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This is totally juvenile. Not funny at all. Not. At. All.
*dies of suppressed laughter*](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m35mw6YHVE1qewacoo1_500.jpg)
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This is totally juvenile. Not funny at all. Not. At. All.
*dies of suppressed laughter*
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April 27, 2012
April 12, 2012
In conjunction with the publication of The Comedy of Errors, the MLA Committee on the New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare is sponsoring a digital challenge to find the most creative uses of the XML files and schema for the volume. The MLA has released the data under a Creative Commons license and encourages scholars to submit innovative new means of displaying, representing, and exploring this data. The winner will receive $500 and will be recognized at the 2013 MLA convention in Boston. URLs for all entries must be sent by e-mail to nvs@mla.org and must be received no later than Friday, 31 August 2012, at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Visit the New Variorum Shakespeare Digital Challenge page to learn more and download the files.
April 11, 2012
Help improve online search for humanities resources
The University of Sheffield is undertaking research with the intention of improving search within the humanities. The AHRC-funded project called ‘Participating in Search Design: A Study of George Thomason’s English Newsbooks‘ is a collaboration between the Humanities Research Institute and the departments of History (Professor Mike Braddick, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Arts and Humanities), English (Dr Marcus Nevitt) and Sociological Studies (Dr Bridgette Wessels).
We are seeking participants ranging from PhD students to Professors in the research areas of History, English Language, English Literature, Politics and Journalism to answer a short survey about your current research practice, including your overall understanding of search and the advantages and drawbacks of web-based vs. more traditional text-based methods.
If this applies to you please follow the link to the survey below. It will only take 10 minutes of your time and your opinions will be of great value to our work and the wider impact of the project.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/researchpractice
The knowledge gained from this will be used to inform the design of better search interfaces for online resources, which genuinely meet the needs of the research community. The test dataset is approximately 50,000 pages of 17th century newsbooks collected by George Thomason.
The survey will be open until Monday 16th April. Results will then be fed back to survey respondents and there will also be the opportunity for further participation in the project. The survey is completely anonymous and complies with the University of Sheffield’s Ethics Policy.
Please contact Keira Borrill for further information about the project or follow us on Twitter and visit the project blog.
March 08, 2012
The Houses of Parliament are celebrating International Women’s Day 2012 on Thursday 8 March with a display of historic documents charting British women’s fight for the vote. The items in the display - Women and the Vote: The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Britain 1865-1928 - are drawn from the collections of The Women’s Library and The Parliamentary Archives. When the display finishes the items will return to their respective collections where they will be accessible to the public.
The eight items in the display document the history of the women’s movement from the 1860s until 1928, when women were granted suffrage on the same terms as men.
March 08, 2012
March 07, 2012
Women’s History Carnival: where it’ll always be Women’s History Month
Last year, I ran a Women’s History Carnival for WHM. I enjoyed it so much I bought a domain, planning to do something more permanent. But I soon realised I didn’t have time to start another conventional blog carnival.
So, instead, I’m taking a different approach, which will use RSS feeds, Twitter, social bookmarking, etc, to showcase blogs and women’s history resources:
It’s very much a work in progress. I’ll be adding more blogs and a blogroll shortly, with more features to come later!
March 07, 2012
These paper sculptures from Lisa Nilsson are just stunning.
March 02, 2012
February 26, 2012
INVITATION to the launch of WiseWords, Women’s History Month In East London And International Women’s Week
February 19, 2012
“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made up of 50% women is perceived as being mostly women. A situation that is perfectly equal between men and women is perceived as being biased in favor of women.
And if you don’t believe me, you’ve never been a married woman who kept her family name. I have had students hold that up as proof of my “sexism.”
My own brother told me that he could never marry a woman who kept her name because “everyone would know who ruled that relationship.” Perfect equality – my husband keeps his name and I keep mine – is held as a statement of superiority on my part.”
And if you don’t believe me, you’ve never been a married woman who kept her family name. I have had students hold that up as proof of my “sexism.”
My own brother told me that he could never marry a woman who kept her name because “everyone would know who ruled that relationship.” Perfect equality – my husband keeps his name and I keep mine – is held as a statement of superiority on my part.”
— Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege.
(Source: seaofbadstories, via nyx2701)
February 16, 2012
Hands up if you’re a “feminazi”.
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This is what it’s all about.
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February 10, 2012
First up, a pair of Delman evening shoes worn by Marlene Dietrich. As the label on the insole indicates, these shoes were made “Especially For Marlene Dietrich.” Eye and light-catching, we believe these glittering heels were worn by Dietrich during one of her popular 1950s nightclub appearances.
February 08, 2012
Think I’ve seen this before, but still: Orwellian irony at its most Orwelliany ironic.
(Source: sneakystratus)
February 04, 2012
But none of these writers, I think, did more justice to that most famous of homicidal poisons, arsenic, than did Sayers in Strong Poison. The title comes from the lyrics of a 17th century ballad, The Poisoned Man: “O that was strong poison, my handsome young man/O yes, I am poisoned mother; make my bed soon/For I’m sick to the heart, and I fain wad lie down.” But the chemistry is absolutely up-to-date for 1930, the year the book was published. In fact, Sayers for all her literary background (she was an Oxford University educated scholar of classical languages and considered her translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy to be her best work) performs as an outstandingly good science writer in the course of the story.
February 04, 2012
Cocktail Party Physics:
The novel’s subplot — fans might argue it’s the main plot, cleverly shrouded in the poison pen mystery — revolves around Harriet’s struggle to reconcile her feelings for Wimsey, and desires as a woman, with her fear of losing her hard-won individual identity and independence… a not-insubstantial concern for women of that era, especially those, like Harriet (and Sayers herself), of high intelligence. That tension finds the perfect musical metaphor in a scene set in a small antiques shop, where Harriet has allowed Peter, for the first time, to buy her a gift (a set of antique ivory chessmen that has captured her imagination). Wimsey spots an old spinet piano in the shop, and knocks out a couple of tunes… It is here that he makes his famous observation about preferring counterpoint to harmony.
