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white_hartMeet the Feminist Academics Championing Trans Rights - a small counter to the clamouring voices of trans-exclusive "feminists" which dominate the media at the moment.
99 Good News Stories You Probably Didn't Hear About in 2018 - because it's good to remember that not all of the news is terrible.
The Thing About Ghost Stories, by Naomi Kritzer - slightly spooky and utterly charming.
The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society - what happens when fae men meet a woman who isn't given to pining. Great fun (and I think Nanny Ogg as a girl must have been a bit like Rose).
Twitter thread on the hidden history beneath an unremarkable field in France.
The Susan Archetype in Children's Literature (I was surprised when I went back to work this week to discover that my recent files list included files named Susan Walker, Susan Pevensie, Susan Death, Susan Foreman and Susan Calman, until I remembered that I'd been testing out the new workload model and decided to to with Susans as my sample people. I would have had Susan from The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, too, but I couldn't remember her surname.)
We Rate Dogs' video of the dogs of 2018
How the World Improved in 2018, in 15 charts - more not-terrible news.
How to Make a Paper Crane, by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry - a beautiful and powerful piece about accessibility and disability rights.
The periodic table in haiku
Her Left Hand, the Darkness, by Alison Smith - a lovely piece on the writer's memory of Ursula Le Guin.
99 Good News Stories You Probably Didn't Hear About in 2018 - because it's good to remember that not all of the news is terrible.
The Thing About Ghost Stories, by Naomi Kritzer - slightly spooky and utterly charming.
The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society - what happens when fae men meet a woman who isn't given to pining. Great fun (and I think Nanny Ogg as a girl must have been a bit like Rose).
Twitter thread on the hidden history beneath an unremarkable field in France.
The Susan Archetype in Children's Literature (I was surprised when I went back to work this week to discover that my recent files list included files named Susan Walker, Susan Pevensie, Susan Death, Susan Foreman and Susan Calman, until I remembered that I'd been testing out the new workload model and decided to to with Susans as my sample people. I would have had Susan from The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, too, but I couldn't remember her surname.)
We Rate Dogs' video of the dogs of 2018
How the World Improved in 2018, in 15 charts - more not-terrible news.
How to Make a Paper Crane, by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry - a beautiful and powerful piece about accessibility and disability rights.
The periodic table in haiku
Her Left Hand, the Darkness, by Alison Smith - a lovely piece on the writer's memory of Ursula Le Guin.
It was disturbing to have the argument unexpectedly and in person
Date: 2019-01-06 09:32 pm (UTC)My brother mostly didn't like being labelled 'cis' which is a rather lesser (if pretty dumb) bad take in my book. I've been rehashing the discussion over in my head since then (obv being more eloquent!) and I hope we can move the needle another time, but yikes, it's not a view that's going to shift overnight.