Let me start with this quote by an author that echoed how I felt (her article is linked somewhere along my entry:

Fandom, by and large, tends to be a white space. And people of colour (PoC) are, by and large, good at negotiating white space. We have to be. We speak the lingo and know the canon, and we do such a good job blending in online that we ( Read more... )

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I was yesterday in my Management class. It is an evening class that takes three hours, with fifteen minute breaks in between. I took the break to sleep a little, when I woke up to say hello to my friendly classmate.

With me I had a copy of this local free newspaper of Columbia called Free Times. Its back was facing up. My classmate noticed ( Read more... )

My extended comments later. At the moment, I am feeling sick and sleepy. Any discussion, welcome.

I do have mixed feelings. I mean, I am against the objectification of women, but this study seems to smack too much on sexism. In my experience, fellows who are excessively preoccupied with their body image are just as likely as women to be not so ( Read more... )

As a Foreigner in the United States of America, this is an article close to my heart! (Courtesy of blogcritics). I particularly like the dry and sarcastic way it is written ( Read more... )

About the self-determination of people with disabilities. (The kind that are obvious for most ( Read more... )

Courtesy of blogcritics

I just scanned it, and it looks interesting. I will develop on it tomorrow. I have to sleep.

(Actually, there are quite a few links I want to develop on tomorrow... Let's see...)

Of course, it is very obvious that the reasons the Republicans have to disaprove the ban on gay marriage is to look for more votes, and it is very blatant here. But this is still good news! I, for one, feel very happy about all of this. Take that, Dubya ( Read more... )

I knew only three of all these ways to wrap a Sari!

I have only seen ready-made Sarees in the Gujarati and the Assamese/Nivi ways. (Notice that I mention them together because the style in which those saris are ready-made that way seem to give both possibilities). I find this rather intriguing.