The white privilege of white anti-racists by Ewuare Xola Osayande (via
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This is an amazing interview, which discusses how we live democracy and keep hope while we work to make the world better. Oh, that's a terrible description, but I really recommend you listen to this discussion.

Civility, History, and Hope with Vincent Harding [onBeing.org] (ETA Make sure to use the download link; the streaming link currently ( Read more... )

Exhibit #75478904702374097340573458903534897 in "Evidence that race can make white people lose their minds, because they try too hard." Linda Holmes asks, [W]ho am I to wave my finger at M. Night Shyamalan about casting actors of color? Per her NPR staff bio: Linda Holmes writes and edits NPR's entertainment and pop-culture blog, Monkey See. (i.e.
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• never shined through in what i've shown
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NBC's new strategy for a decent season? spend money on quality programming. (from
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lucyloo wrote Intertwined, a June/Neal fic. It's much sweeter and more wistful than my take on the characters, but still, I think, very true to the show.

I answered the Never Will I Ever Meme.
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I got a one month temp assignment which pays at the high end of my scale at a place where I've worked before! (Sadly, it is an evil place, but the people who work there are nice, or at least they were nice a year and a half ago, when last I worked there.)

Forest Whitaker to head the Criminal Minds spin-off, which means I may actually watch it ( Read more... )

So, there are a zillion ways to write your historical fanfic ( Read more... )

• If the story you wrote for Yuletide is not Western, includes Characters of Color, or has a creator of color, please tag accordingly. (As dhobikikutti points out, she is not the tag police. On the other hand, consider that someone surfing via this tag is looking for your fic from the perspective of wanting to read about people who are not white. ( Read more... )