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This Weeks’s Linky Things are Linky

Alyse — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:56:13 +0000

Here is some stuff I read that I thought was interesting:

September 3rd – A Note on Tony Judt -History, and our desire for comfort
September 2nd – Badass Quote of the Day -Amen!
September 1st – Condemned – 48 hour film project – chicago – winner – 2010 -Created by a bunch of my co-workers
August 31st – ????? ?? ???????? ??????? — ?????????! ? ??? ????????. – These crowns are really lovely – I wonder if I could do it with silk leaves, or glycerin leaves.
August 26th – Adult Supervision Required – I think this best wraps up my inner monologue on the subject.
August 26th – Soweto Gospel Choir – Amazing Grace (Most beautiful version!!) -Name says it all.
August 24th – You Have Been The Victims Of A Terrible Swindle – - A Professor talks to his students

This Weeks’s Linky Things are Linky

Alyse — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:13:17 +0000

Here is some stuff I read that I thought was interesting:

August 18th – Please forgive me for the actions of extremists I have never met who commit acts of violence that I have never advocated –
August 18th – PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT – VERY important tip.
August 16th – Unsanctioned –
August 14th – Against Commercial Cannabis – Interesting take on drug reform.
August 13th – Crisis of Capitalism –
August 12th – Early Gangbanger Fiction – A really alternative look at something many of us love.
August 11th – Arlo Guthrie/This Land is Your Land/Boston Pops –
August 7th – A letter dated August 7 –

This Weeks’s Linky Things are Linky

Alyse — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:30:00 +0000

Here is some stuff I read that I thought was interesting:

August 6th – Keeping Your Eye On the Ball – Good write up of the Magical Negro and Women and Fridges and some of the fannish squawking about it.
August 4th – Race And Gay Marriage In Perspective – His last two paragraphs are phenomenal, and I think the whole post is fantastic.
August 2nd – “What do sixteen hundred Christian boys think girls should wear? Let’s find out!” – Certainly not the only write up about this survey – a disturbing survey – But I have to admit i had the same thought as this commenter ““Christian boys”4 are just so goddamn pathetic, a scream in the night of “I am powerless over my dick””
July 22nd – Comic-Con: Superheroes vs. Westboro Baptist Church -This is old at this point – but they are too good not to share.
July 21st – Meritocratic Utopia – the Human Worthiness Algorithm *cough* otherwise known as your credit score
July 20th – james_nicoll: Comic Con to make lemonaide – Awesome! Good for Comic Con, I’m going to see if I can throw a little into the pot.
July 20th – Inescapable – a rumination on MLK “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
July 20th – januaryhat: In honor of old-school skiffy: II – Boobieships and Titrockets – the magazine of the … past

This Weeks’s Linky Things are Linky

Alyse — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:11:21 +0000

Here is some stuff I read that I thought was interesting:

July 18th – Are anime characters caucasian or japanese –
July 18th – New Spice | Study like a scholar, scholar -Incredible Old Spice Spoof – and for a good cause too
July 17th – UN considers LGBT group’s NGO status. GOP allies with Egypt, Dems with American values – Exporting Hatred – Just what I want my country known for.
July 16th – Live-blogging the Black Death – This is SO very Georgia Mason … I hope Mira/Seanan gets to read this
July 16th – Why Black Writers Tend Not to Shout –
July 15th – Girl Cooties -EWWWWWWW!!
July 15th – Television – On ‘Friday Night Lights,’ Abortion in a Small Town – NYTimes.com – Just another example of why I love this show, and wish WAY more people watched it.
July 14th – Swedish Men Take Parental Leave – What’s the Situation in the U.S.? « Women’s Law Project Blog – Another Example of why Feminism is good for men.
July 14th – Why Strong Female Characters Are Bad for Women | Overthinking It – This was going around a while ago – and i might have posted it then, but I think its got some really important points.
July 13th – Wondermark » Archive » #638; In which a Choice has been made – Funny I don’t seem to have a lot of free time either
July 13th – On access policies, conventions, and sausages at Feminist SF – The Blog! -Some ideas to help cons be accessible friendly.
July 9th – Tiger Beatdown › Your Ladybits Got in my Science: Agora, The Tiger Beatdown Review -One of my new favorite blogs. A review of a movie about Hypatia
July 8th – WND Columnist Cheers Vandalism : Dispatches from the Culture Wars -Ya know, this is pretty fucked up – Vandalism is okay – if its in God’s name ya know.
July 6th – Courtney Stoker on Feminist Geek – The Sexist – Washington City Paper -A Good interview, and the comments get pretty interesting
July 6th – iPhone4 vs HTC Evo -HA!!! Does it has the WiFis?
July 6th – Are anime characters caucasian or japanese –
July 6th – No, We’re Not Going To Sit Down And Shut Up : NPR – “Isn’t it funny how people who bully people for a living get really annoyed when somebody takes issue with it? You’re not only supposed to let them push you around; you’re supposed to like it.”
July 1st – Provocative Quote of the Day -Confirmation bias vs. truth
June 30th – Special rights – “It’s stupid that conservatives claim to be against “special rights” when it comes to gays and lesbians, but all for bona fide special rights for conservative Christians.
June 30th – Breaking: Dan Choi and James Pietrangelo subpeona the President: ‘we were following your orders’ – WOW!!
June 30th – The dehydration crisis amongst Tea Partiers – this mentality is basically an inescapable trap. When you fear being exposed as someone who has fears because this makes you less of a man, you’re in a constant state of fear, i.e. non-manhood. Which you have to desperately cover up, which creates more fearful behavior that you have to cover up. It’s a vicious cycle.
June 30th – Doctor Treating Pregnant Women With Experimental Drug To Prevent Lesbianism | Slog | The Stranger, Seattle’s Only Newspaper – This is freaking unbelievable … how does she get away with that shit?

Linky things June 25th through June 29th

Alyse — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:31:21 +0000

Here is some stuff I have been reading that I thought folks might like:

June 29th – David Vitter survives because, not despite, of the prostitution angle –
June 29th – I'm a Mac … and I've Got a Dirty Secret –
June 25th – tripoli | Embarrassing fandom true confessions, edition 3,042 – This is too charming for words . . .
June 25th – Scientists are “normal” people, some children discover | Geek Feminism Blog –
June 25th – GAO Finds No Wrongdoing by ACORN –