PSA: 5th Carnival of Feminists has arrived!

The Fifth Carnival of Feminists has landed over at Zero at the Bone, home of the hard-working and super-fabulous Chally, who deserves a big round of applause and the personal service of her choice (too bad my arms don’t reach to Australia, I hear I’m not half bad at this massage thing) for putting it together. My piece Toddlers are triggering has been included, but hardly stands out among the other excellent submissions.

Here’s a small sampling, primarily ones that touch on parenting:

Kate of Rebel Raising has something to say in Is that child crazy? ‘How much of the time are children behaving in the way an adult would if their life were like a child’s life?’ [Kate is the genius behind I Blame the Mother]

“How Can Feminist Mums Avoid Being Humourless Childhood-Ruiners?” Lauredhel and the Hoyden About Town commentariat have a few things to say on the subject.

Veronica, writing at Viva La Feminista, is wondering about the times when speaking up might make things worse. The post is called My privileged nose & reporting a slap to a baby.

amandaw hits it out of the ballpark with Domestic violence, C-sections considered pre-existing conditions at three rivers fog. It’s about ableism, healthcare, ableism, misogyny and ableism.

At Catspaw, Lucy talks about her experiences at university as a trans woman, including dealing with fellow students, professors and study material. The post is called I’m (Mostly Not) Coming Out. [Lucy is a dear friend and helped me with the Glossary entry on trans, transgender, transsexuality -- yes, it's finally up --, so I had to spotlight hers.]

But they’re all stupendous, and you really just need to go over there and check it out.