more tipping
A quick addition to my earlier post. I’ve just read in The Advocate that Gov. Deval Patrick is set to sign a…
Read moreMonth: July 2008
tipping point
I’m beginning to really get the sense that a tipping point has been reached. It’s thrilling: BUFFALO, N.Y. – An American lesbian…
Read morewhat?
One of three U.S. adults already suffers from some degree of hearing loss and the use of personal stereos and an aging…
Read morecould gay marriage have saved Thomas Disch?
On July 4, 2008, the out science fiction writer shot himself in his New York apartment. Could gay marriage have saved him?…
Read moresprightly chat about the weather
This Wikipedia article explains why the weather at our house is often insane. Yesterday, for instance, at noon, in July, it was…
Read morehypnagogic #2: killed by a swan
I’ve talked before about my occasional hypnagogic writing. Here’s something I wrote a couple of years ago. It came to me in…
Read moreKelley on Reality Break
My sweetie being thrilling and interesting and all around delicious, talking with our good friend Dave Slusher–about Mars, empathy, and gender (and…
Read moregirls-only world
In my very early twenties I thought a women-only world would be fabulous. I don’t anymore. Experience has taught me that women…
Read moreGaeth a wyrd swa hio scel!
‘Gaeth a wyrd swa hio scel!’ The Anglo-Saxon for ‘Fate goes ever as it must.’ Basically, shit happens. Or, oh well. Or…
Read morewomen, self defence, and male allies
From: Foxomally I have a question. Recently I re-read Always and the Atlanta-chapters got me thinking about something. Some time ago I…
Read moreFriday audio: Spawn of Satan
A few years ago, Henry Gee, a senior editor at the science journal, Nature, asked me to contribute a short short story…
Read moreorigins and insults
From: Sly An excerpt (from And Now We Are Going to Have a Party): “I imagined the officer nodding self-importantly and reporting…
Read moreshort story collection: cold, hard reality
From: karina I’ve been holding off on emailing you about my experience with your short story collection. I sent you a question…
Read moreHild and ammonites
From Linda: I am sure you are already aware that there is a myth of sorts that tells of Hild turning snakes…
Read moreQueer Universes
Queer Universes (ed. Pearson, Hollinger, Gordon, Liverpool University Press) is finally available. Product Description:Disputes over the meaning and practice of sexuality have…
Read morelooking good…
reuters.com A recent Field Poll in California found 51 percent of voters oppose the measure to define marriage as only between one…
Read morefreestyle horse
Girls hit the spot. (Thanks, Cindy.) (EDIT: It’s just come to my attention–thanks, Jennifer–that this is a Nike viral marketing video. Still,…
Read moresecurity cost-benefit analysis: terrorism
Bruce Schneier has news of a study (by Ohio State political science professor John Mueller. Titled “The Quixotic Quest for Invulnerability: Assessing…
Read morehigh pucker factor
From: Janine I don’t know where else to post this (perhaps there’s a better location?) but I thought this would be good…
Read moreFriday audio: Draw Me Down
My audio for this week is a song, “Draw Me Down,” that I made up one day in England while doing the…
Read morea practically perfect day
Yesterday I had a wholly wonderful day. I’d planned to do the usual things–breakfast, stretch, email, work on Hild, lunch, work on…
Read moremind meld: controversial books
The new Mind Meld it up at sfsignal.com: There’s plenty of recent controversy in the science fiction field, most of it having…
Read moreYoung Adult adventure, redux
I had so many suggestions on my last post about YA books, that I thought it might be nice to offer an…
Read moreAnglo-Saxon porn
When I’m working on a novel, especially when I’m just feeling my way back into something after a break, I don’t allow…
Read morejedi gym
[via SFSignal] Be sure to watch until at least Darth Vader appears–and discover the perils of True Fandom :)
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