Pussy RiotLive blogging of the verdictGuardian fanvid to Putin Lights Up The Fires (seriously, it's a fanvid, that's fscking adorable)
Amnesty International: Pussy Riot: a travesty of a mockery of a shamPussy Riot's closing statementManic Pixie Dream Dissidents - interesting look at the reporting of Pussy Riot and how they are simultaneously sexualised and infantilised in order to delegitimise their protest
From Pussy Riot, a lesson in the power of punkMetal Vicar Rachel Mann: Why Jesus Would Have Been A Pussy Riot FanGet on the way, Pussy Riot!Pussy Riot trial isn’t just about PutinMeeting Pussy RiotPussy Riot's Punk Prayer is pure protest poetryAssangeI loathe Assange. I like Wikileaks because it prioritises the data over personalities - it's an incredibly powerful thing. Julian Assange has made it All About Him in going on his round-the-world ego trip. It's both disappointing and rage-inducing to see the number of leftie men making apologies for raping people; the very faintest of silver linings is that it's becoming rapidly apparent who not to put your sleeping bag next to in an occupation.
All of the following are likely to be triggering for rape.
Assange, and feminism’s so-called male alliesRape 101Before the Law - legal issues surrounding Assange's current stopover in the Ecuadorian embassy
Stavvers: Dear George GallowayA response to George Galloway, and what we mean by consentCompetitive rape definingMore sexism and misogynyWho is Manchester Pride really for?An Open Letter to Manchester Pride and Gaydar RadioI Misspoke—What I Meant To Say Is 'I Am Dumb As Dog Shit And I Am A Terrible Human Being''Legitimate rape' – a medieval medical conceptRebecca Solnit: Men Explain Things to Me - most recent mansplaining encounter: after Pride, some trans* tent people and various others went for a meal in town. I ended up sitting next to a random man I'd never met before, who proceeded to inform me of aspects of the history of English. Well, tried to; there was quite a lot that made me cringe.
"Yes," I said, "I actually teach this". I was going to start explaining where he was blatantly wrong when he abruptly changed the subject. Unfortunately he changed the subject to AI, and even more unfortunately he was sitting next to
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flippac. It made me realise that mansplaining is rarely about getting genuinely excited about something; as soon as this man encountered someone who knew more than he did about his current choice of topic, he shut it down. He didn't actually want to talk about that topic, he wanted to show off. And god forbid anyone might expose his lack of knowledge.
Other stuffWhy does the media still refer to “Bradley” Manning? The Curious Silence Around a Transgender Hero - this is more complicated for several reasons, namely the issue of using private logs. However, Manning is denied a voice and is unable to state their identity; there are also really problematic discourses of trans women being duplicitous and untrustworthy. Regardless of their gender identity, Manning is being treated appallingly.
Natalie Reed: “Harry Benjamin Syndrome” SyndromeNeither Man Nor Woman: Meet the Agender - not sure why all the people interviewed are FAAB and why it focuses so much on bodies, but interesting article
S E Smith: Asexuality always existed, you just didn't notice itOlympic suffragettes regroup for women's rights march on parliament - rather charming but "when the women formed a human scaffolding to carry a Christ-like Davison above their heads" is epic lols and I wish there was some way of shoehorning it into my current chapter
Humanities aren’t a science. Stop treating them like one. - as an empirical linguist working with quantitative methods I find this really interesting. In my experience, the big sweeping claims as illustrated in that article tend to be made by a) arts & humanities scholars who've suddenly discovered quantitative/computational methods or b) science-y people who've suddenly discovered arts & humanities. I've heard a fair number of papers where the response has been "yes, and how is this relevant?" because while it's been very clever, it's either telling arts & humanities people stuff they already know or stuff that's irrelevant. In my particular discipline people are very aware of the limits of quantitative work and we acknowledge the interpretive work done by the researcher. It's not unusual to use a triangulated approach of both quantitative and qualitative methods to benefit from the strengths of both and let them balance out each other's weaknesses; corpus linguistics and (critical) discourse analysis or conversation analysis are popular combinations for this reason.
Tom Morello: 'Paul Ryan Is the Embodiment of the Machine Our Music Rages Against' - "I wonder what Ryan's favorite Rage song is? Is it the one where we condemn the genocide of Native Americans? The one lambasting American imperialism? Our cover of "Fuck the Police"? Or is it the one where we call on the people to seize the means of production?" A+ Tom Morello
Black Fish activists vow to confront illegal tuna fishing in MediterraneanFriday Five: Things I Want to See in Doctor Who Series 7Jinty, Tammy, Misty and the golden age of girls' comicsFictional ghost cities: where teenage darkness finds a home - call me immature, but I love undercities and shadow worlds
The best parodies of Carol Ann Duffy's Olympic poemhttp://bustygirlcomics.com/okay now I am going to take the big rats out for another thrilling episode of Hoarding Drama and Is Grouting Tasty. I think everyone except Willow is in heat so we'll probably have a bonus round of Furious Humping. This is the joy these creatures bring to my life. Speaking of awful pets, here's
Dog Shaming. Sample post: "I eat sheep crap and vomit on the carpet every. single. day".
