Thursday Links
Posted on | April 15, 2010 | No Comments
Section: Oh Wow
7 Mind-Blowing Easter Eggs Hidden in Famous Works of Art on Cracked.com. Link found via AtalantaPendrag!
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Section: Signal-Boosting
I have never been to Canada! However, Amazon Syren of Dangerous Women keeps mentioning the weekly spoken word event that is held at Umi Cafe in Ottawa: Voices of Venus. So, if you like spoken word of a feminist perspective and happen to be in Ottawa, check it out!
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Section: On Words and What They (Do Not) Mean
John Scalzi invents fanfic. Geek Feminism reports.
Censorship: A Guide For the Perplexed on Questioning Transphobia. Relevant also to non-gender/kyriarchy discussion (but don’t bring OT to the QT).
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Section: Perspectives
On the fringes of male privilege – Melusin writes in a guest blog on Tiger Beatdown on perspective given by transition.
In response to a Supernatural episode apparently supporting killing sex workers (!!), SoftestBullet compiles a list of links to sex worker blogs as an antidote.
Disclaimer: I don’t watch Supernatural, so I can’t comment on the episode, but sex worker blog links lists are win.
I did not dream of dragons – Deepa D. on growing up in India reading Euro-centric fantasy fiction, and the balance of power in discussions thereof.
Lizbee comments on Star Trek: The Original Series episodes via photo comics.
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Section: Mary Sues
“Mary Sue” is derogative fandom term for an original female character written into fanfiction who falls in love with the author’s favourite character and is often a self-insert, blatant or otherwise. More on that here. The stereotype has evolved a great deal over the years and and the discussion on what she exactly is goes on in the interwebs, but today I have some links to discussion about what having such a derogative term in the first place means, from a feminist perspective.
Boosette terms Mary Sue shaming bully culture. TheDeadParrot doesn’t like “Mary Sue” type characters because they denigrate female characters in the original. Niqaeli cannot abide the policing of “Mary Sue” characters. GoldJadeOcean summarizes.
All of the above links come via Rubynye, except for the DeadParrot one which comes via Sophinisba.
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Section: Yet More on Fandom and Privilege
FailFandom to Hugo Awards – the Feminist SF blog reports on how the balance of the sexes evened out in this year’s Hugo Awards nominees lists, and on who can vote on them.
The Importance of Being Bellatrix Lestrange – Ouyang Dan on FWD/Forward points out how Voldemort would have succeeded had anyone listened to Bellatrix Lestrange, and how this is reflected in the real world when people with mental illnesses try to be heard.
Fem-Thoughts, a Dreamwidth community for fandom meta on women, is hosting a mini-meta challenge, challenging people to write short, well-thought-out meta on femslash (fanfiction focusing on romantic relationships between women).
Five+ Ways Being Transgender in Fandom Really Sucks, and Why I Stick With It Anyway by IambicKilometer. Link via Rubynye.
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