Anti-Oppression Linkspam Community

Sorry I missed yesterday. It seemed to have slowed down... and then the Wiscon links started coming in.

ellid: My sole post on Racefail, Mammothfail, etc. (Closed to comments.)

gwailowrite: Why RaceFail09 and MammothFail and Avatar Whitewashing Matter to a Pasty-white, Middle-aged Gay Guy

embololalia: Links for 2009-05-20

badgerbag: Colonialism & SF

unusualmusic: on the subject of intersectionality and practicing what I preach

kathmandu: Lies, Memory, and Creativity that Isn't

technoelfie: Untitled: The whole RaceFail discussion pisses me the fuck off. (Warning for, well, title makes it pretty obvious.)

ysabetwordsmith: Native American History -- Alive and Kicking!

badgerbag: Sunday panel: Something is Wrong on the Internet! (Wiscon liveblogging)

takumashii: Wiscon: Authorial intent vs. reader response (liveblogging)

thingswithwings: not anon

villeinage: They won't thank you when you're right: FAIL and the blogosphere at large (tangential at best, but related themes.)

ndgmtlcd: 13th child by Patricia Wrede (Positive review.)

eclecticrafts: Review: Thirteenth Child by Patricia Wrede (unrelated positive review; makes no mention of racefail.)

New linkspam, plus a handful of somewhat-older posts (i.e. more than 2 days). We welcome links being dropped here. And more link-scrounger people would be very welcome.

rosefox: "All right, all right! No need to spell it out!"

niamh_sage: Untitled: From the latest Linkspam roundup comes RaceFail: Author versus Audience, by Joseph Robert Lewis.

mamadar: On making art, not war

la_marquise_de_: For the record

anarchicq: Racefail and how it applies to my worlds.

johncwright: PC MUST DIE (Privilege alert; read with caution)

briansiano: You gotta be fucking kidding . (Short & pointless. Included because "archivist of the revolution" occasionally includes "archivist of the people who think the revolution is boring and pointless.")

keeni85 at foc_u: Shatter The Silence Archive Post (If you've written something for FOC_U and it’s not listed, comment there to be added.)

thirdblindmouse: Where Patricia Wrede is coming from

starlady: 'Avrope, can hang self. Or, my thoughts on Thirteenth Child.

sparkymonster: My thoughts on the Grand Unified POC Position on Race

neo_prodigy: No Pass For You

moniquill: Late to the party…

lady_jem: Et tu, Kass?

keeva: "So consider your minority pass revoked."

joycemocha: Further thoughts on Thirteenth Child

hokuton_punch: Warning: angry white girl

dharma_slut: On the topic of words such as; cunt, coward, snap, and slut. And the N word.

egretplume: thinking about Phillis Wheatley

Justine Larbalestier: Invisible Audiences? Invisible to Whom?

Neesha Meminger at Racialicious: Write What You Know: Limiting or Authentic?

kass_rants: Race Fail, my non-White ass! (Brace before reading; definitely nonsafe space.)

attack_laurel: Support!

dharma_slut: It's still Monday...

cafecomics: Attention au mammouth ! (post is written in French)

shemale: I haven't been using LJ a lot lately

sabonasi: Fen of Color United

joycemocha: Thirteenth Child, first take

viola_canina: Race Issues : MammothFail

distaff_exile: Cats, people, and where they cross

moniquill: So I dropped the ball...

Monoquill at GaiaOnline: Racefail 09, Racism, and what it means for Writers (This & the next link are to forums outside the journalsphere; much more random disagreement, total jerks, & occasional trolls than is normal for LJ/IJ/DW.)

MajKai Nis is a bigot at GaiaOnline: Racial prejudice and how it affects writers.

wingstodust: Status Update, Linkspam for MammothFail, and Shatter the Silence

mamadar: Weighing in on MammothFail

zhinxy: FOC_U Day of Protest: My Post, In Haste

chomiji: Getting into Other People's Stories

gehayi: A Story, and an Attempt at Empathy

hapex_legomena foc_u: My Anger Is Not An Isolated Incident

holyschist: Colorblindness (and related things)

keeva: kynnfail: fallout from foc_u

layla: The more serious and thoughtful half of the post

nicki: Venn diagrams and the social construct of Us and Them

slashpervert: Race and Fandom

tariq_kamal: Pretentious, Sanctimonius Rubbish On My Thoughts On MammothFail.

telesilla Ruth's Three Rules of Being an Ally