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apple t-shirts: who wants?
Just put this on FB, but realized that not all of you are on there regularly, so ( Read more... ) -
help_haiti
If people haven't heard, there's a fannish auction to raise money for Haiti relief efforts. Many awesome things, like yarn and fanfiction and hats and vids and things, are for sale, in return for a donation to (in most cases) the charitable organization of your choice.
I'm offering gluten free baking, starting at $5. No one's bid yet. You want ( Read more... ) -
brooklynmili, cancer!Phile extraordinaire
This was my week over at trustno1_redux, as we rewatched Leonard Betts. If you aren't the type of Phile who can instantly remember every XF episode by title (I get mocked for this ability frequently at home), this is the one that kicks off the cancerarc in season four, featuring the guy who is MADE OF CANCER. It is pretty epic fucking win, as I did not ( Read more... ) -
book reviews
I just put my first post up to 50books_poc , which is a community that came out of this year's RaceFail, which was an ongoing discussion about race, cultural appropriation, and racism in the sci-fi and fantasy communities. It's a great place for book recommendations by authors you may or may not have heard of; I'm totally excited to, when I am picking my ( Read more... ) -
Signs of the Apocalypse
Years ago, my dad started reading my Livejournal. That was fine, because back in the day I didn't really post much. But it was kinda funny.
Today, I checked Kate's email to find...a Facebook friend request from my mother.
Has my mother friended ME on Facebook? Of course not.
Now my dad is talking about joining Twitter...though he acknowledges he's ( Read more... ) -
My Real Job
For anyone interested in my research, both of the papers I'm giving at the Midwest Political Science Association conference this coming weekend are available online. They are:
Wills, Emily. "The Making of Arab New York: Discourse and Politics in Bay Ridge" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th ( Read more... ) -
Let us go then, you and I.
Meme from bonne_a_rienne .
When you see this, post your favorite poem in your journal.
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
by T.S. Eliot
(full text and notes here
LET us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherised upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in ( Read more... )
