linkspam stuff
Dec. 2nd, 2011 07:30 pm- On femme shame and feminist solidarity: "So maybe I should say here, because someone might read it: I will always, always take the side of the woman you scorn. I will always empathise with her, even if it seems we’re categorically different, because I know we’re serialised the same."
- Out, out, damn Gleek: Link contains spoilers about the last Glee episode and I'm therefore not including an excerpt. Also, I don't watch Glee, but the latest (spoiler that happens) made me go "WHAT."
- Nil by mouth: Roger Ebert talks about his surgery, losing his ability to eat, and the power of memory.
- Yeah, I'm angry. Now what?: "The myth of the angry woman is one that takes no prisoners. Every stereotype from the “disgruntled housewife” to “angry black woman” and a personal favorite, “turbo bitch,” injects itself into the idea that anger and femaleness do not correlate, “crazy” tailgating close behind."
- Be an informed patient, but not too informed: "But the claim that patients should be informed and should be proactive in the doctor’s office is often belied by the behaviour of health care providers in clinical settings, where informed, assertive, confident patients are sometimes penalised for doing what they’ve been told to do."
- Red lipstain: "Sometimes it’s just your mind, refusing to believe."
- Good Brain. Bad Brain.: author Scott Lynch talks about his depression.
- A cheerful way to start off December: author
cleolinda talks about her depression, too, and about "real"/"unreal" conditions.
- Out, out, damn Gleek: Link contains spoilers about the last Glee episode and I'm therefore not including an excerpt. Also, I don't watch Glee, but the latest (spoiler that happens) made me go "WHAT."
- Nil by mouth: Roger Ebert talks about his surgery, losing his ability to eat, and the power of memory.
- Yeah, I'm angry. Now what?: "The myth of the angry woman is one that takes no prisoners. Every stereotype from the “disgruntled housewife” to “angry black woman” and a personal favorite, “turbo bitch,” injects itself into the idea that anger and femaleness do not correlate, “crazy” tailgating close behind."
- Be an informed patient, but not too informed: "But the claim that patients should be informed and should be proactive in the doctor’s office is often belied by the behaviour of health care providers in clinical settings, where informed, assertive, confident patients are sometimes penalised for doing what they’ve been told to do."
- Red lipstain: "Sometimes it’s just your mind, refusing to believe."
- Good Brain. Bad Brain.: author Scott Lynch talks about his depression.
- A cheerful way to start off December: author