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Lots of places in Africa even have cities: I felt as if I had been invited under false pretences. I should have been born in a poverty-stricken village, brutally circumcised with a blunt, unsanitised knife with other five-year-old girls, then, a few years later, kidnapped by child soldiers, becoming a sex slave of a rebel […]

Let me preface this by saying that I really like Michael Cunningham. I’ve read The Hours more than a dozen times, and am, in fact, constantly involved in re-reading it. It just sits next to my bed, and I read a few pages every now and again, and when I finish, I start over. When

I was reading an article the other day about Kate Winslet. It was the usual sort of interview where the interviewer felt it necessary to spend half of the interview talking about Winslet’s weight and how much “slimmer” she is now and what an icon she is for non-slender women and blah blah. In any

Took Friday off work, and spent the entirety of the weekend shelving, buying, and reading books. Also got out another chapter of God’s War and did some editing. Did I mention I spent almost $200 on books? And I wonder where my money goes… P.S. I also went to the gym this weekend, and Katharine

Brendan’s take: I’ve been following the various and sundry reactions on feminist blogs to the now-infamous Dove “real women” ads, and have been waiting for someone to raise the question, to me obvious, about how advertising and beauty culture affects not just the self-image of women, but also the way in which straight men relate

Blogging can be a very lazy pastime. You flick through random blogs on your blogroll and maybe some on other people’s blogrolls, skimming over thoughts and opinions and then posting your own half-thought-out opinions on their opinions. You pick up notes and quotes and reactions and post-post-post, then the “work” day’s over, and you head

Hm. Considering some things.

It occurs to me that there’s a book I should be working on. The house is mainly moved. Down to the elliptical machine and the gardening table on the back porch. Then I need to clean the shit out of the place. Cleaning can happen later. I’m tired. I want to sit in bed and

Found here. Apparently, the same company who owns Dove owns Slimfast. Somehow, I’m not surprised. I’m going to go live in a little cabin in Alaska and write books.

I’m interested in how they defined “power.” Sad that they felt they had to do a whole separate one for women because they’d put so few in a “100 Most Powerful People in the World” list. And I think we’re still doing “Most Powerful Men” lists, so hey, fair’s fair. Interesting, anyway.