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First a picspam about patterning ourselves after that bastion of manliness, Admiral Adama: Life Lessons from BSG: How to Take It Like A Man, by jaxzdice. *giggles*
Doctor Who fanfiction is now in second place in what I have bookmarked on delicious.com. I have fifty-plus stories there; the dominant theme is Martha Jones. (Some of you might be pleased--it's harder to find Martha-fic; apparently she's not as popular with fanfic writers.)
Elna Baker is an aspiring actress and comedian. She's also Mormon and single. It's interesting to hear her point of view because of how many references she makes that are automatically familiar to me, and yet how different her perspective is. I'd recommend the YouTube vid here. It had me laughing out loud.
Watch Andrew Bird perform six of his songs live, alone, in a gorgeous cathedral: Cemetery Gates.
Chimamanda Adichie speaks on the danger of a single story. This is long but worth it. Summary from the website: Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
Time for me to do something constructive.
Doctor Who fanfiction is now in second place in what I have bookmarked on delicious.com. I have fifty-plus stories there; the dominant theme is Martha Jones. (Some of you might be pleased--it's harder to find Martha-fic; apparently she's not as popular with fanfic writers.)
Elna Baker is an aspiring actress and comedian. She's also Mormon and single. It's interesting to hear her point of view because of how many references she makes that are automatically familiar to me, and yet how different her perspective is. I'd recommend the YouTube vid here. It had me laughing out loud.
Watch Andrew Bird perform six of his songs live, alone, in a gorgeous cathedral: Cemetery Gates.
Chimamanda Adichie speaks on the danger of a single story. This is long but worth it. Summary from the website: Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
Time for me to do something constructive.