Well, this blog went on hiatus nearly as soon as it started. Bad Kaite! I've just moved from queer-friendly Brighton to the suburbs of North London, and I've mostly been working on my dissertation ('Not the Marrying Type': Spinsters in 19th Literature) and getting in touch with my inner domestic goddess. So far I have baked a lot, resurrected some coriander after a horrible heatwave nearly killed it, and I'm in the process of putting my study in order and remembering how the hell to cast on, so that I can knit some long stripy socks.
I've also discovered that the only nearby corner shops stock top-shelf pornography. So far, I've made a concerted effort not to shop there, although I'll need to put money on my Oystercard tomorrow and try not to look at the pictures of naked women's arses staring back at me. It makes me actively uncomfortable, and this week I decided that I'd had enough of giving money to a place that makes me feel violated. It's going to be a bloody inconvenience, but it'll be worth it.
In other news, I'm starting an admin job at a construction company tomorrow - apparently the atmosphere is very laddish...more on that this week.
Sisterly,
Kaite xx
grandma was a suffragette
Sunday, July 09, 2006
i am not a pretty girl. that is not what i do. i am no damsel in distress, and i don't need to be rescued - ani difranco
About Me
- Name: Kaite
- Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
Having been a former artists' model and recovering academic, Kaite is now an author, blogger and freelance journalist. In between trying to stave off writer's block with retail therapy and over-hyped, mass-produced media, she writes for The Guardian, Lesbilicious, Mookychick and herself. Her weaknesses include lipgloss, flavoured vodka, TV shows where the sassy grrl sidekick saves the day, angsty girls with guitars and expensive notebooks. She refuses to accept that she has too many books.
Links
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the coolest f word ever deserves a fucking shout - feminist blogs & sites:
- The Male Privilege Checklist
- Where This Revolution's Gonna Begin
- Alas, a Blog
- Mind the Gap
- Pinko Feminist Hellcat
- Feminista
- The Feminist Pulse
- V-Day - Until the Violence Stops
- I Blame the Patriarchy
- Girls in the Corner
- Written on the Body
- Feministing
- The Guardian - Comment is Free
- The Daily Mail Watch
- BBC
- Slate
- Media Girl
- Church of Girl Radio
- Righteous Babe Records
- AfterEllen
- Pixlet [Dot] Net
- Not Be Televised
- Weekly Feminist News
- Ms Magazine
- Bust
- Bitch Magazine
- The F Word
- The Broadsheet
- Guido Fawkes
- Girl Politico
- Harriet Harman
- The Fawcett Society
- Emily's List
- Hillary Clinton
- Antonia Bance
- Breast Cancer Research (UK)
- Women's Health Matters (Canada)
- Save Roe (US)
- Abortion Rights (UK)
- NHS Well Women clinics (UK)
Previous Posts
- Closed for business
- when you march, stand up straight/when you fill th...
- Save Lambeth Women's Project!
- I'm a one girl revolution
- Happy almost IWD, everyone! A proper blog post (wi...
- I have a piece up at the always fabulous Lesbilici...
- All this, and brains too
- Desperate Housewives
- "It is both humorous and for your own good. Your b...
- What Not to Wear
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