 |
|
|
|
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) 50books_poc
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) meganbmoore | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This quasi-autobiographical book is about Young Ju Park, a Korean girl who immigrates to the U.S. when she’s 4. Thinking that “Mi Gook,” the Korean term for America, means that America is Heaven, she’s not prepared for the confusion, strangeness, and near-poverty that await her. The book focuses on the difficulties of being an immigrant being raised in two cultures at once, and faced with a parent who cannot adjust to the second culture. Told in a series of first person, stream of consciousness vignettes, it’s very similar in theme and feel to Sandra Cisneros’s The House of Mango Street, which An Na confirms as an influence, and is the rare (for me) effective use of first person, present tense narration. I warn, though, for domestic abuse, which is initially vague when Young Ju is too young to understand it, but becomes increasingly clear and explicit as the book continues, coming to a head when she’s in high school. Thankfully, this aspect doesn’t seem to be autobiographical, judging from An Na’s comments. Domestic abuse-both real and fictional-is always horrible, but becomes a little worse when you realize you’re reading someone’s memories. Tags: a: an na
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
steamfashion
mykeamend | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
It isn't quite neovictoriana, nor are there any actual straps or brass on the shirt; It is just a shirt with a steampunk-aesthetic-inspired design, but short of the rare pair of finished goggles this is probably the closest to relative thing I've had a chance to post here, as I am not a steampunk clothier... as much as I wish I had those skills. At first, I wanted to go with the light chocolate tonal stripe shirt from Alternative Apparel, but they are discontinued and no longer available from the manufacturer. I *can* get them from various sources online, but with no guarantees on quantity available or consistent supply. I decided to go with a distressed and heathered pigment-dyed chestnut material, to keep to a sepia motif and to so at least the material could look to be of vintage quality. The design is the product of working at a new logo/icon for the cover of the coffee table art book "Airships and Tentacles", a collection of weird-fiction illustrations. It employs Da Vinci styled ornothopter wings, the wheel of a ship's helm, and a combination monacle/eyepatch, and of course the skull and cross-swords/jolly roger with crossed wrenches in place of swords. The design was hand-drawn and digitally colored (for ease of color separation for screen printing), though I did go back and finish the original pen and ink with water colors after the fact. If you'd like to see larger images, they are available here. 
the design
( t-shirt and bandana previews under the cut )
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
wcg | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
It has, from time to time, been the location for tragic events like the Ribbon Creek Incident of 1956. Through good times and bad, it has served as the first experience of the US Marine Corps for millions of Marine Recruits ever since it became the Marine Corps' east coast recruit training depot in 1915. Marines first came to Parris Island on duty in 1891, when First Sergeant Richard Donovan brought a detachment of Marines to the island from the Port Royal naval station. The Marine detachment was tasked with protecting lives and property stored at Parris Island, and they did a commendable job of it. From the creation of US Marines in colonial times through the end of the 19th century, Marine recruits trained at whichever Marine Barracks they happened to be initially assigned. As the missions of the Corps expanded after the Spanish American War, and Marines who had been trained in different places found themselves working together, a desire for standardized training grew throughout the Corps. This led to the creation of centralized recruit training facilities at Mare Island, California and Cape May, New Jersey. Harsh weather conditions on the New Jersey coast led the Corps to seek a less storm wracked location where recruits would be able to train under warmer conditions, and someone recommended Parris Island since it was already under the control of the Department of the Navy. Similar considerations led to the relocation of west coast recruit training from Mare Island to San Diego. On November 1st, 1915, Parris Island, South Carolina, was officially designated a Marine Corps Recruit Depot. It has been in service in that capacity ever since. I spent what seemed like several eternities there myself, in late 1972 and early 1973. I still have occasional stress dreams where I find myself back there as a recruit. More about Parris Island is available here.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
fatshionista
teenage_hustler | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hey fats! OK, so it's winter here in England, and, being Australian and all, the idea of actually having a winter coat seems bizarre and strange to me. I was here last year and I have a good winter coat, but it's one of the ugliest items I own, and I thought that the time was ripe for me to look around for something a bit nicer. I have a relatively specific design in mind - something that goes down to mid-thigh sort of length, in a black-and-white tweed style, with collar/lapel and a tie, so that there actually is some semblance of shape. does anybody know where I may be able to find something like this? Because if there is something like that around I feel it would be quite a good investment, even for a poor student like me. It should probably be somewhere in England as well. And I'm a size 20 UK/Aus, which I think is 16 US? Not sure. Much love to you all. Tags: advice, coats
located at: The room in Crookes
feeling:  sick
listening to: none.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
st_reboot
black_eyedgirl | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Title: Getting the Band Together Author: black_eyedgirlPairing: Kirk&Everyone, some Kirk/Gaila, read in whatever other pairings you like Rating: PG-13, maybe R for language. Length: 4,200 words Warnings: Language, sexual implication/references, some drunkenness. Summary: This is officially the most work Jim has put in to get a yes out of anyone. It turns out assembling your first crew is harder than it looks. Link to my journalTags: author: black_eyedgirl, fanfic, genre: gen, pairing: kirk/gaila, rating: r
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
zillah975 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
There's a huge goddamned difference between wanting "all women characters all the time to be treated like goddesses" and wanting some women characters to at least some of the time be treated like real human beings. See: Leverage, The Three Days Of The Hunter Job. In that episode, a female broadcast journalist is portrayed as scheming, evil, heartless, grasping, and not terribly bright, AND YET. Because Leverage typically treats its female characters -- especially its two female leads -- as real human beings, the fact that this one character is an awful, awful human being is not problematic. So fuck off with your* blinders, all right? It's not as fucking simple as you want to pretend. *"you" being no one actually on my flist, as far as I'm aware. This rant brought to you by my failure to avoid reading comments on the internet. Mirrored from this post at Dreamwidth, which currently has  comments.
Read comments | Reply
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
previous 
informative
creative
drained