Link spam: LJ and some other stuff

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somnolentblue has some more on the LJ/Facebook/Twitter grrr.

dancesontrains points out that the newly for sale LJ userheads feature ethnic stereotyping but not actually ethnically colored userheads (they've got blue though!) and not enough lady shapes.

Marie Brennan's business essays. jimhines linked to her because she spoke about the business of publishing her first novel; I'm planning to read it over later.

The Circus of Brass and Bone After the collapse of civilization, the show goes on.... (A pay-what-you-can online serial story by Abra SW. All proceeds go to her mother's cancer treatment.) Post-apocalyptic circus serial, in text and podbook form. I haven't read or listened to any yet, may this weekend. Audiofiction is awesome for crocheting to.

why is it that we’re all so freaking concerned with how to handle a call out? It's a comment on a post about a discussion in social justice blogging about calling out possibly triggering the person being called out on whatever (I think.) I got linked to the comment, which leaves me thoughtful. Haven't really followed links about the wider conversation.