The second of the three I acquired of Joan Slonczewski last Friday, Daughter of Elysium follows on from A Door into …
February 6, 2012
Reading: Joan Slonczewski – A Door into Ocean
A special arrival on Friday: three books of Joan Slonczewski, who is now on my Illustrious List of Science Fiction …
October 19, 2011
“Reading: … ” Book of the Year 2011 (Fiction): Joan Slonczewski — The Highest Frontier
Joan Slonczewski — The Highest Frontier
October 19, 2011
Reading … a 4th anniversary
Another year of books. Not as many as last year; I took a pause for some time, unable to find …
October 15, 2011
Reading: Joan Slonczewski — The highest Frontier
A new author for me. I heard of Joan Slonczewski for the first time only a couple of weeks ago when …
October 7, 2011
Reading: Neal Stephenson — Reamde
There are five science-fiction writers — though this is a loose term, and none write in this genre exclusively — …
October 6, 2011
Occupy the World
Published on Sunday, October 2, 2011 by NYC General Assembly Declaration of the Occupation of New York City by NYC …
October 6, 2011
Steve Jobs
Because I had dropped out and didn’t have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class …
August 12, 2011
Reading: John Cage – Silence: Lectures and Writings
John Cage – Silence: Lectures and Writings
August 4, 2011
Reading: Rosemary A. Joyce – Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives
Rosemary A. Joyce – Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives
August 1, 2011
Places
Because I seem to spend so much time in Brussels, and also have lived in several cities which until now …
February 9, 2011
The last free people on the planet
I started reading Neuroanthropology a couple of years ago at least, and it has been one of the first blogs …
October 16, 2010
“Reading: … ” Book of the Year (Non-Fiction): Jonathan Safran Foer – Eating Animals
jonathan safran foer – eating animals
October 16, 2010
Reading… a 3rd anniversary
Regarding the two-score books of the last year, it is surprising which of the non-fiction – a term I use …
September 12, 2010
(Some) Stuff I Read This Week
For some reason I decided to start using Twitter again — I suspect iPhone — and without any clear purpose …
August 27, 2010
reading: charles stross – the trade of queens
reading: charles stross – the trade of queens
July 8, 2010
on science and ethics
Many of you who read my blog or know me personally know I am a bit of a lush for …
June 17, 2010
reading: charles stross – the revolution business
charles stross – the revolution business
May 11, 2010
bechdel’s law
A couple of days ago I was reading Thus Spake Zuska, one of the many science blogs I consume most …
May 9, 2010
art sunday
Some rather nice art has fallen my way recently, falling around something that might become abjection. Of course it induces …
January 5, 2010
i’d dance on your grave but i’ll piss on it instead
It’s not often I’m taken with glee to read of the death of someone. During the years I’ve blogged, many …
January 2, 2010
2009 theater
Without taking the time to look, I’m not sure I’ve ever done an end-of-year best-of list for performances I’ve seen. …
November 3, 2009
Reading… a 2nd anniversary
My reading the last year has not been of either the volume, nor the breadth of the previous, in no …
July 19, 2009
Gunter Kroemer
Over much of this year I’ve been working with Christian Ender on rebuilding the code of one of his documentary …
April 12, 2009
reading: jorge luis borges – collected fictions
jorge luis borges – collected fictions
January 24, 2009
women in mac
I was watching Welcome to Macintosh a few nights ago, becoming engaged in a mindless indulgence in Apple, I do …
January 12, 2009
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence – it’s a war crime
This letter of attorneys and academics appeared in the Times of London on Sunday. I suggest that all bloggers who …
January 4, 2009
re.act.feminism – performancekunst der 1960er und 70er jahre heute
Still dark, before 6am, lying in bed, the clouded sky lighting the city and me already with coffee and reading, …
November 19, 2008
transgender day of remembrance
For any queer trans* Berliners who read me, there is a meeting tomorrow night 6pm, at my favourite bar, Silverfuture, …
October 16, 2008
Reading… an anniversary
A year ago in the briefest of lines, I began keeping a list of the books I’ve digested… burp. What …
October 3, 2008
subatomic particle plushies
Oh I want these. Really, really, really… Julie Peasley makes particle plushies at the Particle Zoo. Quarks, Leptons, Theoretical particles …
August 16, 2008
chuang tzu again…
About a week ago, a quote from Chuang Tzu turned up on The Useless Tree (another shortly after explaining just …
August 12, 2008
reading: leslie feinburg – stone butch blues
Yes, I finally bought it, on a trip to Prinz Eisenherz, oh such a joy to find this, and then …
June 27, 2008
Global Voices Summit – Budapest
Some of my favourite and also most inspiring bloggers, writers, wonderful computer and internet people are all in Budapest for …
June 21, 2008
saint uncle judith… jude… i mean judy
I’m not sure of the trail that led me to spending some of an afternoon reading interviews with Judith Butler, …
June 8, 2008
Reading: again… some for the fifth time…
Suffering from a paucity of new books the last two weeks, and packing mine all away in preparation for inevitable …
June 3, 2008
Protected: making our bodies home
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May 26, 2008
phoenix
Sometimes I get really deliriously happy about humans and what we occasionally do. Phoenix landed in the Martian arctic this …
May 14, 2008
Reading: Antonio Giustozzi – Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan 2002-2007
koran, kalashnikov and laptop
April 20, 2008
Reading: Sidney Perkowitz – Universal Foam: The Story of Bubbles from Cappuccino to the Cosmos
sydney perkowitz – universal foam
March 29, 2008
swanhilda is a punk
Daniel is having showings of the development of his new work this weekend with some of Adelaide’s most wild and …
March 22, 2008
reading: business cards – the art of saying hello
business cards – the art of saying hello
February 17, 2008
Reading: Anne Fausto-Sterling – Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality
anne fausto-sterling- sexing the body
January 27, 2008
more feeds and things … and blogrolls
A little bit preoccupied today and doing busywork (yes, is a word), and somehow stumbled upon several rather cool blogs …
January 26, 2008
Reading: Charles Stross – The Atrocity Archives
charles stross – the atrocity archives
January 23, 2008
Blog for Choice day
Today marks thirty-five years since Roe vs. Wade. A number of my favourite blogs including Feministing and (en)gender posted on …
January 13, 2008
reading: julia serano – whipping girl – a transsexual woman on sexism and the scapegoating of femininity
julia serano – whipping girl
December 31, 2007
Reading: Jin Xing – Shanghai Tango (A Memoir)
jin xing – shanghai tango (a memoir)
November 18, 2007
november 20
This Tuesday is International Day of Transgender Remembrance. I should be dwelling on Happy Things today but it’s been a …
September 9, 2007
all about jin xing
Whenever I’d be hanging out with some group of artists or dancers, sitting around the remnants of dinner and drinking …
June 26, 2007
i want more life, fucker!
Bladerunner is about the most influential film for me, I’ve seen in more times than I can recall, usually once …
May 27, 2007
pre-breakfast tranny blogging
I’m really, really, really trying to blog more often but dialup connection that drops out every few minutes and a …
April 6, 2007
friday atheist re-blogging
Being the day when a carpenter who has fantastically scant evidence for ever having existed in the first place was …
April 1, 2007
sunday morning avoiding-work blogging
More stuff I’ve read in the past two weeks for your amazement and occasional pleasure, though because everyone’s taste is …
March 22, 2007
three new categories
Finally I have added some new categories that have been eating at me like some rapacious tropical parasite. It a …
March 22, 2007
becky, jodi and john
Not that I’ve seen much dance this year but come December, this will still be one of the highlights of …
March 18, 2007
the end of dance writing
Around the time I was thinking about i want your dance, I stumbled across this excellent article on ImPulsTanz by …
March 11, 2007
lazy sunday cooking eating blogging …
A late night swirling Pernod with Bonnie at Orange and an early trip to the shops for Sunday fruit, now …
March 11, 2007
something about who?
Miriam Rivera a couple of years ago upset a bunch of straight blokes, then rode the reality-tv thing all the …
February 26, 2007
when in doubt … cliché and generalise
Two almost opposite examinations of art or culture came from Ou Ning’s blog today, the first a textless photographic documentary, …
February 24, 2007
Protected: saturday tranny blogging
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January 8, 2007
Protected: miscellaneous tranny stuff … coz we rule
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
January 1, 2007
I also wanted to include mermaids and shipwrecks …
Continuing my current science bender, a piece of reblogging from Barista on Marie Tharp, Cartographer, scientist, one of those people …
December 10, 2006
stuff i read and even bookmarked in the last week
Bookmarked, that is, so I could blah on loudly here about it, in lieu of dragging myself through the warm …
October 31, 2006
miss international queen 2006
I’ve been meaning to blog about this for a few days but I am lazy and self-centred. So. Finally I …
October 21, 2006
what i’ve been reading today
Another list of completely unrelated stuff that circulated through my news feeds in the last couple of days and makes …
October 16, 2006
a nature hike through the book of revelations
Sunday morning I arrived in Melbourne after three weeks in Adelaide, my fifth domestic flight since June and one of …
October 8, 2006
berkeley china initiative
I’m not sure how much I’ll be blogging in the next week as things get mental with crush. In the …
October 5, 2006
europe central
In another country, long enough ago to be only someone else’s life, I remember a summer entranced in my small …
October 3, 2006
we are no longer human
I really, really urge you all to read this article that appeared in Rolling Stone, The Unending Torture of Omar …
September 19, 2006
she’s my man
I started the day with the Scissor Sisters new album, Ta-Dah, and it’s everything I said about the first album. …
August 21, 2006
I know that I AM
Today was emotionally really shitty, the kind of day I want to finish by getting wasted, all teen-punk angst. Lucky …
July 7, 2006
三元里 san yuan li in new york
Ou Ning of Alternative Archive, who does spend more time in airports than me, and possibly the person mostly likely …
June 26, 2006
cryptozoology
A while ago I was sophistically explaining how my performances are what I decided to call crypto-ethnochoreography, in which the …
June 23, 2006
we intend to destroy all dogmatic verbal systems…
Before threw away a prosperous career as a writer and immanent tenure track in philosophy (post-modern, even) for the joy …
April 28, 2005
body movin’
The Boston Cyberarts Festival is the place to be this week and next. Even dance gets a look in, and …