Friday Switchlinks

Amanda Marcotte laments our inability to discuss the abuse of women as freely and directly as we can the abuse of cats.

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Alexandra at Feministing offers Eight Edgy Post-Feminist Pitches for the Traffic-Hungry Editor.

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Sarah McCarry discusses Erica Lorraine Scheidt's Uses for Boys, the rush to slut-shame a fictional character, and the effect that has on real women.

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Delirious Hem posts the fifth installment of the Women Publishers Roundtable (featuring editors from Switchback Books, dancing girl press, Birds of Lace, Patasola, Sundress, & Noctuary Press).

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Skepchick Heina laments the Blinding Whiteness of Feminism.

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Sociological Images looks back at the age of the flapper.

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Emma Kat Richardson at Femthreads adores Anne Boleyn, and would like to tell you why.

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Lindy West at Jezebel tells the truth about misandry.