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<p>This week at <em>The Pursuit of Harpyness</em> marked the start of my second month of group blogging. Not sure if these weekly round-ups are of any use to y&#8217;all &#8230; feedback is welcome! </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t want to be redundant if anyone who cares is just following the <em>Harpy</em> blog. But I also don&#8217;t want to leave folks out who want to keep up with what I&#8217;m writing, but don&#8217;t necessarily want to follow a group blog. So please do let me know if you have strong feelings one way or another!</p>
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<li>Harpy reader Jess left a comment on my post from a few weeks back about sexual fluidity asking folks who identify as sex- or gender-exclusive in their sexual desires to talk a bit about what that <em>feels</em> like. <a href="http://www.harpyness.com/2011/01/31/sex-and-gender-exclusivity-in-dating-whats-it-like/">I turned her question into a new post which generated a really interesting discussion in comments</a>.</li>
<li>On Wednesday, I posted <a href="http://www.harpyness.com/2011/02/02/booknotes-from-the-closet-to-the-courtroom/">a review of <em>From the Closet to the Courtroom</em></a>, a book on LGBT rights and the law. I&#8217;m planning on making Wednesday a regular book review day for the forseeable future, as I&#8217;ve been reading a number of books that I think will be of interest to the gender/sexuality crowd.</li>
<li>And Thursday, I gave a signal boost to my friend Minerva who wrote an eloquent blog post about language and identity and <a href="http://www.harpyness.com/2011/02/03/signal-boost-minerva-on-sensual-asexuality/">how she understands sensuality in the context of her asexual identity</a>.</li>
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<p>The other Harpy writers were busy also, posting about <a href="http://www.harpyness.com/2011/01/31/on-living-together-but-sleeping-separately/">separate sleeping arrangement for married couples</a> (another really interesting comment thread) and the Republican&#8217;s<a href="http://www.harpyness.com/2011/01/31/redefining-rape-more-important-than-jobs/"> attempt to legally narrow the definition of &#8220;rape&#8221;</a> within the context of healthcare reform. Hop on over the <em>The Pursuit of Harpyness </em>and check out (or even become part of!) the conversations.</p>
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