linkspam is sore
I am disappointed I shall have to wait until October to read Martha Wells' new Star Wars novel, because how badass does that look? Wicked badass.
This also looks hella fun. Gotta love Helen Mirren kicking ass and taking names.
I generally don't like to link to GQ, but these are some compelling stories by American women who have seen combat.
This is another post that deals with gender and gender roles, but in an different and more hopeful way. (MeFi)
You know what I like about this article? Look at the picture of the hackers. Isn't that awesome? And better yet, it's entirely un-commented on in the article.
Alyssa Rosenberg reports on gender roles as conveyed in trailers for summer action films.
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Cool, I'd never heard of this guy, but I'm intrigued by his LotR sequels. I wonder if they're any good?
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Wow, this story about orcas attacking a pod of sperm whales is amazing. There's even video!
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Foreign Policy has a very smart essay on radicalization in the age of the internet and the 24-hour news cycle. But the popular notion of a "clash of civilizations" between Islam and the West is woefully misleading. Violent extremism represents not the resurgence of traditional cultures, but their collapse, as young people unmoored from millennial traditions flail about in search of a social identity that gives personal significance. This is the dark side of globalization.
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I'm disappointed I missed seeing this documentary on women superheroes when it aired, but happily PBS is screening it online until June 14. Yay!
Crossposted from DW, where there are
comments; comment here or there.
This also looks hella fun. Gotta love Helen Mirren kicking ass and taking names.
I generally don't like to link to GQ, but these are some compelling stories by American women who have seen combat.
This is another post that deals with gender and gender roles, but in an different and more hopeful way. (MeFi)
You know what I like about this article? Look at the picture of the hackers. Isn't that awesome? And better yet, it's entirely un-commented on in the article.
Alyssa Rosenberg reports on gender roles as conveyed in trailers for summer action films.
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Cool, I'd never heard of this guy, but I'm intrigued by his LotR sequels. I wonder if they're any good?
*
Wow, this story about orcas attacking a pod of sperm whales is amazing. There's even video!
*
Foreign Policy has a very smart essay on radicalization in the age of the internet and the 24-hour news cycle. But the popular notion of a "clash of civilizations" between Islam and the West is woefully misleading. Violent extremism represents not the resurgence of traditional cultures, but their collapse, as young people unmoored from millennial traditions flail about in search of a social identity that gives personal significance. This is the dark side of globalization.
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I'm disappointed I missed seeing this documentary on women superheroes when it aired, but happily PBS is screening it online until June 14. Yay!
Crossposted from DW, where there are
comments; comment here or there.