Sunday Linkfest!
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jhameiaWhoops! A bit late. Brain's been on revisions for a while. I feel guilty because I haven't been keeping up with my 200 words a day of The Measure of Deathness but... at least I have a first draft for my thesis!
Anyway, links.
Tomboy Chic in Thailand! A designer decided to get started on tomswear line. Among what's offered, a girdle-esque tank/vest top that's meant to flatten the chest more comfortably than actual girdles.
New Tumblr! Engliss Only, to explore the various types of Englishes that survive despite being maligned as less-than.
5 Misconceptions of Fibromyalgia
Thailand got a new female PM. Thaksin's sister. Malaysia is too busy with Bersih to notice. Thailand groans at Thaksin's possible return. Western news outlets get into a tizzy over a female! Asian! PM!
Tobias Buckell went to a scifi con in Barbados! And I love this feeling I'm getting... an author writing from a specific context, and people from his specific context getting it, and there's a connection between writer and fans from the shared context.
A brief portrait of Sylvia Rivera, trans WOC activist, who too often is forgotten.
History is a Weapon: a series of very usefulessays books to keep on hand. If you can't afford the physical copies, here they are on the internets for you.
Clinton Kelly reveals something about clothes. I've been tying this into my current thoughts on technology, whereby industrialization means we have a different relationship to a whole assortment of things.
Johnathan Dotse of Afrocyberpunk has a post up on the future of Science Fiction. The future of science fiction belongs to people of colour.
Amal el-Mohtar shares why she won't renew her membership with SFPA and why "The Green Reich" is a terrible poem.
Test your NDN IQ. A really informative quiz on Native American history.
A post linking abortion, rights, and Pascal's Wager.
A little history on the High John the Conquerer root's name, and its uses.
A really cool piece on fanfiction? On Time, even? Really! Wow!
Michelle Bachmann is pro-slavery, running for US president, and a trainwreck.
A thing by Zuky on the Haudenosaunee women and their impact on early white US feminism.
This hip hop performance about a young man discovering the colonial history of his home and dealing with it has been getting acclaim. I've never seen it, but raising it for your interest.
Despite Eurocentric claims to the contrary, Egypt wasn't waiting for WikiLeaks to ignite a revolution.
And speaking of revolutions, Malaysia's mini-revolution last weekend! Have a:
- photo essay from Al-Jazeera -- note the women!
- a firsthand ground zero account
- a sad report of someone who passed away after being tear-gassed (in Malay)
- a bio of a 65-year-old Chinese lady who came a-marchin' all the way from Setapak
- a personal reflection
- a poem from Alicia; and
- a bilingual poem from me!
If you were curious, here are the 8 actions Bersih has been lobbying for. Which should tell you a bit about why this is such a huge fucking deal, and why the MSM is intent on polarizing this as an Opposition-Hates-The-Ruling-Govt issue.
Anyway, links.
Tomboy Chic in Thailand! A designer decided to get started on tomswear line. Among what's offered, a girdle-esque tank/vest top that's meant to flatten the chest more comfortably than actual girdles.
New Tumblr! Engliss Only, to explore the various types of Englishes that survive despite being maligned as less-than.
5 Misconceptions of Fibromyalgia
Thailand got a new female PM. Thaksin's sister. Malaysia is too busy with Bersih to notice. Thailand groans at Thaksin's possible return. Western news outlets get into a tizzy over a female! Asian! PM!
Tobias Buckell went to a scifi con in Barbados! And I love this feeling I'm getting... an author writing from a specific context, and people from his specific context getting it, and there's a connection between writer and fans from the shared context.
A brief portrait of Sylvia Rivera, trans WOC activist, who too often is forgotten.
History is a Weapon: a series of very useful
Clinton Kelly reveals something about clothes. I've been tying this into my current thoughts on technology, whereby industrialization means we have a different relationship to a whole assortment of things.
Johnathan Dotse of Afrocyberpunk has a post up on the future of Science Fiction. The future of science fiction belongs to people of colour.
Amal el-Mohtar shares why she won't renew her membership with SFPA and why "The Green Reich" is a terrible poem.
Test your NDN IQ. A really informative quiz on Native American history.
A post linking abortion, rights, and Pascal's Wager.
A little history on the High John the Conquerer root's name, and its uses.
A really cool piece on fanfiction? On Time, even? Really! Wow!
Michelle Bachmann is pro-slavery, running for US president, and a trainwreck.
A thing by Zuky on the Haudenosaunee women and their impact on early white US feminism.
This hip hop performance about a young man discovering the colonial history of his home and dealing with it has been getting acclaim. I've never seen it, but raising it for your interest.
Despite Eurocentric claims to the contrary, Egypt wasn't waiting for WikiLeaks to ignite a revolution.
And speaking of revolutions, Malaysia's mini-revolution last weekend! Have a:
- photo essay from Al-Jazeera -- note the women!
- a firsthand ground zero account
- a sad report of someone who passed away after being tear-gassed (in Malay)
- a bio of a 65-year-old Chinese lady who came a-marchin' all the way from Setapak
- a personal reflection
- a poem from Alicia; and
- a bilingual poem from me!
If you were curious, here are the 8 actions Bersih has been lobbying for. Which should tell you a bit about why this is such a huge fucking deal, and why the MSM is intent on polarizing this as an Opposition-Hates-The-Ruling-Govt issue.