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Brella is Hiring (again!)

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Nov 292012

Brella North – (far north suburbs)

Medical writer (on-site at Abbott for freelance & fulltime)
Consumer writer with agency / Pharma experience / medical advertising writer (on-site at Abbott for freelance & fulltime)
Character illustrator (remote & on-site at Abbott for freelance)
Project Managers & Account Managers with agency experience (on-site at Abbott for fulltime)
Multimedia Designers (on-site at Abbott for freelance& fulltime)
Sr. Graphic Designers (on-site at Abbott for freelance or fulltime)
Production Artists (on-site at Abbott for freelance or fulltime)
Medical Proofer (on-site at Abbott for freelance & fulltime)
Sr. PowerPoint Designer (on-site at Abbott for freelance & fulltime)

Brella HQ – Evanston

Video Producers (on-site at Brella Evanston for fulltime with travel)
Project coordinators with video/Multimedia/App or Web experience (on-site at Brella Evanston for fulltime)
Graphic designers with Web/App/Flash design experience (on-site at Brella Evanston for fulltime)
Mobile App programmers (on-site at Brella Evanston for freelance or fulltime)
Sr. Graphic Designers (on-site at Brella Evanston for fulltime)
Several experienced PPT designers / techs (on-site at Brella Evanston for freelance & fulltime)
Administrative Assistants (on-site at Brella Evanston for fulltime)
HR Generalist (on-site at Brella Evanston, but with travel to Abbott)

** Ideally people with Educational or Medical / Pharma experience or familiarity are a strong plus!

We are also looking all types of interns….so if you know of a college Junior/Senior or recent college graduate with a web, graphics, film or interactive design major who is looking for a paid internship and looking to gain industry experience….we can provide it!

Please feel free to forward this on to anyone you think might be interested and they can then send a cover letter email and a resume to jobs@brella.com. Have them mention who referred them as well!

Musecon Early-Bird Reservation Special

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Oct 312012

Musecon (http://www.musecon.org) Early Registration Special!!

Help MuseCon and save money with our early-bird reservation special!
Hotel room reservations help us get function space from the hotel.

If you help us by making your hotel room reservation and pre-registering for the convention, we will help you with the bill! We will pay $5 of your total hotel bill for each paid membership you buy. Move fast! The deal is good until it’s 2013 in Chicago!

The Fine Print:
Payment is due for your convention registration at the time of purchase; however, you may purchase a supporting membership by the deadline, and upgrade later. Primary adult, additional adult, and child memberships all count; members-in-tow do not (but they don’t cost anything either).

Making a hotel reservation is free: you will not be charged anything by the hotel until you check in come August.

Early reservation special expires at 11:59 PM Central Standard Time on December 31, 2012.

Hotel Link:https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=1209273263&key=B008E

Pre-Reg Link: http://www.musecon.org/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=18

p.s. you have heard about our GOH this year right? The Awesome Seanan McGuire, or our Special Guest Amy McNally!

Save the Date! A Middleton House Concert… With a Middleton performing! Marilyn Middleton Mellor…

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Oct 152012

Save the Date! A Middleton House Concert… With a Middleton performing! Marilyn Middleton Mellor will be performing at our home on October 20th, 2012. She's been singing professionally for as long as I can remember, and impressing me (and many others, both professional and not) for that long as well. She's fronted rock bands, performed at Renn Faires, and toured on the traditional jazz and blues circuits in Great Britain and Europe. I can't recommend this house concert enough. Don't miss her! Learn more about her at http://www.marilynmiddleton.co.uk

Mary Middleton Mellor – House Concert

Sad to say, that this is so very very true. I WISH fandom was more what it believed it was, than…

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Jun 262012

Sad to say, that this is so very very true. I WISH fandom was more what it believed it was, than what it actually is. Which isn't to say that ALL of fandom is this way. But somewhat like the folks who chastise the middle of the road Christians, or Muslims for not speaking out more against their fringe … it would be great if the whole fannish community expected more from its fringe members too ….

Geeks, you have a problem

by Amanda Marcotte
So, I'm sure many of you have seen this image going around:

This image drew out my most head-patting, condescending side, I must admit. It's just so cute when delusion reaches these levels. Now, I've got a toe in some geek stuff, but mostly I watch the culture from the outside, and I have to say, from an outside perspective, it actually looks like geek culture has allowed a form of entrenched and vicious misogyny to flourish. It's not the majority or anything like that, bu…

Reshared post from Jennifer Ouellette

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Jun 252012

I really loved this movie … one of the things that I loved is that it WASN'T really about romance at all, and more about personal actualization and finding ones priorities. I find it frustrating that people equate not wanting to get married at the earliest possible age to "may be gay".

Jennifer Ouellette originally shared this post:

And all the little tomboys cheered. Go Alyssa! http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/06/25/505389/brave-merida/

‘Brave’s Merida, and Why We Need to Stop Equating Gender Performance and Sexual Orientation

When I like to look for gay subtext in cultural artifacts, I tend to look for actual sexualized interactions between characters, rather than equating whether or not someone conforms to gender stereoty…

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