Links of the Day
From The Infinite Matrix, via MostCuriousBlog:
Shame -- On racism in SF/F.
From Naamah_Darling:
Happy Go Lucky -- A response to the Writer's Block Question of the Day asking "Do you believe some people are more fortunate than others or do you think people create their own luck? In your opinion, are some people cursed?" Pertains to privilege and the notion of "choosing your own luck".
Go. Read. NOW.
Related Link: a different take on "positive thinking" (short and accurate).
Quotation there-from: "How ironic is it that this idea that thinking positive and avoiding negative has translated into it's your fault if you fail to think positive, so you get a disease, or you lose your job and can't find another?"
From Feministe:
Save the Date: Love Your Body Bash Oct. 28.
From The Curvature:
So What If Mackenzie Phillips Has a Book Deal? -- On our culture's assumption that there is One Right Way to be a rape survivor (and it *definitely* doesn't involve personal compensation or self-interest. <*eyeroll*>)
From Feministing:
Princeton to add gender neutral campus housing option next year. Awesome!
Are you a queer and/or trans parent? Do you have a queer and/or trans parent?
Take this survey and help out some researchers.
From their website:
"Our research team consists of Beth Haines (who specializes in child development and gender studies), Julie Konik (whose work focuses on personality and LGBT studies), and Siobhan Brooks (who specializes in gender, race, and sexuality). In addition, Katy Fohrman and Kim Vachon are recent psychology graduates from Lawrence University. Erin Henzi and Sarah Bruemmer are current Lawrence students, majoring in psychology and gender studies, respectively.
We all feel strongly about being advocates for the LGBT community, which is why we have chosen to pursue research in this particular area. With this research, we hope to better understand challenges facing LGBT families and promote social policies that support all families."
From Mott62:
Do I Have to Scream Into the Wind -- On being a prostituted woman and dealing with sex workers' rights feminists. Go, read, learn.
From Shapely Prose:
Have you tried not being so sexy?
Exerpt: "In other words, the same cultural bullshit that asserts men’s right to invade women’s personal space and/or fuck 13-year-olds also perpetuates the notion that men are more dick than brain."
From the Polyamourous Misanthrope via Prosewitch:
Boundaries,
AND
The Brave Little Toaster,
AND
On the Nature of Love.
- TTFN,
- Amazon.
Shame -- On racism in SF/F.
From Naamah_Darling:
Happy Go Lucky -- A response to the Writer's Block Question of the Day asking "Do you believe some people are more fortunate than others or do you think people create their own luck? In your opinion, are some people cursed?" Pertains to privilege and the notion of "choosing your own luck".
Go. Read. NOW.
Related Link: a different take on "positive thinking" (short and accurate).
Quotation there-from: "How ironic is it that this idea that thinking positive and avoiding negative has translated into it's your fault if you fail to think positive, so you get a disease, or you lose your job and can't find another?"
From Feministe:
Save the Date: Love Your Body Bash Oct. 28.
From The Curvature:
So What If Mackenzie Phillips Has a Book Deal? -- On our culture's assumption that there is One Right Way to be a rape survivor (and it *definitely* doesn't involve personal compensation or self-interest. <*eyeroll*>)
From Feministing:
Princeton to add gender neutral campus housing option next year. Awesome!
Are you a queer and/or trans parent? Do you have a queer and/or trans parent?
Take this survey and help out some researchers.
From their website:
"Our research team consists of Beth Haines (who specializes in child development and gender studies), Julie Konik (whose work focuses on personality and LGBT studies), and Siobhan Brooks (who specializes in gender, race, and sexuality). In addition, Katy Fohrman and Kim Vachon are recent psychology graduates from Lawrence University. Erin Henzi and Sarah Bruemmer are current Lawrence students, majoring in psychology and gender studies, respectively.
We all feel strongly about being advocates for the LGBT community, which is why we have chosen to pursue research in this particular area. With this research, we hope to better understand challenges facing LGBT families and promote social policies that support all families."
From Mott62:
Do I Have to Scream Into the Wind -- On being a prostituted woman and dealing with sex workers' rights feminists. Go, read, learn.
From Shapely Prose:
Have you tried not being so sexy?
Exerpt: "In other words, the same cultural bullshit that asserts men’s right to invade women’s personal space and/or fuck 13-year-olds also perpetuates the notion that men are more dick than brain."
From the Polyamourous Misanthrope via Prosewitch:
Boundaries,
AND
The Brave Little Toaster,
AND
On the Nature of Love.
- TTFN,
- Amazon.
