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* "Canberra cuts funds for Aboriginal communities:" https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/25102897/canberra-cuts-funds-for-aboriginal-communities/
* A man in Australia attacked a police officer in the name of ISIL, and a group in Algeria ha beheaded a French tourist.
In South Carolina, a police officer spotted a black man not wearing his seat belt while parked at a gas station. He then shot the unarmed man for complying with the order to show him his ID. He then shot him with his hands up, then cuffed him. Contrary to the usual procedure of covering up white police officer shootings of innocent unarmed people, they actually arrested the police criminal for assault, instead of blaming the victim. He is expected to get off anyway, because the victim is black.
* "Naked model history no boost to Scott Brown with Cosmo:"
* "Transmasculine Homecoming King Crowned In Texas!:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/09/transmasculine-homecoming-king-crowned.html
* "Scarlett Lehn Crowned Homecoming Queen In Colorado:" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/09/scarlett-lehn-crowned-homecoming-queen.html
* "Best New Thing: Amorous donkey edition"
* The police who hunted and killed John Crawford for shopping while black in a Walmart will face no indictment. Even though the video completely contradicts police accounts. After all shooting black people in the back is completely legal for white police officers, even though he was literally one aisle where he picked up the bb gun and wasn't threatening any body with it.
* I am not up to writing about details, but the police have been rioting in Ferguson and attacking black citizens again.
* "Best New Thing: Amorous donkey edition:"
* "For A Writer, Being Banned Means You've Done Something Right:" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/felice-picano/going-too-far-for-everyon_b_5862310.html
* "Canadians are petitioning for a life-size Wolverine statue:" http://www.dailydot.com/geek/alberta-canada-wolverine-statue-petition/
* "Movie of the Week: “Down Argentine Way”:" http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/movie-week-argentine-way?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=tumblr&mbid=social_tumblr
* Sleepy Hollow makes me happy, despite all the way it makes my historian self wince. I love the characterization of the women, that Abby and Jenny are intelligent, strong, and competent, but that they are also valued by the men in the show. So often the strong black women stereotype has been used to endlessly burden women of colour and to deny them help. It's nice to see Jenny is not just capable of rescuing herself, but also that she is considered worth protecting. It is a beautiful thing to see that Abby is both endlessly resourceful, but two men are willing to risk life and soul to aid and rescue her. They are not infantilized damsels, but strong women who are valued and offered help. I think it is good thing that girls and women of color finally can see some one who looks like them treated this way, possibly for the first time, and I hope more shows and movies will start doing this.
* It is ebay time again:
BPAL: MADAGASCAN VANILLA RUM and LAWFUL: 5 ML: http://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-MADAGASCAN-VANILLA-RUM-and-LAWFUL-Partials-/301323254409?pt=fragrance&hash=item462843fa89
BPAL: HOT BUTTERED RUM and MR. VANDEMAR Partials: http://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-HOT-BUTTERED-RUM-and-MR-VANDEMAR-Partials-/301323278556?
BPAL: JOHNATHAN HARKER 2006 (LE, Halloweenie): http://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-JOHNATHAN-HARKER-2006-LE-Halloweenie-/301323296412?
THE BURYING-GROUND 2013 (LE, Yule, Miskatonic Valley: The Festival):: http://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-THE-BURYING-GROUND-and-WEZWANIE-/301323305482?
LUNAR ECLIPSE 2013 (Lunacy, LE): http://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-LUNAR-ECLIPSE-2013-Lunacy-LE-/301323313994?
* Fundraiser to Help Us Pay Back Rent and Insurance: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws
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* A man in Australia attacked a police officer in the name of ISIL, and a group in Algeria ha beheaded a French tourist.
In South Carolina, a police officer spotted a black man not wearing his seat belt while parked at a gas station. He then shot the unarmed man for complying with the order to show him his ID. He then shot him with his hands up, then cuffed him. Contrary to the usual procedure of covering up white police officer shootings of innocent unarmed people, they actually arrested the police criminal for assault, instead of blaming the victim. He is expected to get off anyway, because the victim is black.
* "Naked model history no boost to Scott Brown with Cosmo:"
* "Transmasculine Homecoming King Crowned In Texas!:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/09/transmasculine-homecoming-king-crowned.html
* "Scarlett Lehn Crowned Homecoming Queen In Colorado:" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/09/scarlett-lehn-crowned-homecoming-queen.html
* "Best New Thing: Amorous donkey edition"
* The police who hunted and killed John Crawford for shopping while black in a Walmart will face no indictment. Even though the video completely contradicts police accounts. After all shooting black people in the back is completely legal for white police officers, even though he was literally one aisle where he picked up the bb gun and wasn't threatening any body with it.
* I am not up to writing about details, but the police have been rioting in Ferguson and attacking black citizens again.
* "Best New Thing: Amorous donkey edition:"
* "For A Writer, Being Banned Means You've Done Something Right:" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/felice-picano/going-too-far-for-everyon_b_5862310.html
* "Canadians are petitioning for a life-size Wolverine statue:" http://www.dailydot.com/geek/alberta-canada-wolverine-statue-petition/
* "Movie of the Week: “Down Argentine Way”:" http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/movie-week-argentine-way?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=tumblr&mbid=social_tumblr
* Sleepy Hollow makes me happy, despite all the way it makes my historian self wince. I love the characterization of the women, that Abby and Jenny are intelligent, strong, and competent, but that they are also valued by the men in the show. So often the strong black women stereotype has been used to endlessly burden women of colour and to deny them help. It's nice to see Jenny is not just capable of rescuing herself, but also that she is considered worth protecting. It is a beautiful thing to see that Abby is both endlessly resourceful, but two men are willing to risk life and soul to aid and rescue her. They are not infantilized damsels, but strong women who are valued and offered help. I think it is good thing that girls and women of color finally can see some one who looks like them treated this way, possibly for the first time, and I hope more shows and movies will start doing this.
* It is ebay time again:
BPAL: MADAGASCAN VANILLA RUM and LAWFUL: 5 ML: http://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-MADAGASCAN-VANILLA-RUM-and-LAWFUL-Partials-/301323254409?pt=fragrance&hash=item462843fa89
BPAL: HOT BUTTERED RUM and MR. VANDEMAR Partials: http://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-HOT-BUTTERED-RUM-and-MR-VANDEMAR-Partials-/301323278556?
BPAL: JOHNATHAN HARKER 2006 (LE, Halloweenie): http://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-JOHNATHAN-HARKER-2006-LE-Halloweenie-/301323296412?
THE BURYING-GROUND 2013 (LE, Yule, Miskatonic Valley: The Festival):: http://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-THE-BURYING-GROUND-and-WEZWANIE-/301323305482?
LUNAR ECLIPSE 2013 (Lunacy, LE): http://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-LUNAR-ECLIPSE-2013-Lunacy-LE-/301323313994?
* Fundraiser to Help Us Pay Back Rent and Insurance: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws
This entry was originally posted at http://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/469472.html. Please comment there using OpenID.