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Category Archives: Reading

  • A version of this entry appeared previously on Snarky’s Machine As a person who does not particularly enjoy unsolicited social engagement, [...]

    Hoochie Mama – The Other White Meat and Razor Wire Pubic Hair: Books as Stranger Repellent

    April 14, 2010
  • I’m currently reading Jerome K. Jerome’s “Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog),” the bloggiest book of the [...]

    Quote of the day: On fullness

    September 29, 2009
  • As you probably also know by now, the Boston Globe’s etiquette columnist Miss Conduct, also known as Robin Abrahams, is a good friend of [...]

    Miss Conduct’s Mind Over Manners: A Very Belated Review

    July 20, 2009
  • OK, so nobody who reads this blog can be unaware that Yes Means Yes! is out, and I’m in it, and you should buy it, and I FELL DOWN FOUR [...]

    Yes Means Yes! Virtual Tour: Q&A with Kimberly Springer

    February 12, 2009
  • The other day, Sweet Machine alerted me to a new study about the influence of media on relationship ideals. According to BBC News, the study [...]

    On Twilight, romance, and antifeminist ideas

    December 21, 2008
  • Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World without Rape, edited by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti is in stores now! I [...]

    Yes Means Yes is out!

    December 18, 2008
  • Paul and Marianne have already covered this story about a study of 9 to 13-year-old girls involved in one of Duke University’s weight loss [...]

    So that weight loss book thing…

    October 7, 2008
  • This is the second section of a two-part post recommending children’s books that have something to offer in terms of fat politics. Section one [...]

    Guest blogger Rebecca Rabinowitz: Fat-positive children’s books, part two

    September 4, 2008
  • Fillyjonk says: Hi guys, remember me? I’ve been planning a wedding, which I realize is not as good of an excuse as when SM wasn’t [...]

    Guest blogger Rebecca Rabinowitz: Fat-positive children’s books, part one

    September 3, 2008
  • I know that book reviews are traditionally about new publications, but you should see some of the new publications that approach us for reviews [...]

    Book Review: Box Office Poison

    August 4, 2008

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