Linkage, admin stuff

[oyceter]

Er, hello new people!

Most of the time I am very boring and blog about books, manga, books, manga, tv, books, manga, sakura of DOOM, manga, and the incomprehensible awesomeness of Yuki Kaori, which is so incomprehensiblly awesome that every time I talk about her stuff I think of new things I forgot! Like the flying whale.

... like I said. Welcome to my LJ! I hope you will pardon me as I go off on strange tangents involving whales, wings with eyes, and zombie angel embryos, and of course, if you get bored or just don't have time or hate me or anything, it is always defriending amnesty day here.

That said, some links:

• fight_derailing has info on fundraising to send POC to Wiscon (this started because several POC had mentioned they wanted to go to Wiscon and lacked funds/a place to stay/transportation/etc and is definitely not about pressuring people to go somewhere they will feel unsafe).
  
  Uh. This puts me in an awkward position, because while I completely do not want to pressure people to go anywhere they feel unsafe, I am also definitely going to be at Wiscon and would love to meet up with people there.


• verb_noire is already at its goal (way past its goal, awesomesauce!) for contributions, so I am super late to the party, as usual. But I am sure more could never hurt!
  
  


• You have until April 3 to submit to the Asian Women Blog Carnival!


• The Remyth Project is perpetually ongoing (I think).


• The POC in SF/F Carnival has a special edition coming out soon, on Interrogating the Text, De-Colonizing the Mind: An Intra-POC Dialogue. Submission open until March 27.


• ibarw is looking for newsletter moderators.

Comments

[yeloson.livejournal.com]

Remyth is perpetual!

A new person says hello

[raychoo.livejournal.com]

I forgot to say something when I added you, but I found you through a mutual acquaintance, and I love the book reviews. Thank you so much for putting them together! Strange tangents also appreciated.

[aitchellsee.livejournal.com]

And sometimes you blog about food, and rats -- er, not that you make specific connections between those two themes, of course :-)

an older person, who probably forgot
to say hello when she added you,
probably several years ago, who
likes the book reviews and food
and travel and may someday try
some manga but probably
not the rats :-)

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Your posts are never boring! The food picspams make me salivate, and I finally started reading the Cain saga because of you guys and OH MY GOD CAIN.

[dmj618.livejournal.com]

*waves* I'm one of the new people who friended you. I signed up with lj awhile back to comment on a couple of friends ljs, but mostly I'm new to lj and don't know what I'm doing. I'm not new to the intertubez tho, I used to blog at The Silence of Our Friends but went on hiatus that became more or less permanent. Anyway, that's my little intro to say hi, and I friended you because of your great posts and comments about Racefail 09.

Donna

[wordkink.livejournal.com]

I've been pointed to posts of yours in the past but during a phone conversation with seajules about RaceFail she suggested that I go through your third culture kids, posts. Seriously, hearing someone else even talk about the concept (which I'd never heard given a name like that before)? Totally wicked. So uh. Hey. :D

[daedala.livejournal.com]

Do the whales have stilts, though?

[darkelf105.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm not new here, but I think I forgot to comment when I added you awhile back! I love the book posts! You are always pointing things out that I would never have thought of!

Re: A new person says hello

[oyceter]

Hi! Thank you for reading!

[oyceter]

Thanks! Will note that in the post.

[oyceter]

Hee! That is ok, rats are not for everyone ;). Also, hi! And thanks for reading.

[oyceter]

OMG CAIN!!!!!! OMG! You must join the Yuki Kaori squee club at Wiscon and watch as everyone's voice gets so high that they become inaudible!

[oyceter]

Oh! I used to read The Silence of Our Friends and really loved it! Hi!

[oyceter]

Hi! Ahhh, TCK-ness. It is so confusing and yet so central to my life! Are you one as well? I didn't have a word for it until a few years ago, and although most of the literature using that term refers to missionaries' kids, it was still an "Ohhh! There is a word for it!" moment for me.

[oyceter]

Alas, no! Although maybe flying is kind of like stilts?

[oyceter]

Hi! Thanks for reading, and I'm glad you like the book posts!

[wordkink.livejournal.com]

See, there's the dilemma. I'm not actually sure whether I would make the TCK qualifier.

...So I've totally written this reply like three times already. That's how confused the whole thing makes me. So, I give you the short version. XD

Dad = Tall skinny white surfer dude
Mama = Tiny Zapotec Indian from Oaxaca

My sister and I grew up in San Diego, but spent every summer of our lives in Oaxaca. So we have a mastery of English and zero Mexican accent and really conversation Spanish skills, but -look- Mexican which means that being in the States means we're invaders (irony!) and going to Oaxaca means we're the ultra-privileged children of an American.

The bi-racial nature of everything seems to throw off the terms. From most of what I've read (since seeing you use the term. Thanks! :D) implies that both parents come from the same culture and it's just the children that feel the disconnect. But what about those of us where were raised sort of riding that border between both cultures but lack a solidarity in the culture of our parents? Other than being ultra-lib hippies my parents are... well, they're together because they love each other, not because of any commonality of culture other than that which they created for themselves.

...which is a long winded way of saying, I don't know! Heh. Obviously the "Oooh," moment is still happening for me. *G*

[oyceter]

No, that makes sense! When I was reading some stuff on it, because it was written mostly for Army kids or missionaries' kids, the assumption was that you were born in the culture your parent(s) were from, then moved elsewhere, then moved back. Whereas for me, I was born in the US, then moved to Taiwan, and then moved back to the US. Which... is not my parents' culture, but now also not quite mine because I am American by nationality but do not feel completely connected (although more now after having worked here and paid taxes. but still). But Taiwan is also not quite mine and people there hear me speaking my horribly accented Chinese and immediately go, "You're American, aren't you?".

But like you say, I think the original use of the term assumes a lot, but I am totally for claiming it for myself (and for other people claiming it for themselves) anyway!