Where are all the female bloggers? HERE, in my weekly top ten.
First, an unmissable if only irregularly updated blog, abortion clinic days, explains why one woman might be forced by circumstances into multiple abortions, being unable to find a workable method of birth control.
On a related topic, Brutal Woman, about her experience of getting an IUD fitted. (I did say I wouldn't mention any blogger more than once in the first ten weeks, but I think this post contains information all women should know. And don't miss the comments for further enlightenment.)
If you're looking for an entirely different form of contraceptive, you might want to read on Confessions of a Drama Mother about the difficulties of getting a child to play by herself. But beware abortion, at least if you are a character in a television drama, Cool Bean warns.
Finally on this topic, if you're feeling too depressed at this point, check out What was I thinking? for her "good gynaecologist" story.
Now, steering away from "women's stuff" ...
On reappropriate, "an angry little Asian girl" tries to reclaim the swastika for what it is, "an ancient icon in Buddhism." Eurocentrism means, she says, "for Asians in America like myself and my sister, that piece of our culture has been lost, probably for good. " Meanwhile Reclaiming Medusa is finding that while a missing church-going white woman in America is big news, murdered Afghan activists are not.
I won't call it a meme, but J&J's Mum is listing those things she simultaneously loves and hates and others might like to follow suit. Many mothers - and others - might I suspect agree with some of her choices. I particularly sympathised with walking the dog after it has rained.
Article comments
1 - Jon Sobel
I nominate Theresa Nielsen Hayden's blog, Making Light. I'm a little uncomfortable with the concept, though... why single out female bloggers? I understand listing blogs about "female issues" or feminism, say, but why female bloggers as a class?
2 - Connie
Thank you for this concise list. I've enjoyed reading each and every one of these articulate blogs and will continue to do so!