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Things you'll never see on a tv show about decorating
Thank you, xkcd!
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Linkage, subhead: abuse
Another day with more reading than comment. Passing along links.- Hitting back, in which Jane Ruffino writes about Mark Jordan, her ex, and the night he broke his hand on her face. "As much as I'd like to shut up about this and have people stop identifying me with something that happened to me, it’s not that common for an abuser to be convicted. I'm ( Read more... )
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Feminism links
- The Finkebeiner test or, how not to write about lady scientists. (seen at Feministe, who got it from Boing Boing.)
- In related news, the monthly Men in Tech profiles that ask those important questions about being a man in the tech fields. (in the Feministe post)
- Lewis's law: the comments on any article about feminism justify feminism. Originated ( Read more... )
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Link-o-rama, early March
- Every synapse is sacred from one of my favorite webcomics, Indexed (Venn diagrams on index cards).
- Mary Anne Mohanraj and Jed Hartman have posted an online guide to critiquing fiction. The guide is specifically geared to Clarion-style workshops, but I think it makes some excellent points for considering another person's fiction.
- Mary Anne Mohanraj ( Read more... )
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Link: Overlapping Conditions Alliance
This week, we learned of the Overlapping Conditions Alliance, a group of nonprofit organizations "seeking to advance the scientific, medical and policy needs of individuals affected by medical conditions that frequently overlap ( Read more... ) -
From the Our Bodies Our Blog*
Health records: keep your own set
I admit that the thought hadn't really occurred to me. I hope that, some day, there will be a standard way to do this for everyone as a matter of course. Article in the Chicago Tribune, other resources, and an online tool for tracking your family medical history.
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Our Bodies, Our Blog
Did you know that the people who brought us all those wonderful women's health books (of which Our bodies, our selves is probably the best known), the Boston Women's Health Book Collective have not only a Web site but a blog? It's an excellent source of news concerning health issues that affect women (but not just women) around the globe ( Read more... ) -
LOL links
Schrodinger's cat, brought to you by loltheorists. Also, word.
For readers and other book geeks: lolauthors (thanks to supergee.
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Look! Look!
Magnetic poetry, where someone else might mess up your work, but at least no words get lost forever underneath the fridge. Very popular on weekends, though. (Via ouatic_7)
made with molecules: Jewelry and other accoutrements that acknowledge the chemistry within us. Favorite examples: the creativity necklace, onesie about cuddling, and testosterone boxers ( Read more... ) -
Animation: How pregnancy happens
Planned Parenthood created this handy animated explanation of how pregnancy happens.
Not quite safe for work, as the two hosts are, er, body parts -- clothed, but still recognizable.