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Bleg on White Savior Complex
HI all, I have a bleg up for a friend here. I'd prefer comments there, but if that's a problem, here is fine! Thanks! -
Because it's also a nice day to say secret things to your friends
Don't forget the valentines2012 site is open for you to leave notes for people, anonymously or otherwise :-) -
It's that time of year...
I have been asked by the lovely taldragon to remind you that valentines2012 is open and ready to take your nymous or anonymous valentine wishes! -
Big Bad Wolf Trap -- Please repost
I'm passing this on for a friend. This is a travesty. Wolf Trap is suing a small non-profit arts center for using "The Barns" in its name. The arts center is ...
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an old dairy farm, and the buildings are two refurbished and re-purposed barns.
The property was donated, and community members have worked on the project, since before ( Read more... ) -
RIP Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011)
X-posted at Blogenspiel.
Not a lot to say. I wouldn't call McCaffrey one of the greatest writers of all time, despite the awards. Lots of her books were much like the ones I grew up with: horse books. OK, I grew up with more than that, but there were books by Fairfax Downey, books by Marguerite Henry, books by Walter Farley. And there were books ( Read more... ) -
in re Starkey: I hate to say, "I told you so" but I will
I didn't sign the David Starkey letter published in the THE. I was part of the group, and even wrote up bits that I think were used. But in the end, I didn't sign because I didn't think that people had a clear enough idea of what they were protesting, and they weren't expressing it clearly enough. I think Starkey's a prat, and I think that some of ( Read more... ) -
A reminder to me, as much as anything else
Because David Starkey may well be a racist, but there are better ways to have the conversation.
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