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Why This Professor Was So Shocked by This Flag in Florida
It was flying outside the home of a white man awaiting sentencing for a racist attack on him and five black companions.
My newest story collection:
THE FEVERISH STARS
"Byronic gangster John Shirley’s singular work is distinguished by swans and knives of prose; divine menace... The many addicted to Shirley’s stunning work savor it as ground zero of the real deal." Richard Christian Matheson
"One of speculative fiction's wildest and greatest talents." Peter Atkins, best-selling author of Morningstar and screenwriter of Hellraiser 2
In English and in Italian!
Tracking the Taliban's (Mis)Treatment of Women
How the Taliban are attempting to erase Afghan women from public life
When Afghan women step out of their homes, everywhere they look they see a range of Taliban restrictions affecting all aspects of society and their lives — from education and employment to public services and access to justice. This interactive graphic depicts what they see through their burqas — the breadth of the Taliban’s gender apartheid —
When Afghan women step out of their homes, everywhere they look they see a range of Taliban restrictions affecting all aspects of society and their lives — from education and employment to public services and access to justice. This interactive graphic depicts what they see through their burqas — the breadth of the Taliban’s gender apartheid — and serves as a portal to learning more about Taliban restrictions on women’s social and political life. Along with a description of the types of restrictions the Taliban have imposed, clicking on an “X” links to USIP’s documentation of the relevant decrees, orders and edicts issued by the Taliban since they took power in August 2021.
[Did you know there were women Islamic commando teams fighting alongside the USA against the Taliban? There were. ]
She was lucky to escape Afghanistan. Two years later, she’s stuck in limbo.
This former commander of an Afghan military all-female special ops team, Mahnaz Akbari was among the 77,000 U.S. allies successfully evacuated to the United States...her status here still isn't cleared up as Congress has failed to deliver on the promises made to our allies...
Lauren Schroeder looks beyond natural selection to rethink human evolution
'Additionally, “even though most of it is based in Africa, paleoanthropology is so white,” she says. As a Black African woman, “it was such a lonely place, actually, for a long time.” Schroeder has struggled to publish papers, received sexist reviews on papers and experienced instances of blatant racism.'
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/human-evolution-lauren-schroeder-scientists-to-watch
Just for today--$1.99!
Sick of the same old judgement days? How about the alternative apocalypse: THE OTHER END.
The #ebook of my novel THE OTHER END is being offered by the publisher right now, I see, for $1.99. I think this goes on till tomorrow.
“Amazing . . .With this book John Shirley breaks the tape.” —Harlan Ellison
#ebooks #scifi #bookstodon #sff
https://www.amazon.com/Other-End-John-Shirley-ebook/dp/B00J90F7LY
Also available (more expensively) in paperback
I saw Blue Oyster Cult yesterday at the Clark County Fair, a big crowd which they rocked, the music powerful and eloquent and elegant. Great showmanship. They're going on now to headline a rock festival in the UK. Met with them backstage, to give them some new lyrics by hand, and chat. Here's a pic with my wife Micky, me, Don and Eric from BOC and with us is our young friend and BOC fan, Phoenix. Eric is holding a copy of my novel SubOrbital 7.