The Velvet Closet [Kindle Edition]
by Chandra Borden

http://www.amazon.com/The-Velvet-Closet-ebook/dp/B006H6Y3HM

Prisoners of Gender by John Bushore

A Medieval-Style sword and sorcery novel of magic spells and derring-do.

Used to be free, now free loan for Amazon Prime members, which means it may be free again, but it's only ninety-nine cents in any case.

Puddin'

Note: I've fixed the link.

Oh! It's available in paperback as well, more pricey, though.

Here's a lovely little ditty for the writers among us:

http://johnanealio.com/album/i-should-be-writing

I Should Be Writing was commissioned by Mur Lafferty as the theme song for her podcast.

At the top of the screen, usually over toward the right if you use the default ‘appearance’ for BC, you’ll see a row of links (you can click on them) preceded by ‘++’ that looks like this:

Click on ‘++Organizer’.

Interesting article:

An Ode to Virtues

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/sep/14/tomboy-girls-will-be-boys/print

Interesting article in the Guardian UK...

New York Times Link

The key to adding pictures is one of the buttons at the top of your edit box. It looks like this:

If you click on it, a little box will pop up that looks like this:

Interesting article from Salon.

http://www.salon.com/life/real_families/index.html?story=%2Fmwt%2Ffeature%2F2011%2F02%2F21%2Fson_looks_great_in_dress

Yea, pronounced "Yay," is an archaic form of "yes" that one finds in old writings like the King James Bible:

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. [Psalm 23:4]"

One also encounters it in parliamentary set phrases like: "Call the yeas and nays."

Oxumaré

Melissa Scott on Wikipedia

Lambda Literary Award-winning author Melissa Scott often features GLBT characters, but I just ran across The Shadow Man, which explores a world of many genders, most of whom are forced into a binary model. Very interesting.

Opinions on Librarything

The Guardian has a lovely article (and links) on Winter biking in the snow:

Guardian Article on Winter Biking

The Stories link on storysite appears to be broken just now, although the home page is there. It points to the mirror site.

Here's the story link: http://www.storysite.org/storyindex.html

SF Chronicle Article

President Obama's Rosh Hashanah Greetings.

He seems to know what it means.

Puddin'

New Hampshire Teen Sues School for Failure to Warn Against Dangers of Stupidity

Fringe Cycling from The Guardian

Nude cycling?

Bike Jousting?

Alive from Off Centre!

Superheroes: A Warning

Interesting podcast from The Guardian

The portion on Superheroes starts at 27:20

Her thesis is that the film versions of superhero characters are typically hypermasculinised in comparison to the stories portrayed in the comics the characters are drawn from, and reduces the acceptable story arcs to a handful of "movie versions."

Typographical Errors?

Big Closet Membership Benefits

We've all heard about what happens when you join the Hatbox, the site continues, thousands of people are transported to various and sundry states of bliss — the exact nature of which is a matter of personal preference — all of which is a very good thing, but a little abstract for some people. They might reasonably ask themselves, "What's in it for ME!"

It's a perfectly rational economic question, so here's part of the answer:

The recent victory against in the California Superior Court shouldn't be taken for more than what it is, since it's only a regional court, but it's also not trivial. Judge Walker laid out the issues fairly carefully, and the conservative half of the US Supreme Court -- where the case is undoubtedly headed -- has a particular problem in that the case was framed very carefully to draw parallels with the laws prohibiting miscegenation (the mixing of races) that existed in many regions of the USA prior to 1967, when Loving vs.

Well, out of organised religion…

Ann Rice Blog Collection

Because of things like this:

Youth-Oriented Ministry in Minnesota

Story from Xtra! Gay and Lesbian News in Canada

Fred Phelps' son has a new job: promoting atheism and battling homophobia.

NEWS: Son of 'God Hates Fags' preacher likes Lady Gaga and wants more gay bars in Calgary
by Neil McKinnon

National

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Horizontals Rule

by Puddin'

Although they look very tidy, they're only decorative elements in HTML, but people often use them as scene separators, a burden they're not meant to carry. Because they have no semantic meaning, they're exactly equivalent to nothing in the syntax of the web.

Read and listen to the story on NPR

Worth the time...

An Open Letter to Anita Bryant

Well worth reading.

Here's Anita Bryant: Anita Bryant's bio on Wikipedia

Note: The article mentions that Florida's ban on Gay and Lesbian adoptions was overturned by the State Supreme Court, but doesn't mention that the State appealed from the ruling and the struggle continues.

Like the poor, the hateful we have always with us.

Puddin'

I've noticed quite a few stories with no titles and/or author names attached.

There may be a title vaguely associated with the story taken from the file name, but those two things are not necessarily the same thing, as you can see with this very blog.

Athlete Caster Semenya free to compete

South African athlete Caster Semenya has been given the all-clear to return to competition by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

The 19-year-old world 800m champion has been out of the sport for 11 months after undergoing gender tests.

"The IAAF accepts the conclusion of a panel of medical experts that she can compete with immediate effect," said a statement from the athletics body.

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And about time. Twits.

'No drama, no trauma' keeps relationship fresh