It's been a crazy week.
Apr. 25th, 2008 10:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
effexTurns out large portions of fandom can also get behind ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vito_excalibur's Open Source Women Back Each Other Up Program - the response to her post has been awesome. Incredible. Inspiring. Other fun and redundant words. Folks are rising to the occasion all over the place, and there is lots of discussion, story sharing and support. And buttons, and tshirts, put together by the fabulous jacquez. Explanation for 'Back Up' here.
jacquez has also started www.backupproject.org, scheduled to go up around April 27th, as well as ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
backupproject, which yours truly will be co-modding.
I encourage everyone, if you haven't already, to go take a look at the Program - it's something we can do, as a gender (some of us) and a species (all of us), to make a difference in the spaces we call our own.
And speaking of: I'll be working withtelophase and rachelmanija to promote the Program at A-Kon - we'll have buttons and fliers available as well as, you know, help and support. An informational post will go up on backupproject this weekend.
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In other news:
* The last three issues (23-25) of the current Blue Beetle run arrived today and. I love this series so much with the really amazing characters (of both genders!), excellent writing (snark! banter! general teenager-ness!), and the freaking ethnic diversity (Jaime's Hispanic! His family's Hispanic! They live inside a genuinely hispanic culture! There are characters of other races, and they are *also* real people!). Not to mention ass-kickery! [hugs books close]
* Found viavito_excalibur (I've been at her journal all week, might as well poke around) - Disney Hero pinups. People, I've gotta tell ya - I do not normally dig the men-folk and I *still* think these are freaking hot. I have decided I like Hercules best - he made me laugh until I *cried* the drama queen. Edit: should probably mention that these ARE NOT work safe. Edit 2: And originally from the deviantART gallery of David Kawena.
* For more sexy and laugh-until-you-cry: Gareth David Lloyd, who plays Ianto on Torchwood, reads aloud from a gay sex manual at a live event. Never watched the show? It's all right - if you have even a passing interest in hearing a handsome young Welsh man discuss fisting and the hanky-code, this video is for you. There is also rock n' roll.
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In writing meta:
*kaigou talks about guns, the finges of society, urban fantasy, and the importance of understanding the sub-cultures you're writing about. A useful, gritty post from someone who's been there (well, okay, not the fantasy part).
* For more written-by-someone-who-knows, seerachelmanija's post on post-traumatic stress disorder: understanding it, having it, writing it.
* An excellent post byithiliana on race, scifi, and aliens can be found here.
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* Finally, I point you towards One Nation Under Elvis, an article about the rich and tangled web that is country music, race relations, history, and (of course) Elvis.
vito_excalibur's Open Source Women Back Each Other Up Program - the response to her post has been awesome. Incredible. Inspiring. Other fun and redundant words. Folks are rising to the occasion all over the place, and there is lots of discussion, story sharing and support. And buttons, and tshirts, put together by the fabulous jacquez. Explanation for 'Back Up' here.jacquez has also started www.backupproject.org, scheduled to go up around April 27th, as well as backupproject, which yours truly will be co-modding.I encourage everyone, if you haven't already, to go take a look at the Program - it's something we can do, as a gender (some of us) and a species (all of us), to make a difference in the spaces we call our own.
And speaking of: I'll be working with
telophase and rachelmanija to promote the Program at A-Kon - we'll have buttons and fliers available as well as, you know, help and support. An informational post will go up on backupproject this weekend.----------------------------------------
In other news:
* The last three issues (23-25) of the current Blue Beetle run arrived today and. I love this series so much with the really amazing characters (of both genders!), excellent writing (snark! banter! general teenager-ness!), and the freaking ethnic diversity (Jaime's Hispanic! His family's Hispanic! They live inside a genuinely hispanic culture! There are characters of other races, and they are *also* real people!). Not to mention ass-kickery! [hugs books close]
* Found via
vito_excalibur (I've been at her journal all week, might as well poke around) - Disney Hero pinups. People, I've gotta tell ya - I do not normally dig the men-folk and I *still* think these are freaking hot. I have decided I like Hercules best - he made me laugh until I *cried* * For more sexy and laugh-until-you-cry: Gareth David Lloyd, who plays Ianto on Torchwood, reads aloud from a gay sex manual at a live event. Never watched the show? It's all right - if you have even a passing interest in hearing a handsome young Welsh man discuss fisting and the hanky-code, this video is for you. There is also rock n' roll.
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In writing meta:
*
kaigou talks about guns, the finges of society, urban fantasy, and the importance of understanding the sub-cultures you're writing about. A useful, gritty post from someone who's been there (well, okay, not the fantasy part). * For more written-by-someone-who-knows, see
rachelmanija's post on post-traumatic stress disorder: understanding it, having it, writing it. * An excellent post by
ithiliana on race, scifi, and aliens can be found here.---------
* Finally, I point you towards One Nation Under Elvis, an article about the rich and tangled web that is country music, race relations, history, and (of course) Elvis.
