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glass_icarus) wrote2011-06-09 01:00 pm
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» Potluck #2: Comfort Food is up! I do apologize for my disorganized state; I dropped the ball in terms of wider promotions, & I will make sure I have things more together for next time. *shakes fists* In the meantime, we are still looking for volunteers to host the next issue, so please do poke me/
yiduiqie if you're interested!
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marina's posted chewy meta and links to X-Men: First Class reviews! :3
» Have posted this elsewhere, but Amina, who blogs at A Gay Girl in Damascus, is currently missing. I can't help but notice who is questioning her existence, how quickly and easily the lives of POC & LGBTQ people in general, but particularly outside of Europe & the United States, are dismissed as fictional, how acknowledgment requires a sufficient body of proof. How ironic that we are called imaginary when the western world can hardly imagine us.
» Via twitter/tumblr, “A darkness was ripped from my eyes”, or, How can anyone like Mary Oliver’s “Singapore”? SIGH, SADFACE, FROWNYFACE. I really like other stuff of hers that I've encountered, but that poem...!
» & finally, thanks to everybody who commented on my rice-love post! It made my life about 1000% better, you should all go and check out the threads because DELICIOUS COMMENTS ARE DELICIOUS. AND WARM. &hearts (Though perhaps it is best to avoid it until you've eaten, ahaha!)
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» Have posted this elsewhere, but Amina, who blogs at A Gay Girl in Damascus, is currently missing. I can't help but notice who is questioning her existence, how quickly and easily the lives of POC & LGBTQ people in general, but particularly outside of Europe & the United States, are dismissed as fictional, how acknowledgment requires a sufficient body of proof. How ironic that we are called imaginary when the western world can hardly imagine us.
» Via twitter/tumblr, “A darkness was ripped from my eyes”, or, How can anyone like Mary Oliver’s “Singapore”? SIGH, SADFACE, FROWNYFACE. I really like other stuff of hers that I've encountered, but that poem...!
» & finally, thanks to everybody who commented on my rice-love post! It made my life about 1000% better, you should all go and check out the threads because DELICIOUS COMMENTS ARE DELICIOUS. AND WARM. &hearts (Though perhaps it is best to avoid it until you've eaten, ahaha!)
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But that kind of nuance easily gets lost for just the reasons you say, especially as things get picked up by major Western media outlets.
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And thanks for the other links, too, especially the one about Amina.
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Btw, what does a potluck host needs to have/do?
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The host picks the theme, puts up the call for submissions, gathers links, & organizes & posts the round-up (full editorial control goes to the host). The carnival isn't actually meant to be platform-specific- though as you've probably noticed, we've had a DW slant wrt participants thus far- so wherever you choose to post is fine.
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Also, re: Amina, I think I'm at the same place you are - I'm pretty paranoid now, never mind in the middle of a revolution; I'm sure that if I was in her place I would try to keep my real life very far from my online persona, if not for myself then at least to keep my family/loved ones safe. And my discomfort also ties into the automatic distaste I have for "you must PROVE yourself" arguments made by privileged to those less so, and in this case solid proof of existence could potentially get someone hurt or killed.
*shrugs* Will wait & see, I suppose; neither option is the optimal, anyway. :/
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