Monthly Archives: July 2009

Forum!

Posted on July 29, 2009 by

Mothers For Women’s Lib now has its very own forum! It was created to fill a very specific need – a parenting forum free from the tiring misogyny present on so many parenting forums that we’d used. It’s open to … Continue reading →

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Rape & Sexual Violence – Another Reason for PHSE in Schools

Posted on July 20, 2009 by

TRIGGER WARNING: This article may cause some upset to survivors of rape and sexual violence. It may cause some upset to all readers. Womankind is currently in support of PHSE of becoming part of the national curriculum. “This is an … Continue reading →

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Updating the Blogroll / Call For Submissions

Posted on July 17, 2009 by

I’m just doing some ‘housekeeping’ around here and am updating the sidebar links. I’m aware that there must be many, many more feminist-parent bloggers and relevant websites around, so this is an open thread for you to plug your own … Continue reading →

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Call for feminist parenting book recommendations!

Posted on July 14, 2009 by

I received an email from Jess McCabe of The F Word this morning, which she has given me permission to reproduce here, as I thought the readers here might have some ideas for her. Hi m’dears, Just wondering if you’d … Continue reading →

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Second Carnival of Feminist Parenting

Posted on July 12, 2009 by

Welcome to the second edition of the Carnival of Feminist Parenting. It’s 11pm here so I’m just in time to post it on its due date. There have been depressingly few (non-spam) submissions for this edition, which to me doesn’t … Continue reading →

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We are all alloparents: Part One; a day in the life

Posted on July 11, 2009 by

It’s an often used phrase and something of a cliché that it “takes a village to raise a child”. Alloparenting is, if I recall correctly, a term first coined by anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy (yes, her of “there is no … Continue reading →

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