A mixed bag of links, some serious, some fannish and/or funny

[raincitygirl]

myrrhmade made me a Rue icon! Innit pretty?

Not so pretty: a whole bunch of people showing their ass on Twitter because they didn't realize Rue is black. Even though she is explicitly described in the book as having dark brown skin. So dear readers, you're not only being racist, you're also being counter textual. My favourite tweet (for a given value of favourite) was the one that said he'd pictured Rue as an "innocent looking blonde girl" and instead she was played by a little black girl. Because I guess little black girls can't look innocent? I know Feministe is a problematic source, but the only other source I found was the Huffington Post, which is even more problematic. So you're getting the Feministe version.

On Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, and due process.

How the Daily Mail Conquered England.

And researchgrrrl has thinky thoughts about Dr. John Watson being ambidextrous.

Finally, an awesome review from skygiants of Terry Pratchett's Lords and Ladies (spoiler)