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I have $1000 to donate to charity. I’d like to split it among 3 or 4 charities. Could people please make suggestions?

Obviously, charities that relate to this blog’s themes (anti-racism, feminism, disability rights, cartooning, etc) are of special interest to me, but that’s not a hard and fast rule.

The current episode of PodCastle features “Run Of The Fiery Horse,” by Hilary Moon Murphy, read aloud by our own Mandolin. Plus, the intro is by science fiction and fantasy writer K. Tempest Bradford, who is probably better known to “Alas” readers for her blog “The Angry Black Woman.”

Check it out!

PodCastle is the world’s first fantasy audio magazine. Each week we bring you short stories across the spectrum of fantasy from leading authors and new discoveries. Like our sister podcasts, Escape Pod and Pseudopod, PodCastle is entirely free to listen and share.

Podcastle is also edited by noted fantasy writer Rachel Swirsky, aka Mandolin. I regularly listen to Escape Pod (which is science fiction focused), but I’m really more a fantasy reader, so I’ve been looking forward to this.

The premiere podcast features one of the biggest names in fantasy fiction, and a short story I was once obsessed with: “Come, Lady Death” by Peter. S. Beagle.

1) I have mono.

2) The rough draft of my thesis is due in two weeks.

An invitation to feminist and anti-racist commenters only:

Say what’s on your mind that’s against the moderation rules.

For now the only caveat is no Amp-bashing, please. If you feel you really, really need to do it, write about it on your own site and post a link here.

The “Contact Us” forms, which have been AWOL for a while, have been repaired.

Just lettin’ folks know.

Once you take either of these positions, you lose all rights to be treated as if you might possibly have anything interesting to say. You lose all rights not to be cursed at. You also lose all rights for others to assume that you are a human being and not, say, a shit-covered paramecium.

1) Homosexuality is linked to pedophilia.

2) Black people are less intelligent than whites.

Feel free to comment on this, but guess which two positions you shouldn’t take unless you want to be banned? Pleas for civility will also be ignored.

As folks may have noticed, there’s a problem with the “Blog and the Bullet” posts. I’ll get it fixed soon, I hope. In the meanwhile, each post does contain a link the same post on “The Blog and the Bullet,” where you can actually read the whole post!

Barry

Hey dudes and dudettes,

I’ve got a lot of grad school work to get done in the next couple weeks, so alas, my writing for Alas must suffer.

I’ve got a couple posts that are half-written, so I may be able to touch those up and get them online over the next couple weeks. There are also a few queer-centered writing projects I wanted to link to, so I may be able to get that done.

But on the whole, I’m going to be working on exams, non-fiction articles, critiques, and lesson plans, with a teaspoon of fiction writing on the side.

Former “Alas” blogger Bean is interviewed by Amanda Marcotte (of “Pandagon”) in this week’s edition of Amanda’s weekly podcast at RH Reality Check. Bean discusses the myths and realities of domestic violence and barriers facing abused American women living overseas.

Check it out!