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That doctor saved the whole population of Nigeria. Every single one of us owe her. Every one. Nigeria is the most populous black nation on earth. Lagos is one of the most populous cities on earth. What the Nigerian government did needs to be applauded and what Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh as well as the nurse who ended up losing her life and her unborn child needs to be applauded. We did not EVER need WHO or any foreign nation to help us. The Federal Republic of Nigeria curbed Ebola on her own. Full stop. The Ministry of health in Lagos and Fashola did an outstanding job. I know that because every single Lagosian i spoke to told me how quick measures were made, from not resuming school till October to checking temperature even before entering a bank. The Nigerian Government did not….did NOT play. We did not send fear mongering news through media to increase fear instead there were important information sent out to her citizens. I do not EVER want to read that any foreign entity helped my government in curbing Ebola. We did it on our own and we did it great.

Ijeoma Umebinyuo

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AGAIN!

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faeryhearts:

In the Victorian era, hand-fans were used not only to cool oneself but also as a secret way to communicate the language of love. For example, by running one’s fingers through the fan’s ribs, one is trying to say, “I want to talk to you.” The enigmatic language of the fan was widely used by both men and women.

I. A fan placed near the heart.
“You have won my love.”

II. A closed fan touching the right eye.
“When may I be allowed to see you?”

III. A closed fan moved threateningly.
“Do not act so impudently!”

IV. A half-opened fan pressed to the lips.
“You may kiss me.”

V. Covering the left ear with an open fan.
“Do not betray my secret.”

VI. Hiding the eyes behind an open fan.
“I love you.”

VII. Shutting a fully open fan slowly.
“I promise to marry you.”

VIII. Fanning oneself slowly.
“I am married.”

IX. Letting one’s fan rest on the right cheek or the left.
“Yes” and “No”, interchangeably.

X. Opening and closing the fan several times.
“You are cruel.”

XI. Fan in front of the face.
“Follow me.”

XII. Twirling the fan in the left hand.
“We are being watched.”

XIII. Fan held over left ear.
“I wish to be rid of you.”

XIV. Carrying an open fan in the left hand.
“Come and talk to me.”

XV. Opening a fan wide.
“Wait for me.”

XVI. Placing the fan behind the head with finger.
“Goodbye.”

[Artwork: Secret, by Lee Yun-hi.]

Source: faeryhearts

CrossingsCon is June 24-26, 2016!

crossingscon:

We are happier than Mamvish in a tomato patch to announce that CrossingsCon will be at the Courtyard Newark Downtown on June 24-26, 2016!

The plan is to have panels, activities, gatherings, heated discussions, fic readings, hangouts, optional!cuddle piles, watch parties, and general group fun things at the hotel on the 24th and 25th. On the 26th, we’re taking the train into New York City for the So You Want To See Manhattan tour of Young Wizards-related sites in the city.

The room block for the Courtyard Newark Downtown will be open soon (we’ll post the link when it’s ready), with rooms available from Thursday through Monday. King rooms will be $124/night and double/double rooms will be $139/night. The hotel has shuttle service from Newark airport and free internet, and it sits right in the middle of downtown Newark, so there are plenty of restaurants nearby.

We’ll have hotel info updated on the website in just a little bit. In the meantime, stay tuned for further announcements, including how to buy your badge, how you can help CrossingsCon get off the ground, and some great surprises we haven’t even hinted at yet!

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bookrat:

One of my hens attempted to crow this morning.

I didn’t realize it at the time. No, my immediate assumption was that something was brutally murdering one of my birds. I rushed to the rescue only to find the yard conspicuously empty of threats, but I didn’t relax until that awful rasping caw came again from my right.

Here she is compared to another black bantam I got at the same time as her. Her comb and wattles are huge, but I just kinda disregarded it because those two aren’t the same breed even though they’re similar looking. Shouldn’t have, that comb is almost rooster-sized regardless of breed differences.

Just wanted to share, I figured Tumblr would get a kick out of a non-binary chicken.

Years ago I had something similar happen. In the early spring a batch of mixed breed chicks hatched (all I can remember is that they were ¼ silkie) as the months passed and the chicks grew and their sex characteristics developed, all hens… sort of.

One bird, a petite black hen, started crowing, by the fall she was crowing just as well and often as the roosters we kept in the coop. But it didn’t stop there. During the winter I noticed this hen exclusively roosting with other hens, not that odd, but then one day I saw her mounting them.

When we let them out off the coop to free-range in the spring she had a small harem of other hens. They would follow her, “mate” with her, and only roost next to her, and, if a rooster antagonized her or her harem, she would spar with him (not always successfully). 

So remember, if anyone tries to explain away non-binary identities with a “Natural Order of Things” argument, flap aggressively at him and try to stab him with your leg spurs.  

nonbinary chickens are pretty common! Reason #89574897345 why I fucking love chickens.

“So remember, if anyone tries to explain away non-binary identities with a “Natural Order of Things” argument, flap aggressively at him and try to stab him with your leg spurs." 

❤  😀

There was a case of a peahen doing this awhile ago, and actually grew part of the dramatic tail and everything. Birds are AWESOME.

Source: bookrat

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emilianadarling:

EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING RIGHT NOW AND READ THIS BECAUSE HOLY SHIT MY WHOLE LIFE JUST CHANGED FOR THE BETTER.

So apparently in addition to running Archive of Our Own and providing legal advocacy to fans who run up against plagiarism accusations, the Organization for Transformative Works also publishes a peer-reviewed academic journal called Transformative Works and Cultures that is dedicated to promoting scholarship about fanworks and practices. This journal is 100% free to access and has been publishing 2-3 volumes (each containing 15-18 articles, essays, interviews, and book reviews) per year since 2008. 

Why is this so fucking exciting? For one thing, academia has a terrible habit of being increeeedibly sloooow to discuss new ideas — partly due to the very long turnaround time necessary to get articles published. By contrast, Transformative Works and Cultures is super up-to-date and teaming with topics that are actually relevant to modern fandom.

Want to read an academic article about female fans being “fridged” in comic book culture? Done. Interested in learning about the societal implications of mpreg within fanfiction/fanart? Here you go. Want to learn more about race and ethnicity in fandom? Well, would you look at that. Feel a mighty need to read a specially-conducted interview with Orlando Jones about producer/fan interactions in “Sleepy Hollow”? Holy butts the show only came out in 2013 and they already have this what the hell.

And all of this — all of the knowledge, all of the analysis, all of the academic credibility being added to fannish ideas — is 100% free to access.

Transformative Works and Cultures is doing fandom an incredible service: by giving a voice to people within fandom, by preserving the discussions and ideas that were important to fannish culture at certain points in time, by emphasizing our significance as a subculture — and all the while doing it on our own terms.

These are fans working hard to give legitimacy to other fans, and if you don’t think that’s rad as hell then I don’t even know what to tell you. 

Shout-out to the Journal committee! o/

Also worth noting: the journal has a ‘Symposium’ section. 

“Parallel to academia’s tradition of compact essays, often published as letters, fandom has its own vibrant history of criticism, some of which has been collected at the Symposium archive. In the spirit of this history, TWC’s Symposium is a section of concise, thematically contained essays. These short pieces provide insight into current developments and debates surrounding any topic related to fandom or transformative media and cultures. Symposium submissions undergo editorial review. (1,500–2,500 words)”

This, dear reader, refers to what is more commonly known as ‘fandom meta.’  Because among the work the Transformative Works & Cultures journal seeks to do is breaking down the concept of ivory tower academia.  You don’t need a PhD and publishing credentials in order to be able to contribute to cultural and literary critique.

More information on the submission process and guidelines on the journal’s website.

Source: emilianadarling

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huffpostarts:

In The Not So Distant Future, Glow-In-The-Dark Trees Could Replace Street Lights

Is that… is that even healthy?

There are sea organisms and fungi which glow in the dark and there’s fireflies and jellyfish which glow in the dark. It doesn’t do them any harm nor does it do the people around them any harm. I would say its pretty healthy, as well as it would mean more photosynthesis happening in cities which mean cleaner air.

I was just curious about how they were doing it and for some reason I didn’t think to click the link. But thanks! It makes more sense now. I was afraid it was some kind of chemical thing.

nah just genetic modification using existing bioluminescent genes. Genetics is really cool, and so is bioluminescence. I mean they’ve already made pigs glow using jellyfish genes and pigs are waaay more complicated than trees iirc. So they’re actually (i think) less likely to muck it up with trees.

In which case

GLOWY

FORESTS

GLOWY

TREES

GLOWY

EVERYTHING

(I like glowy things)