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It's fencing night, so in lieu of original content:
Get yer Whedon feminism right heah: gender dynamics in cross-class relationships in Firefly. Whether you agree with the author or not, it's nice to see a thoughtful cultural analysis of a well written show that I enjoy (yes, I know about the book, but haven't had a chance to get a copy yet!)
Chivalry should be dead and buried - this is an example of a post that I link to because I agree with it, but the author has put it so much more eloquently than I could myself. Before anyone gets in a huff about their sweeties not getting them flowers anymore, please try and take away the main point (IMHO): "What we're saying is that politeness is fine, but treating women based on a code that means treat us as fragile glass creatures is not".
The joys of indie record shops. I know I've written about my own teenage vinyl fiending before, but I identify with SO much of what Shakespeare's Sister writes here:
Women in Fencing, old-skool style: Probably not news, but the earliest known fencing manual (ca. 1300) features a woman fencer called Walpurgis (here or better version here).
Finally, Skepchicks 2006 calendar, from Skepchicks Intl., "an organization dedicated to promoting skepticism and critical thinking among women around the world."
Get yer Whedon feminism right heah: gender dynamics in cross-class relationships in Firefly. Whether you agree with the author or not, it's nice to see a thoughtful cultural analysis of a well written show that I enjoy (yes, I know about the book, but haven't had a chance to get a copy yet!)
Chivalry should be dead and buried - this is an example of a post that I link to because I agree with it, but the author has put it so much more eloquently than I could myself. Before anyone gets in a huff about their sweeties not getting them flowers anymore, please try and take away the main point (IMHO): "What we're saying is that politeness is fine, but treating women based on a code that means treat us as fragile glass creatures is not".
The joys of indie record shops. I know I've written about my own teenage vinyl fiending before, but I identify with SO much of what Shakespeare's Sister writes here:
My heart broke a thousand times with the thought I would never get this, never hear that, never get tickets, omigod the desire is going to kill me; I know it, and a thousand times it was healed as I finally found the grail, or walked out of the nearest TicketMaster outlet with tickets in my hand after a night of sleeping on the sidewalk outside.
Women in Fencing, old-skool style: Probably not news, but the earliest known fencing manual (ca. 1300) features a woman fencer called Walpurgis (here or better version here).
Finally, Skepchicks 2006 calendar, from Skepchicks Intl., "an organization dedicated to promoting skepticism and critical thinking among women around the world."
