Returning after a two-week hiatus – sorry about that: hideous technical problems that are finally, I hope, cross toes, solved. I never wanted to be a techie, but these days it seems almost impossible to avoid.<\/p>\n
But to business – ten great posts from ten new (to me) women bloggers. It is here every week: it is going to be really, truly, I promise.<\/p>\n
First, a real discovery, and just down the road for me: Stroppyblog. I can’t imagine how I’ve missed (her) sorry – them – for so long. In this post<\/a> Louisefeminista’s talking about the problems encountered by a lap-dancing club that is solely for women customers.<\/p>\n Staying in the UK, Antiprincess (love the name!) on I Shame the Matriarchy is commenting on recently announced plans to ban violent porn<\/a>. She says: “I want to say: Hey! British Home Office! Don’t ban me! Don’t erase me! … Don’t make it a crime to look at me!” But it is a much more nuanced post than that sounds – do go to check it out.<\/p>\n Very much on the personal is political side, Pippa on One Salford Feminist reflects on how in 1988 she gave up her name<\/a>. She says she’s now ready to choose another name, and is looking for suggestions.<\/p>\n Then a little traditional British politics; on thatlittlebluehome, the author reflects as a non-aligned voter what is wrong with the Liberal Democrats<\/a>. Have a look at the Greens, I say – not just those who stick on a thin green-coloured cloak.<\/p>\n Leaving the relatively civilised shores of Europe – a must-read post on Den of the Biting Beaver. She had a hell of a struggle to get access to emergency contraception<\/a>, and reflects with compelling honesty and frankness on the experience. <\/p>\n Then into the classroom, where Alternative Solutions Centre, the blog of a deaf-owned and operated psychotherapy and consulting practice, where three women blog, is a post about girls only being allowed to study female scientists<\/a>. “She is … being told, very subtly, that just being a girl is enough to prevent her from getting something she wants.” (And should you be able to read American Sign Language, there’s a V-log<\/a> post.)<\/p>\n The Dancing Queen on Wheelchair Dancer is reflecting on the pleasures of a well-designed, well-made building<\/a>. <\/p>\n On propernoun.net, mindy reviews Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow<\/a>, a French best-seller that has been compared to Catcher in the Rye<\/i>. Sticking with books, on Meredith Reads YA, a there’s a reflection on Saint Arthur Ransome<\/a>. And finally, staying literary, Ruth on Blogcritics is fed up with fantasy<\/a>. She’s looking for more originality in thought and action.<\/p>\n ****<\/p>\n If you missed the last edition, it is here. (If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to see all of them as a list, click on the category \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Friday Femmes Fatales\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in the righthand sidebar. That will take you to a collection of 650, and counting, women bloggers.)<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Please: In the next week if you read, or write, a post by a woman blogger and think \u00e2\u20ac\u0153that deserves a wider audience\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (particularly someone who doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t yet get many hits), drop a comment. It really does make my life easier. Or don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be shy – nominate yourself! (Thanks to Penny who sent in nominations this week.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Returning after a two-week hiatus – sorry about that: hideous technical problems that are finally, I hope, cross toes, solved. I never wanted to be a techie, but these days it seems almost impossible to avoid. But to business – ten great posts from ten new (to me) women bloggers. It is here every week: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friday-femmes-fatales","author-natalieben"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philobiblon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philobiblon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philobiblon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philobiblon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philobiblon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/philobiblon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philobiblon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philobiblon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philobiblon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}