Thursday Links
Posted on | May 6, 2010 | No Comments
Section: Queer
Sex Geek’s Leather Leadership Conference keynote talks about politics and kink and terminology. I’m not remotely kinky but consider myself kink- and sex-positive and the social/political notes are interesting. Via Snakey.
Queering-Holmes is a new Dreamwidth community (interactive blog) for discussing and researching queerness in Sherlock Holmes stories.
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Section: Women’s Bodies
Cleavage is only okay if it’s dancing. Manolo for the Big Girl reports.
Look what I found! Adios Barbie – a website for promoting a healthy body image.
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Section: Dragons and Books About Dragons
Naomi Novik interview on dragons, fanfiction and copyright law on Tor.com.
Good Show, Sir is a website dedicated to chronicling really, truly, terrifyingly bad SF novel covers. Link via Rosalarian.
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Section: Comics
Via Black-Rider: Manly Guys Doing Manly Things. “The punchline is machismo.”
I got this link via someone but I’m afraid I forgot who. The 5 Most Unintentionally Offensive Comic Book Characters from Cracked.com. Omfg. This is why I read indie comics.
Jesus and Mo – guess who Mo is.
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Section: Race
Mili, a flocking Eastern European, on the reaction to David Cameron calling a bigot a bigot.
I have to admit, when I read about that, my first reaction was indifference, because a) it’s UK politics, and b) I didn’t think Cameron said anything reprehensible, though I realize politicians aren’t allowed to say anything bad about non-politicians. I, too, failed to question why David Cameron’s comment was being criticized when it was apparently an accurate description.
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Section: Food
The story of the McGangBang on EatMeDaily.com.
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Section: Transficsed
Kanata is holding a transgender comment-ficathon on Dreamwidth. For the uninitiated, that means a thread where anybody can leave a prompt for a piece of fiction, usually fanfiction, and anyone can then fill it. Here are my picks from the results. (They may be restricted by the fandoms I know.)
Your Logic Is Flawed – Big Bang Theory fanfic by Glinda
From the Desk of Bubbles: Things I Will Keep on Doing as a Boy – Powerpuff Girls fanfic by Dagas_isa
to extend a tendril of the heart – Sense and Sensibility fanfic by Ar
The Best Day Ever – Big Bang Theory fanfic by Kanata
Kiss a guilty world in love – Big Bang Theory fanfic by Gloss
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Section: In Other Fanfic-Related News
Joan Khoo finds out Jasper Fforde is anti-fanfic. My reaction (after I stopped spluttering) was much like hers.
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Section: Elsewhere on the Internets (aka, everything else)
Harmony is a neat web-based drawing tool.
We all know about fight or flight, but what about tend and befriend?
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