Where are all the female bloggers? Here, in my weekly “top ten” posts. I’m now approaching a collection of 300.<\/p>\n
Starting today with a cheering laugh, Madeleine Begun Kane, who has the adorable tagline “A Limerick A Day Keeps Republicans At Bay”, is waiting to hear from the grand jury inquiry (headed by Patrick Fitzgerald) into “Plamegate”, turned, as usual, to verse:<\/a><\/p>\n I keep scanning the Net Read on to find out just what is sublime …<\/p>\n Then, for the serious stuff, it seems right to begin with Pogblog’s tribute to Rosa Parks<\/a>, a woman who really made a difference.<\/p>\n Jo’s Journal examines a proposal for legal prostitution in Oxford<\/a>. While I think this is a complex issue, a small university city does seem a rather odd place to start (at least now universities are mixed-sex institutions).<\/p>\n Half Changed World looks at how unpaid internships transmit class privilege<\/a>. (Something close to my heart, since, as I’ve commented before<\/a>, this is certainly an important factor in the nature of British journalists.)<\/p>\n Can feminists talk to conservative Christians?<\/a> The question is posed by The Happy Feminist. Then, still on the feminist side, Miram on Playground Revolution ponders the issues of mothers in the workplace<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tory Convert sets out her theory of political engagement<\/a>, and with it why she’s opted for the (British) Conservative Party.<\/p>\n Carrie on Stay Free! suggests that the New Puritans, as identified by the Guardian, should direct their criticisms at the system, rather than individuals<\/a>.<\/p>\n Turning personal, on Dot Moms, Melita struggles with the addictiveness of television for toddlers<\/a>. And I was cringing in sympathy with TC on Tiny Coconut when she made the sort of social slip that haunts your nightmares<\/a>.<\/p>\n Girl in Greenwood has decided, however, after a short piece of practical experience, that it might be better to be an aunty than a mom<\/a>.<\/p>\n (Another “baker’s decade” this week – there’s so much great stuff out there ….)<\/p>\n ****<\/p>\n You can find the last edition of Femmes Fatales here<\/a>.<\/p>\n ****<\/p>\n Don’t forget the Carnival of Feminists No 2, coming up on Personal Political<\/a> on Wednesday. Follow the link for the guidelines and nominate your best recent post now! And if you missed No 1, it is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n ****<\/p>\n Nominations (including self-nominations) for Femmes Fatales are also hugely welcome – I’ll probably get to you eventually anyway, but why not hurry along the process?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Where are all the female bloggers? Here, in my weekly “top ten” posts. I’m now approaching a collection of 300. Starting today with a cheering laugh, Madeleine Begun Kane, who has the adorable tagline “A Limerick A Day Keeps Republicans At Bay”, is waiting to hear from the grand jury inquiry (headed by Patrick Fitzgerald) […]<\/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-638","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\/638","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=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/philobiblon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philobiblon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philobiblon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philobiblon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFor some news from Pat Fitz.
\nIf he don’t indict soon,
\nI may go on the fritz. …<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n