https://www.herdivineshadow.com/journals all in one place Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.herdivineshadow.com/journals/2012/02/19966/my-pinboard-bookmarks-for-february-18th-through-february-22nd/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:07 +0000 https://www.herdivineshadow.com/journals/?p=19966 Continue reading My pinboard bookmarks for February 18th through February 22nd →]]> These are my links for February 18th through February 22nd:

• Life With and Without Animated Ducks: The Future Is Gender Distributed – Charlie’s Diary – Yet it seems silly to get excited about that. It might be cool because the word nanotechnology is involved, but it's not like the camera on the iPhone might be a tiny bit better, am I right? Things culturally associated with women pretty regularly get sniffed at as silly or insignificant or stupid or boring–even if men need clean clothes, too, even if some men somewhere surely do laundry.
  tags: gender technology
• [toread] Microspore 03 by deathboy on SoundCloud – Create, record and share your sounds for free – I've written a short piece to accompany Jeff Noon's Microspore 03 – get some freaky techno soundscape down you!
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• [toread] img.ly photo sharing service for twitter – Here is a big list of companies to boycott the crap out of.
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• Pipopotamus: An Open Letter to Channel 4 – I am writing to you with the hope that you will stop ruining my life. While you're obsession with my ethnicity is flattering, it has become somewhat apparent to me that you might have gotten the wrong end of the stick. This is sort of awkward for me, because I don't want to be the one to break it to you, but your documentary, 'Big Fat Gypsy Weddings', is unfortunately a work of fiction. There is no need to be embarrassed, it can happen to the best of us, and thus I hope my letter will help you establish the facts, after all I'm sure you are passionate about fighting discrimination against ethnic minorities. Don't be modest now, we know you are…right?
  tags: bigfatgypsywedding channel4 gypsy traveller romany
• The Cornell Ratio: Should SFF Convention Panels Be 50/50 Male and Female? | Tor.com – The idea seemed simple, with Paul offering to use himself as a “blunt instrument” to address the issue of gender parity; he decided that when he was present on any convention panel this year, if the panel did not have a 50/50 gender split, then he would politely step down and find a woman to take his place.
  tags: conventionpanels sciencefiction scifi gender men women genderparity conventions discussion

]]> https://www.herdivineshadow.com/journals/2012/02/19882/my-pinboard-bookmarks-for-february-15th-through-february-18th/ Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:00:05 +0000 https://www.herdivineshadow.com/journals/?p=19882 Continue reading My pinboard bookmarks for February 15th through February 18th →]]> These are my links for February 15th through February 18th:

• [toread] Social Text: Periscope: Socialist Irrealism: an interview with China Miéville – Known for his radical fictive speculation, China Miéville is also fiercely engaged with radical politics–he stood for the House of Commons as candidate for the Socialist Alliance in the 2001 UK general election–and so is often asked about the relationship between his politics and his writing. He explains that he makes an important distinction between writing fiction to make political points and writing with a political perspective.
  tags: china_mieville fiction politics
• [toread] >>Nostalgia For Infinity – The Uncanny in China Miéville’s “New Weird”: An Examination of Perdido Street Station and The Scar (December 2003) – In the course of this essay we shall examine the Weird Fiction of China Miéville, considering it as Uncanny literature. We will also consider the advent of the “New Weird”, specifically in how this relates to the Uncanny.
  tags: china_mieville shauncgreen uncanny newweird sciencefiction scifi fiction essay
• What Size Am I? – Finding clothes that fit shouldn't be so hard. Add your measurements here to find out which high-street sizes are best for you.
  tags: clothes clothing cool shopping fashion women
• The Hobbit: Deciphering Dwarf Documents « Heirs of Durin – Having discovered the highest resolution images yet of Bilbo holding the contract which Thorin and Co. wrote (see end of post), I’ve spent more time than I’ll admit trying to work out what it says. You think Bilbo looks perplexed? I might have had better luck with the Dead Sea Scrolls. My findings are based on some visible evidence, and a whole lot of guesswork. Even so, the truly Hobbit/Dwarf-obsessed will be interested in what I’ve been able to discern, and perhaps will continue the study on their own.
  tags: hobbit hobbitmovie dwarven bilbo bilbobaggins
• [toread] What’s your perfect fitting top, skirt and dress on the highstreet? | News | guardian.co.uk – We all know that there's no such thing as a size 10. But I'm a computer programmer as well as a fashion fan, so I built a website to beat the sizing madness
  tags: data statistics women clothes fashion retail

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