I totally spaced on pictures of the lemurs and other critters at the farm from last weekend.The manifesto got in the way (pretty typical of a manifesto, I must say). For your exotic animal fix, here we go:
What does it mean to be a feminist? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, jumpstarted by the Wiscon controversy over Elizabeth Moon, and most recently the controversy over Bitch Magazine’s 100 Young Adult Books for the Feminist Reader. In the latter controversy, Bitch took heat because they removed some of the books from the list after readers complained. Smart Bitches, Trashy Books has an excellent rundown on their blog. By the way, I Read more…
My husband and I drove out to Kingsland out past Marble Falls to look at a horse. It’s about a 90-minute drive outside Austin, and on a beautiful winter day (all the snow is gone and it was sunny, breezy, and about 70 degrees) it was a perfect day for a Texas country drive. Plus, in Marble Falls, there’s pie at the Blue Bonnet Cafe. We picked up a peanut butter and a pecan pie. Read more…