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Sunday Linkfest!
Jun. 28th, 2009 12:33 pmSo! It's been a very sort-of eventful week for me! So I haven't really been doing as much reading / writing as I would have liked. I will be cutting my hair next weekend! And I shopped a little yesterday.
Some Acting Out Editions:
My Father's Day tribute to my dad. Read if you want to know more about him. I should post a picture someday to show you.
Some more steampunking, this time with ruminations on Oscar Wilde. Yes, I am so irrecoverably nerdy.
My tribute to David Eddings. It's not as clean as I would like it to be, and it's not everything I would like to have said, but I was kinda carried away with nostalgia.
I wonder about the stereotypes about Chinese (or rather, Asians) being money-minded.
I didn't like Immanuel Kant then, and I think I still don't like him now.
OK, you know how sometimes people say, "this is just a fantasy story in a scifi setting" or vice versa? That really got me thinking. Admittedly, it's not that hard to get me started on that.
A review of Tariq Ali's Islam Quintet. If you're looking for good summer reading of believably human characters, this is The Series.
At Shakesville:
Congratulations,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
twice_immigrant, on becoming a full-time contributor to Shakesville!
Melissa on the phenomenon that "one woman is bad, but women are awful", exploring the whole idea that women can't ever be just friends, but always frenemies. I don't think my girl friends are frenemies, do you think yours are?
Nice stuff about Antonio Banderas.
Memo: Abortion does not cause cancer. Just in case you haven't gotten it yet.
At Racialicious:
If you haven't read my essay on the Intersection of Race and Steampunk yet, you might want to to see what's been eating my attention for the past week. Thanks,dmp for the beta-reading!
Shaun Majumder will host a new show: "The Ethnic Comedy Show", which should sound awesome (to be fair, it's Shaun Majumder, so it probably is), but the word "ethnic" being thrown around like this is kinda weird.
If you've been watching CNN news (which I haven't), you'd know about Neda Agha Soltani, a young Iranian woman who was gunned down during political protests in Tehran. Tami writes about how her death is portrayed, rather... questionably, in Western media.
Open thread on Chris Brown, Rihanna, and DV In case you're interested, the affadavit for the case was also leaked. And it looks horrible =(
Nicolas Sarkozy is banning the hijab in France. Why this is problematic.
Something closer to home for Malaysians! (And our neighbours) - the phenomenon of Barbie doll pink stuff for tween Muslimahs!
From Feministe:
Awesome link, awesome response. Basically, Swedish parents are keeping the gender of their 2-year-old a secret. They're basically letting their child decide! Isn't that so awesome?! I feel the same way: children shouldn't be forced into a specific gender role, forced gender cues on them just due to their biological sex; they should just grow up without any of these expectations.
Child support - not for women, but for the children. FFS. Women can't win: we can't get support if we choose abortion, we can't get support if we don't.
Discussion on women who marry for money in order to... I dunno, be on par with the men they compete with in their careers?
At Tiger Beatdown, Sady reminds us that we shouldn't forget it when celebrities were douchebags, even as we remember their brilliant artistry.
Hoyden about Town's Lauredhel on people who think proponents of breastfeeding are going too far and demonising formula feeders in due process.
Speaking ofdmp helping me with my essay, you should totally read hers, Colonialism in Steampunk, which isn't so race-specific, which probably makes it a more interesting and relevant read for most steampunks out there.
There is nothing funny about outing transpeople. Also contains a helpful glossary of how to refer to transpeople. I never realized I was using stupid terminology myself.
Finally, because I haven't been reading that much (I tried for some Pandagon links, but I just... hadn't read much Pandagon this week), here's Tim Wise talking about the history of white privilege:
Some Acting Out Editions:
My Father's Day tribute to my dad. Read if you want to know more about him. I should post a picture someday to show you.
Some more steampunking, this time with ruminations on Oscar Wilde. Yes, I am so irrecoverably nerdy.
My tribute to David Eddings. It's not as clean as I would like it to be, and it's not everything I would like to have said, but I was kinda carried away with nostalgia.
I wonder about the stereotypes about Chinese (or rather, Asians) being money-minded.
I didn't like Immanuel Kant then, and I think I still don't like him now.
OK, you know how sometimes people say, "this is just a fantasy story in a scifi setting" or vice versa? That really got me thinking. Admittedly, it's not that hard to get me started on that.
A review of Tariq Ali's Islam Quintet. If you're looking for good summer reading of believably human characters, this is The Series.
At Shakesville:
Congratulations,
twice_immigrant, on becoming a full-time contributor to Shakesville!Melissa on the phenomenon that "one woman is bad, but women are awful", exploring the whole idea that women can't ever be just friends, but always frenemies. I don't think my girl friends are frenemies, do you think yours are?
Nice stuff about Antonio Banderas.
Memo: Abortion does not cause cancer. Just in case you haven't gotten it yet.
At Racialicious:
If you haven't read my essay on the Intersection of Race and Steampunk yet, you might want to to see what's been eating my attention for the past week. Thanks,
dmp for the beta-reading!Shaun Majumder will host a new show: "The Ethnic Comedy Show", which should sound awesome (to be fair, it's Shaun Majumder, so it probably is), but the word "ethnic" being thrown around like this is kinda weird.
If you've been watching CNN news (which I haven't), you'd know about Neda Agha Soltani, a young Iranian woman who was gunned down during political protests in Tehran. Tami writes about how her death is portrayed, rather... questionably, in Western media.
Open thread on Chris Brown, Rihanna, and DV In case you're interested, the affadavit for the case was also leaked. And it looks horrible =(
Nicolas Sarkozy is banning the hijab in France. Why this is problematic.
Something closer to home for Malaysians! (And our neighbours) - the phenomenon of Barbie doll pink stuff for tween Muslimahs!
From Feministe:
Awesome link, awesome response. Basically, Swedish parents are keeping the gender of their 2-year-old a secret. They're basically letting their child decide! Isn't that so awesome?! I feel the same way: children shouldn't be forced into a specific gender role, forced gender cues on them just due to their biological sex; they should just grow up without any of these expectations.
Child support - not for women, but for the children. FFS. Women can't win: we can't get support if we choose abortion, we can't get support if we don't.
Discussion on women who marry for money in order to... I dunno, be on par with the men they compete with in their careers?
At Tiger Beatdown, Sady reminds us that we shouldn't forget it when celebrities were douchebags, even as we remember their brilliant artistry.
Hoyden about Town's Lauredhel on people who think proponents of breastfeeding are going too far and demonising formula feeders in due process.
Speaking of
dmp helping me with my essay, you should totally read hers, Colonialism in Steampunk, which isn't so race-specific, which probably makes it a more interesting and relevant read for most steampunks out there.There is nothing funny about outing transpeople. Also contains a helpful glossary of how to refer to transpeople. I never realized I was using stupid terminology myself.
Finally, because I haven't been reading that much (I tried for some Pandagon links, but I just... hadn't read much Pandagon this week), here's Tim Wise talking about the history of white privilege: