A lot of linkspam!

[oyceter]

The serious

• Potluck #1 is up! (Or, uh, was up a long time ago.) Potluck is intended to be about multicultural and intersectional discussions of food, and the first issue is about holidays. I have a post on New Year away in there that I backdated, so people may have missed it?


• OkCupid's blog has old posts on how your race affects whether or not people message you back: hetero data | same-sex data. I am not a statistician, so I have no idea how well the study is put together (also, it's from OKC data anyway), but I went into it thinking it would be the old "Why do all the [POC group] self-segregate?" and instead it's basically "everyone loves white guys." I wish I were more surprised.


• वैष्णव जन तो... made me think a lot, particularly the final paragraph, which puts into words many of the things I'm still struggling with (and probably will be forever).


• Bidding on con_or_bust has started! Help send fans of color to cons they want to go to! (I am particularly invested this year, since I may be hitting them up.) I am offering a knitted colorwork hat and a blog post.

The fun

• Pretty jewelry and scarves on sale at ChunInda! (Especially the gold-plated earrings...)


• I really liked the Thom Browne Menswear Fall 2011 collection and how it plays a bit with concepts of masculinity and femininity. (Normal fashion complaints about race and body type and etc.)


• Went to Stitches West over the weekend with troisroyaumes and ladyjax and managed to leave without too much yarn in tow. But! We also discovered Handknit Heroes, an indie comic about knitting superheroes, with bonus knitting patterns for your own superhero stuff, and The Knit Princess, a knitting web comic.


• Also, I knew there was the Serve of Self-Actualization or something in Prince of Tennis, but I did not realize there was also the Serve That Killed the Dinosaurs. BWAHAHAHA!

Comments

Prince of Tennis

[(Anonymous)]

The Prince of Tennis thing...Oh. My. God. This wasn't ever in the manga, was it? I would totally have remembered it if it was, but then again I quit the manga after a few volumes. Prince of Tennis has hot guys and all, but, as a sports series, I find it kind of boring. The combination of realism (the logical explanations for how the shots are done) and off-the-wall drug-fueled weirdness wasn't quite the right mix to keep me hooked. Plus, I thought the guys were almost too talented - it's hard to worry that they might lose if they're so freaking good.

Re: Prince of Tennis

[oyceter]

I have no idea! I've actually never read the manga or seen the anime, since I don't have that much patience for Shounen Jump stuff, but someone linked me to this and it was hilarious!

(Btw, I am fine with anon commenters, but it would be nice if you could sign the comment? That way I can carry on extended conversations ^_^.)

Re: Prince of Tennis

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry, sorry! OpenID confuses me, and it hadn't occurred to me to sign my posts. I still end up using a fairly anonymous name, anyway, as I have coworkers who keep closer tabs on people online than I'd like. :(

-LG (Library Girl)

Re: Prince of Tennis

[oyceter]

No no, it is not a problem at all! I also don't mind pseuds at all. It is just when more than one person comments anonymously, I have a hard time figuring out if it is the same person or a different person or what! Thanks for commenting!

Re: Prince of Tennis

[lady_ganesh]

IIRC, most of the wtfery is anime-only. (I have friends in the fandom so I can't say for sure.)

[vom_marlowe]

Have you seen the new KnitPicks Chroma? Some very pretty colors. I haven't tried it yet, but I knit mom a colorwork hat for Christmas with Crystal Palace's Mochi, which I think is similar.

Also, I recently learned about the Russian join and am feeling much happier about colorwork now!

[oyceter]

I think I vaguely saw it, but they debuted it when I was in grad school and still stash busting. Uh. Well, I should still be stash busting, but somehow managed to acquired new yarn anyway...

Yay Russian join!

[colorblue]

Also, I knew there was the Serve of Self-Actualization or something in Prince of Tennis, but I did not realize there was also the Serve That Killed the Dinosaurs. BWAHAHAHA!

*FALLS OFF CHAIR INTO TIME WARP* omg, how did I miss this??

[oyceter]

ISN'T IT AWESOME?!?!

[lady_ganesh]

I would love a review of Handknit Heroes! They advertise on Ravelry but I've been reluctant to buy it sight unseen, as it were.

[oyceter]

I sadly did not get to flip through it at the booth, although I can say that her amigurumi crochet versions of the her characters are adorable!