- Don’t be that dude: Handy tips for the male academic
- Color, Chromophobia, and Colonialism: Some Historical Thoughts
- A Conversation About the Baby Veronica Case
- Latkes and Legacies
- A New Grant to Encourage Science Fiction Writing from Diverse Worlds
- Let’s read diverse SFF
- The Status Quo Does Not Need World Building
- I am so very tired. You guys, all the LINKS. I’m also tired.
- A perfect example of a blogger who apparently cares more about marketing an author than they do about the people buying the book.
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“Everybody Already Knows”: How Silence About the Realities of Publishing Hurts Authors
- The She-ro Fuck pinkwashing.
- Do You Still Think I’m Pretty? I loathe this commercial. LOATHE it.
- Finally, a Paris fashion show that gives you something to cheer about
- Bird of the Month: The Albatross
- On Writing: Dealing with “I Don’t Wanna”
- Hugh Howey on Making a living as an author(s)? Just no. NO.
- By the Numbers: An Analysis of the Reviews Deleted in the Goodreads Policy Change
- Writing Families in the Future
- At last, the beautiful song that Dimetrodon deserves
- Shepherd hoody. “…a collaborative project which truly celebrates sheep and wool, and which also makes transparent and legible the many different kinds of labour that go into raising and processing fibre. It is quite rare to receive a commission to design a garment to support that labour, and to showcase the unique properties of that fibre, rather than to speak to a trend…”
- And hey, the government here in the US is shutdown! (As of this writing, which is Wednesday evening.) Have some links! I am beyond furious at the House of Representatives and at the obstructionist wing of the Republican party in particular. They are, literally, playing with people’s lives. That is evil.
- Q: who’s to blame for government shutdown? A: the Republican party
- Government Shutdown – The Reign Of Morons Is Here
- American healthcare was already socialized by Reagan, we’re just fighting about how to pay for it
- The Horror Novel You’ll Never Have to Live: Surviving Without Health Insurance
- Why The ACA Matters to Me
Linkspam is a bit light this week due to it being (mostly) compiled Wednesday evening with a few last minute additions this morning. Why? We actually left the house last night for a concert!
