@jessmahler I'm afraid I can only witness on this.

Or, maybe to add... if you feel like you are otherwise being institutionally deprived of a place at the table, that's probably enough to justify agitating for getting a place - and, as they say these days, leveraging your privilege afterwards to help out other groups with less chance than yourself.

The sixth annual international Gender Census 2019 is now open until 25th March!

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/gendercensus2019/

It's for anyone whose genders (or lack thereof) aren't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and the results are useful in academia, business, and self-advocacy.

"One of the most celebrated and beloved literary epics in China, Jin Yong’s Legend of the Condor Heroes has been the country’s premier wuxia—a blending of history, martial arts action, and fantasy—for more than half a century. Now, St. Martin’s Press is proud to publish the first English-language translation of the classic saga for U.S. readers, starting with A Hero Born."

#Books #China #SFF #Wuxia #Translations

https://www.tor.com/2019/02/21/legend-of-the-condor-heroes-a-hero-born-cover-reveal/

alentine's ay.

For those of us who will be getting neither the V nor the D today.

Just want to share a quick useful tip I learned from a police officer today.

If you work in a setting where you've to shake a lot of strangers hands, like I do.

You'll sometimes find that some people (cough, men), is out to crush every bone in your hand.

What you can do to avoid having your fingers broken, is to put your index finger on their wrist. This way, they can't put as much force into the handshake.

I had no clue about this, and all this time I've suffered 😫