tielan, posts by tag: links - LiveJournal

Well, the links themselves may not be epic, but there's a lof of them!

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My work connection went down around lunchtime and they said it might not be fixed for a bit. I just took the afternoon off. Not that I've spent it 'productively'... But then, we don't have to be productive all the time, do we?

Permaculture and the Far Right: a look into the sekrit handshake between the hippies and the neo-nazis.

Racism and Patriarchy: two strands of the same Authoritarian Theology

Assorted Thoughts on Fast Media and Demystification by honigfrosch. A really good read. Kind of about genre, but also about meta-genre, 2020s fandom, and the push of fast media.

TRASHING: The Dark Side of Sisterhood The article is forty-five years old, and yet we still see these behaviours.

Friday linkspam

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All the muscle aches this morning. ALL OF THEM. I didn't even do anything on the weekend.

why 'no jab, no entry' is not discrimination

The global tally that reveals the real test for Scott Morrison on vaccines

Blue marriage and the terror of divorce

I honestly can't tell if I'm coming or going.

Note to self: IT IS NOT FRIDAY.

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A number of links, mostly faith-related.

Lessons from the Rise And Fall Of Mars Hill Church

The Mars Hill Podcast puts blame anywhere except where it belongs

Evangelical identity politics and its imbrication with white supremacy, heteropatriachy, and neoliberalism are intersecting problems in a story that attempts to figure out who killed Mars Hill. The better question is: how do known abusive leaders such as Driscoll get a free pass to continue preaching in the pulpit and through online ministry? Charismatic spiritual fathers who sacrifice the vulnerable, while theologically justifying it as biblical, go about their business. This gaslighting at the scale of population isn’t simply harmful to individuals, it’s a systemic problem  for an insatiable evangelical industrial complex that makes new idols out of old and replicates divisive us-versus-them ideologies within and outside of churches. Asking the flagship publication of the evangelical industrial complex to examine itself may yield a slick new product, but it just replicates the same old problems.

The Unmaking Of Biblical Womanhood

Should Christians Be Opposed To Vaccination? (Answer: no.)

The Unlikely Rebound Of Mainline Protestantism: I found this interesting in that Australian Evangelicals seem to be a blend of American Mainline Protestants and Evangelicals.

Tomorrow is a public holiday, and then on Tuesday, NSW goes the way of any Republican-led US state.

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Otherwise, here, have a bunch of links:

October 1st, Heather Cox Richardson talks about the USA a year ago

The Cross And The Machine: a story about the loss of faith and finding it again, about coming back to beginnings.

the illusion of choice in our food: Pantsuit Politics did an episode about how the supply chain is screwed, and I haven't yet listened to it and I need to. This is particularly relevant in Australia, because we are truly at the arse end of the world and everything takes ages to get here. (Hey, I've been waiting 20 years for friends to come visit me...)

Against Kids' Sports: the commodification of what should be leisure and fun. Symptom of a broader sickness in western society, but amplified in the US.

How 9/11 led to Trump.

Rather old linksdump.

life, the universe, and the environment
the Rise Of Ecofacism Part One
Stop Asking me Why I Don't Have Children
A Pint-Sized nation Off The English Coast
Pickled Lilly Pillies


US Politics
Biden Didn't Win by A Landslide
Biden Victory and Trump Lawsuits
Why Trump's Base Is A Brainwashed Cult And How To Break The Spell


Aus Politics
Scott Morrison: Eight Years Too Long
the US Election showed how meek Aussie media is
Why Freedom Became FreeDumb In America
the 2012 Solar Disaster That Almost Was
you Are Witness To A Crime: AIDS activists and another pandemic
How COVID-19 Hollowed Out A Generation Of Young Black Men


Faith
Crucitfying Your White Saviour Framework
How Did We Get Here? (A Call For An Evangelical Reckoning On Trump)
A non-Anthropocentric Gospel
Letting the silt settle.

Overpopulation is a convenient scapegoat so we can continue to consuem
The issue is not the headcount, but what that headcount consumes: 1 billion westerners consume far more than 1 billion third-worlders.

Unlearning The Myth Of American Innocence
An American unlearns her history.

The White People backlash against Black Lives Matter

An aromantic perspective on love songs

A 'No Brilliant Jerks' policy has never been more necessary
Haven't read this article yet, but: have you ever considered that maybe Rodney McKay, Tony Stark, and Cumberbatch's Sherlock are actually weapons on behalf of toxic jerkoid masculinity?

Jews and abortion

Christianity, and the moral tragedy of vaccines
Wrestling with the realisation that our modern vaccines are made from products originally gained through abortion.

Catholics, abortion, and the vote against Trump
A comedian went on a rant the night of the Republican National Convention, and his wife says her piece about why she's Catholic and not voting for Trump.

Frozen 2 deliberately chose to include Sami consultation
I may have posted this before, but it's not like it isn't worth reading again.

US Politics: A Chart With The Nitty Gritty of Voting

Conflicted Allegiance
A US Christian reflecting on the Pledge of Allegiance, and on Christianity and politics. It's aimed at a US audience, but I feel this works for Australia, too.

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Christian and related:

Early Church Understandings Of Jesus as the Female Divine
Haven't actually read this yet.

A COVID vaccine acceptable to Catholics

Why are some Christians so worried about a COVID vaccine?

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Qanon:

6 Reasons Many Spiritual People Are Being Fooled By Qanon
Qanon in Australia

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General

Where Can You Be Safe In This World? Maybe We're Asking The Wrong Question.

Various links, political, faith-based; some from the US perspective, some from an Aus.

COVID19 and the Limits of American Moral Reasoning: note, I haven't read this, but it was recommended by Pantsuit Politics and they always have good thoughts on these things.

When You Feel You Can't Win: another not-read; just put here for later viewing.

"Clean Food" is not possible for everyone as things stand right now.
A good point on privilege that isn't often acknowledged by permaculturists or even regenerative ag proponents.

Exit The Echo Chamber: some advice for Christians
How Christianity Changed The Way We Thank
There's Always Some Dude On A Horse (And It's Definitely Not Jesus)

Tribute to Pterry

Australian Childcare in crisis: largely because they effing privatised the system, so it's all about the money now.

Australian readers on searching for work in the COVID recession