Link Anthology 3/17/2009, the Green-luck Edition
* Happy St. Patty's Day, everyone! Have some (quite a lot, actually) free Celtic music in celebration.
* Over at Dear Author, Jane reviews the absolutely hilarious(ly bad) erotic romance Knight Moves by Jamaica Layne.
* Also via telophase, the Houston Zoo unveils a squeeeeeee (aka red panda).
* And again via telophase, a so-adorable cat cafe.
* Articles on Tibetan marriage practices and polyandry. I would love to see some fantasy based on this practice.
* Via telophase, the Nothing But Nets campaign sends mosquito nets to Africa to prevent malaria. Which reminds me: rachelmanija, is there an official nonprofit front for that manga-for-Native-American-reservations charity you promoted a while back? In a little over a month I'll be in a position to choose a service project to support, as my personal "Division Project." As the time draws closer, I'll probably make a separate post seeking suggestions. Malaria nets were heavily promoted just this past year, so I'd like to choose something more obscure.
* The very neat Book Cover Archive.
* From Lifehacker, a simple but beautifully illustrated site for world city weather forecasts.
* Readability may be one of the best bookmarklets ever. Choose your preferred layout, drag the link to your toolbar, and instantly reformat pages for easier reading.
* The classic reading test!
* sierrawyndsong writes on pseudononymity from a journalist's perspective--as a matter of public record. Warning for tone. For a different, also semi-expert perspective, Jane from Dear Author discusses the constitutional right to speak anonymously. I can't argue with either about the legal aspect, but I still believe in the ethical aspect--and revealing someone's identity without their permission is simply, purely unethical.
* Naamen writes a moving and painful response to RaceFail '09, Cut #999.
* spiralsheep posits a theory on the harassment received by mac_stone and medievalist.
* Finally, I will make a separate post for this soon because it inadvertently became very very important to me: via coffeeandink, at John Scalzi's Whatever, Mary Anne Mohanraj presents a racism 101 primer. Such things are not new; however, as far as I have seen, this part is:
I generally use the definition of racism that argues that in the world we currently live in, everyone’s racist, and when I want to talk about prejudice + institutionalized power, I try to say so explicitly.
Yes, oh yes. For so many reasons.
* Over at Dear Author, Jane reviews the absolutely hilarious(ly bad) erotic romance Knight Moves by Jamaica Layne.
* Also via telophase, the Houston Zoo unveils a squeeeeeee (aka red panda).
* And again via telophase, a so-adorable cat cafe.
* Articles on Tibetan marriage practices and polyandry. I would love to see some fantasy based on this practice.
* Via telophase, the Nothing But Nets campaign sends mosquito nets to Africa to prevent malaria. Which reminds me: rachelmanija, is there an official nonprofit front for that manga-for-Native-American-reservations charity you promoted a while back? In a little over a month I'll be in a position to choose a service project to support, as my personal "Division Project." As the time draws closer, I'll probably make a separate post seeking suggestions. Malaria nets were heavily promoted just this past year, so I'd like to choose something more obscure.
* The very neat Book Cover Archive.
* From Lifehacker, a simple but beautifully illustrated site for world city weather forecasts.
* Readability may be one of the best bookmarklets ever. Choose your preferred layout, drag the link to your toolbar, and instantly reformat pages for easier reading.
* The classic reading test!
* sierrawyndsong writes on pseudononymity from a journalist's perspective--as a matter of public record. Warning for tone. For a different, also semi-expert perspective, Jane from Dear Author discusses the constitutional right to speak anonymously. I can't argue with either about the legal aspect, but I still believe in the ethical aspect--and revealing someone's identity without their permission is simply, purely unethical.
* Naamen writes a moving and painful response to RaceFail '09, Cut #999.
* spiralsheep posits a theory on the harassment received by mac_stone and medievalist.
* Finally, I will make a separate post for this soon because it inadvertently became very very important to me: via coffeeandink, at John Scalzi's Whatever, Mary Anne Mohanraj presents a racism 101 primer. Such things are not new; however, as far as I have seen, this part is:
I generally use the definition of racism that argues that in the world we currently live in, everyone’s racist, and when I want to talk about prejudice + institutionalized power, I try to say so explicitly.
Yes, oh yes. For so many reasons.