Public Recognition, aka Mad Props
Dec. 25th, 2003 01:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rsadelleBB hits the spot.
I visit BBspot nearly every weekday. The satire varies quite a bit in quality, but the webcam parodies of the Personal of the Day and the Polls are always amusing. However, the real reason I visit BBspot is to follow the Daily Links. The links from the main page are varying sorts of geek-related/cool things. The links from the Politics section are, obviously, political in nature, and it's for these that Brian really deserves recognition. While geek culture can often be amusing, it's also too often sexist. Imagine my surprise and delight, then, to find feminist commentary popping up on BBspot's Daily Links. There have been a few other examples, but the one that made me particularly happy was from November 7, 2003. When I saw the list that day, I thought, "Count the Women? Huh?" Surely, I thought, it would have something to do with women and voting. Or maybe women in positions of political power. But no. The link is to this picture of Bush signing an anti-abortion bill. It was a week later that I saw the same commentary in print.
Best ex-listmom ever.
There are a lot of reasons I could hold Melle up for some public recognition. She runs femgeeks.net which provides a home for RPS and RPSers. She's a great friend, both in the fandom arena and in other matters. She's been a true defender of a fan fic writer's right to write about whatever she/he/it wants/needs/chooses to write about. Those would all be good reasons, but they're not the one that I want to highlight. Back in the day, Melle founded RareSlash. Since then, it's been through a few different listmoms, and I'm the current one. Even though it's not her list anymore, Melle has been fantastic about being the resource and sounding board for all my questions and concerns.
This just in: gamers are not evil.
The folks over at Penny Arcade read one too many gamers are evil articles and decided to do something about it. Thus was born Child's Play, an absolutely amazing geek-and-gamer fueled, internet run and organized toy drive to benefit the Seattle Children's Hospital. I'm just in awe of how much stuff and money they've managed to gather using only the internet and advertising only to gamers and geeks. This is what we mean whenever we talk about the good things that can come from the power of online promotion and internet-based communities.
I visit BBspot nearly every weekday. The satire varies quite a bit in quality, but the webcam parodies of the Personal of the Day and the Polls are always amusing. However, the real reason I visit BBspot is to follow the Daily Links. The links from the main page are varying sorts of geek-related/cool things. The links from the Politics section are, obviously, political in nature, and it's for these that Brian really deserves recognition. While geek culture can often be amusing, it's also too often sexist. Imagine my surprise and delight, then, to find feminist commentary popping up on BBspot's Daily Links. There have been a few other examples, but the one that made me particularly happy was from November 7, 2003. When I saw the list that day, I thought, "Count the Women? Huh?" Surely, I thought, it would have something to do with women and voting. Or maybe women in positions of political power. But no. The link is to this picture of Bush signing an anti-abortion bill. It was a week later that I saw the same commentary in print.
Best ex-listmom ever.
There are a lot of reasons I could hold Melle up for some public recognition. She runs femgeeks.net which provides a home for RPS and RPSers. She's a great friend, both in the fandom arena and in other matters. She's been a true defender of a fan fic writer's right to write about whatever she/he/it wants/needs/chooses to write about. Those would all be good reasons, but they're not the one that I want to highlight. Back in the day, Melle founded RareSlash. Since then, it's been through a few different listmoms, and I'm the current one. Even though it's not her list anymore, Melle has been fantastic about being the resource and sounding board for all my questions and concerns.
This just in: gamers are not evil.
The folks over at Penny Arcade read one too many gamers are evil articles and decided to do something about it. Thus was born Child's Play, an absolutely amazing geek-and-gamer fueled, internet run and organized toy drive to benefit the Seattle Children's Hospital. I'm just in awe of how much stuff and money they've managed to gather using only the internet and advertising only to gamers and geeks. This is what we mean whenever we talk about the good things that can come from the power of online promotion and internet-based communities.
Re: Look, no hiding under my rock icon!
Date: 2003-12-25 11:22 pm (UTC)I actually started writing this entry a couple of weeks ago when you were really helping with some questions of rarity. That was all behind the scenes, but I wanted other people to know how great you are. You're welcome.
Re: Look, no hiding under my rock icon!
Date: 2003-12-26 03:51 pm (UTC)Heh. Melle the Great. I feel like Russian royalty, now. :D