples are the upcoming hosts. Well, host really, it is just Audrey.

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Bright, white.. not just a washing powder

Yes, this blog looks different. Yes I do miss my lovely old dark site and yes, many people have by now informed me that it was ridiculously difficult to read. I could read it just fine because my eyes are about the only part of me that are not ageing terribly at the moment marvellous, but you know, in the [...]

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Reluctant blog material? The decision to blog about my child

Not so long ago Quite a while ago (took an age to finish this post) I was asked about my decision to blog about my daughter. That is, the ethics of taking away some part of your child’s privacy on the Internet without their consent, or hell, without even their knowledge. My daughter is only three. Nothing about blogging [...]

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Baby, don’t forget my number

Being such a dedicated fag hag I’m always surprised looking back how off my gaydar was as a young girl. First pop singer I had a crush on? Boy George. Seriously. There have always been plenty of cute pop singers out there and some of them have even been interested in girls, you’d think I could have sussed one of [...]

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Man speaking out against misogynist geeks. No, really.

Hip hip hooray. Matthew Garrett speaking about the Linux community to the Linux community:   
Other things you should not say: Do not use “rape” as an analogy for something that has been done to your fstat file. One of these things can be fixed with a text editor.
P.S. Speaking of men who speak out against misogynist geeks, [...]

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Parenting meltdowns and.. twins

I know I’ve only just talked about him (Looky Daddy!) and it is too soon to be plugging his blog again, but I have a total weakness for parents writing about their meltdowns and this post is beautiful, as all grimly honest and tender posts about one’s meltdowns are. If you’re a first time parent reading [...]

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Fatherhood

Take this boy. 

Add ten years and a kid. And you get them.

By the time she’s old enough to be quizzing us on our misspent youth we’ll be so straight she won’t even believe what we tell her. Probably a good thing.  
P.S. Love you two.

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Poetry

Us who have delayed motherhood until our thirties and beyond are sometimes in the strange position of bearing our children while simultaneously caring for ageing parents. This poem is a guest post from Kitty, and it was written during her time of nursing her mother through death from cancer.
Guest post: Kitty, who wrote the poetry series “Five Poems on the Woman Entering [...]

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