Internet randomness
Some cool shit I've gathered during my internet wanderings.
The Louvre, the gendered gaze, and artistic assumptions by mariness: An interesting post about the marginalization of women writers and artists. Mari Ness writes about how anonymous artists are constantly gendered male, despite the evidence that women have been creating art as long as men.
Slaughterhouse 90210: Wow, love this site. Images from TV shows are paired with literary quotes, producing interesting new ways to view both. My Amazon book wishlist has increased practically tenfold.
The Automata/Automaton Blog: A blog with plans for making various gizmos. Makes me wish I were better with my hands.
Did the Jedi Have It Coming? by Tom Janulewicz: A good read about the nature of totalitarianism, even if you're not a Star Wars fan. I agree with this reading of the Jedi; if nothing else, it presents Jedi, midichlorians, and Palpatine seem much more interesting than the way they were shown in Episodes 1-3.
And finally, this quote by tithenai that I found in emilytheslayer's post I Made You This about hand-made gifts: "Anything, anything at all you make me with love and while thinking of me, will be precious, and I will adore it -- not only because it will come from you, but because it will come from you for me. I don't know if I'm being clear at all, but to have an object that is the manifestation of time I've spent in your thoughts is to have a treasure, pure and simple."
The Louvre, the gendered gaze, and artistic assumptions by mariness: An interesting post about the marginalization of women writers and artists. Mari Ness writes about how anonymous artists are constantly gendered male, despite the evidence that women have been creating art as long as men.
Slaughterhouse 90210: Wow, love this site. Images from TV shows are paired with literary quotes, producing interesting new ways to view both. My Amazon book wishlist has increased practically tenfold.
The Automata/Automaton Blog: A blog with plans for making various gizmos. Makes me wish I were better with my hands.
Did the Jedi Have It Coming? by Tom Janulewicz: A good read about the nature of totalitarianism, even if you're not a Star Wars fan. I agree with this reading of the Jedi; if nothing else, it presents Jedi, midichlorians, and Palpatine seem much more interesting than the way they were shown in Episodes 1-3.
And finally, this quote by tithenai that I found in emilytheslayer's post I Made You This about hand-made gifts: "Anything, anything at all you make me with love and while thinking of me, will be precious, and I will adore it -- not only because it will come from you, but because it will come from you for me. I don't know if I'm being clear at all, but to have an object that is the manifestation of time I've spent in your thoughts is to have a treasure, pure and simple."