harpy fortnight: not-back-to-school edition

steampunk wings by lachwen

Anyone else psyched it's October? Autumn leaves! Apple sauce! Hot cocoa! Acorn squash!

*cough*cough*

In any event, here's what we were up to during September over at The Pursuit of Harpyness.

I continued my series on Jessica Yee's Feminism For Real which several folks have encouragingly told me is thought-provoking and useful to them. This month we covered:

• 2011-09-06: So What if We Didn't Call it "Feminism"?!
• 2011-09-15: Two Poems by D. Cole Ossandon
• 2011-09-20: Fuck the Glass Ceiling!
• 2011-09-27: Feminism and Eating Disorders

I also wrote, as usual, on other related and not-so-related topics:

• 2011-09-08: Help Me Harpies! Alternative Living in the City
• 2011-09-13: Reader's Choice: Ms. Magazine's Best Feminist Nonfiction
• 2011-09-14: Quick Hit: Yes to Gay YA
• 2011-09-22: Quick Hit: Julia Serano Blogging Again!
• 2011-09-29: What's Missing From Sex Education?

Other Harpies have written about the abortion story arc in Grey's Anatomy, the anxieties of self-promotion (or self-advocacy), reflections on the Racialicious roundtables on interracial dating, and an ode to a CEO who understands the delicate balancing act of work and family life.

As always, hop on over to Harpyness to join us in the conversation(s).