#feministfriday episode 11 | Our Frankly Gynaecological Newsletters, Our Selves
Happy weekend, everyone!
For those of you who enjoyed the Wonder Woman article of a couple of weeks ago, Margaret Sanger also gets a namecheck in this article about the Pill. Quite the pullquote here, too:
The judge declared, in one of those moments when the niceties of official speech are yanked away to reveal raw animus, that “women did not have the right to copulate with a feeling of security that there will be no resulting conception.”
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/pills-difficult-birth
More on that topic, sort of:
You want to contribute to conversations about late-night feedings and tummy time, but every time you start a sentence with, “The same thing happened with my cat,” all you get are eye-rolls from your mommy friends. What to do? Well, the only person who needs to know that your cat isn’t actually your child is you. Here are the five best ways to participate in conversations while being totally ambiguous about whether you have a cat or a human child.
http://reductress.com/post/ways-to-be-ambiguous-about-whether-you-have-a-cat-or-a-child/
Tampon Club featured in episode 2 of this newsletter, so I am delighted to present an update with:
- Advice about starting your own!
- An amazing new logo!
- A cringingly awkward interaction with a man!
Have a nice Friday, too.
Alex.