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Dispatches from Ladyblogland

This Week in Lady Reads

Good news from the Supreme Court? Free nipples? “Solidarity” gone horribly wrong? Must be time to update your reading list!

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News

Friday News Bites: Internet as Utility, Fifty Shades Boycott + More

Hello, unicorns! Happy Friday. It’s time for another sampler platter of interesting news and entertainment updates, so let’s get started.

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News in Europe

News in Europe: Same Old, Some New

Hello and welcome back to more regular updates from Europe. Unfortunately, the news don’t really stop during the summer break, so let’s see what’s been happening.

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New Show Recap

Recap: Game of Thrones, Episode 2.7, “A Man Without Honor”

How are there only three episodes left? How? There is so much happening. [Trigger warning for single mention of attempted rape]

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Travel

Winter Holidays: Iceland

This December, I had a week’s holidays from work that I had to take before 2012, or they’d disappear into whatever ether bureaucratic allowances go. So off I flew to Iceland. In winter. Bear with me, it’s not as mad an idea as you might think… Yes, Iceland in winter is, um, icy. And snowy–as […]

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News in Europe

Your Weekly European Roundup

Welcome to this week’s European Roundup! We have Italian homophobes, new energy sources in Iceland, and dictators and weddings for you.

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Music

ESC Countdown: Hungary and Iceland

Welcome to the Persephone ESC Countdown. Next up are Hungary and Iceland.

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News in Europe

Your Weekly Europe Roundup

It’s been a busy week in Europe. Germany and Italy are fighting about refugees, a Danish court lifts patient confidentiality, free press is still no reality in Belarus and more.