Video for #IWD – Equal Pay Facts
Sam and Steve are equally qualified, talented and hardworking. But by the time they’re 50, Steve will have earned twice as much as Sam over his life. – www.equalpayfacts.com Sorry, haven’t located a transcript and don’t have the spoons right now myself, but the website lays out the arguments pretty clearly.
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Happy International Womens Day
#IWD The Stella Prize and Australian Women Writers Challenge 2012 #AWWC2012 #blogforiwd
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Thursday Internet Tradition: Downfall mashups
Hoydens are aware of all Internet traditions! But we share our hard-won cultural knowledge! This week, we introduce you to the tradition of Downfall mash-ups.
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Outland Open Thread: Episode 5, “Toby”
Greetings, Outlanders! Tonight it’s a Toby extravaganza — discuss it here! In verse! (Except I was kidding about the “in verse” bit. :P)
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Femmostroppo Reader, March 7 2012
Items of interest I’ve recently tweeted. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!
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Sobering thoughts on the eve of International Women’s Day
Sobering thoughts on the eve of International Women’s Day. Trigger warning for descriptions of violence against women and children.
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Femmostroppo Reader, March 5 2012
Items of interest I’ve recently tweeted. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!
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Sunday Poet: Sarah Jones
Image: not so long ago, Sarah Jones performed at the White House for Women’s History Month after receiving an invitation from First Lady Michelle Obama and here is a picture from that occasion. Sarah Jones is a Tony Award winning playwright and performer and a cultural shape-shifter. Jones is also a UN Goodwill Ambassador, as [...]
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Otterday! And Open Thread.
Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading a good book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?
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I get very confused about being a feminazi sometimes
Do I have too much sex with men or am I a man-hater? (Thanks to Jane for the has-to-be-read-to-be-believed link, and this is cross-posted at blue milk).
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