Notes and links from 4 Sept

One of those damn squirrels just went through the garden and Wally is not happy about this incursion. Had my 6-weekly occupational therapy session for my chronic fatigue today which went well and was pretty useful. But otherwise quite tired after yesterday. No proper crash though, which is very pleasing. Might have paced it right. Will see. Was going to write more but spent hours trying to find a very specific photo of my mum in 1980 to accompany the below. I’m sure it’ll turn up soon after I publish. Gloria Steinem helped transform the world for everyone — Rebecca Solnit looks back on what Steinem and the other 70s feminists achieved, and what that legacy means to us today. Talk of Ms Magazine has revived one of the vivid memories I have of my mother from around 1980. Freshly divorced, albeit embarking upon a long drawn out custody battle with my now Texas-based father, we have moved near Bristol and she took us to register at the big central library. Back then you were issued with a…