Midweek Linkspam

*runs in* *deep breath* I haven't been the best correspondent lately -- I've been ridiculously busy -- I will try to catch up soon -- here, have some interesting links.

'What would a non-Anglocentric understanding of science fiction and fantasy look like?' (thanks to tibicina)

Tales of a giant bear head (thanks to tigerbright)

Salon is calling for submissions by feminists of color (thanks to purlewe)

Creepy-cool anatomical sculptures of mythical creatures (thanks to dandelion_diva)

The Presidential Commission on Election Administration is seeking stories of delays and impediments in voting

Bohemian Gravity [Video] (thanks to maiac and fengi)

In defense of the Space Pen

Diary of a Space Zucchini (thanks to dandelion_diva)

26 Democratic lawmakers live off food stamps to protest Republican cuts to the program (with thanks to Kitty on Tumblr); also in the same vein, Colorado House Republicans Unanimously Support Flood Relief, Unanimously Opposed Sandy Aid.

Citing science, Popular Science shuts off comments. (thanks to spinrabbit and thnidu)

Amber Riley [whom I want to play me in my biopic] on Dancing With The Stars [Video] (thanks to _samalander)

A statement of trans-inclusive feminism (thanks to supergee)

Carl Scortino, liberal, and his dad, a Tea Party member [nb Kind of infomercialish, but cute]

Last but not at all least, '30 years ago today, Stanislav Petrov refrained from starting an all-out nuclear war.' (With thanks to supergee)

*tosses links* *blows kisses* *dashes off, pursued by a mountain of paperwork*