Lazy linking

Work and life have been a major stress-fest this week; hence the light posting from my end. Hopefully I'll have time to post something substantive soon, but until then here are some other really worthwhile reads:

MUBAR writes about the price of being a smug parent.

The finest deconstruction of "Dude" you'll ever read. Seriously dude.

Greg Saunders on Stealing Coretta.

Zuzu at Feministe alerts us to the truly unbelievable story of a girl treated by psychiatrists who would rather see her thin and pretty than mentally stable. Not kidding.

The 8th Carnival of Feminists is up at Gendergeek. As usual, it's a smorgasbord of awesome posts. Enjoy!