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Henry Jenkins' Meta on Obama and the "Yes We Can" speech
Henry Jenkins (yes, he of Textual Poachers / fanfic fame) has posted a thoughtful entry on Obama's campaign and why he believes the "Yes We Can" language resonates with the public (drawing a line back to Walt Whitman.)
Obama and the We Generation
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Does anyone else react the same way I do when someone says "Free Book!"?
It's a compulsion, I tell you - I can't not pick it up. Or in this case, download it ( Read more... ) -
It's the small things in life that keep you going
Woo hoo! Did a stint of dumpster diving in the Booklist stash today and managed to glom the galley proof for the final volume of Elizabeth Moon's Ky Vatta series, Victory Conditions.
(Why, yes, I am a slut for female-written military space opera with a female captain.) -
Librarian Wank!
Via FreeRange Librarian and GalleyCat:
Controversy! over Orson Scott Card's selection as the ALA/YALSA Margaret A. Edwards Award honoree for lifetime achievement as a young adult author.
Apparently, the selection committee didn't know that Card is a big, fat homophobe. Galley Cat covers the resulting wank. -
Transforming Copyright
Via fandom_lawyers, an interesting article by Julie Hilden, a FindLaw columnist, on the Organization for Transformative Works, a new fanfic/vid/art legal defense group:
The Organization for Transformative Works and Its Bid to Protect Fan Fiction: Are Its Proposed Changes to Copyright Law, Creating Immunity for Suits Against FanFic, a Good Idea?The fact that I ( Read more... ) -
What the Hell.
*Shampooed and out of costume, of course.
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Legislators go after "social networks"... like LJ ... again.
In the last week, three bills restricting access to "social networks" for minors have dropped into the statehouse hoppers in Illinois, Georgia, and North Carolina, to accompany the reintroduction of the federal Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) in the U.S. Senate ( Read more... ) -
Tis the Season, Pt. III: Happy New Year and a little rec
For everyone on my f-list and in my circle of friends, my best wishes for an enjoyable evening and a Happy New Year ( Read more... ) -
Tis the Season, Pt. II.
In which Sister indulges in post-holiday kvetch ( Read more... ) -
Tis the Season, Pt. I
The best part of the winter holiday has arrived: the day after. Work done, cards sent, shopping finished, house cleaned and decorated, cooking / baking done, gifts wrapped (and unwrapped, and familial visiting obligations discharged I finally get 24 hours to myself. Me, me, me ( Read more... )