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When I woke up at 2.30 this morning with a rush of a panic attack, layered over it were two emotions: annoyance because high stress and panic attacks make it hard to sleep at 2.30 in the morning in a heatwave with a cat on my bed where my knees should be, and relief, because I can use the adrenalin.

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I used to get to link blog regularly thanks to Delicious and Delicious Glue - now most of my link sharing happens through Facebook and Twitter, so if I want to do a regular linkblog over here, I'm going to have to farm my links myself. As you might notice, I have a new LibDemmery type icon. I guess actually declaring my new partisan status means ( Read more... )

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  Clueing in the Clueless
  
  Lone Lilly writes an exceptional post about privilege, how you have it, and why it matters.
  
  (tags: feminism gender racism)
  

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  It's the time of the year when we have a row with Pride...
  
  Pride London have chosen to dictate to and restrict the participation of trans people at the march this year. So Translondon are boycotting.
  
  (tags: trans)
  

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  Letters to Our Daughters Project
  
  A reminder that this project exists, and is amazing.
  
  (tags: feminism science)
  
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  Boys Talk About How Girls Should Talk About Science...
  
  Not just science either. Men like to tell women how to engage in feminism discussion more than they like to engage ( Read more... )

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  Bad Questions to Ask a Transsexual
  
  Basically; don't assume that someone existing gives you a right to demand they educate you.
  
  (tags: trans gender)
  

This video, produced by the intelligence behind the Waking Up blog, is a great factual rebuttal of the kinds of stories being put about by NOM and the tactics being used there. It was linked to by Slacktivist  in his fantastic post The Burkha-logic of NOM (and for bringing that to my attention, H/T to Andrew Hickey).
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  "Modern Love" by Penknife
  
  Fic Rec: Discworld Dwarfs are beginning to understand the concept of females and feminity, but other related concepts are just as hard.
  
  (tags: gender discworld fic)