Mystic Olive's Musings: July 2017

My Blog List

Ms. Magazine

War on Women Report: MAGA Republicans Hope to Turn Miscarriage Into a Crime and Gut Planned Parenthood - MAGA Republicans are back in the White House, and Project 2025 is their guide—the right-wing plan to turn back the clock on women’s rights, remove aborti...
5 hours ago
Zooniverse

Who translates Zooniverse? - All Zooniverse projects are created in English. But many of them are available in different languages. Everyone can become a translator on Zooniverse! But ...
5 hours ago
Whatever

Close To Home: Grist - Have you ever had one of those places you want to go to, but never get around to checking out, and suddenly a year has passed and you’ve still never been? ...
8 hours ago
Political Theory - Habermas and Rawls

Michel Rosenfeld: Habermas’ Paradigms of Law and Dialectics - Michel Rosenfeld has uploaded a new paper on Habermas: “*Habermas’ Paradigms of Law and Dialectics*” [open access] (*Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper...
8 hours ago
Foucault News

Essien, Essien Oku. Climate Change Disinformation on Social Media: A Meta-Synthesis on Epistemic Welfare in the Post-Truth Era (2025) - Essien, Essien Oku. 2025. “Climate Change Disinformation on Social Media: A Meta-Synthesis on Epistemic Welfare in the Post-Truth Era” Social Sciences 14, ...
8 hours ago
Left Foot Forward

Tory MP George Freeman accused of asking questions in Parliament that were written by company paying him £60,000 a year - The Times reports: “In one exchange, he asked if they could help him “get the wording right”, which he could then “convert into parliamentary language”. ...
15 hours ago
USAPP

The US-China AI race with Professor Angela Zhang | The Ballpark podcast - In January 2025, the release of a new model and chatbot by Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company, DeepSeek, sent shockwaves through the tech indus...
17 hours ago
Red Letter Christians

The Guys Left Behind - I’ve been visiting Tennessee’s death row for over twelve years. During that time, sixteen men have died—eight by natural causes and eight by execution. I k...
18 hours ago
She Reads Novels

My Commonplace Book: June 2025 - A selection of quotes and pictures to represent June’s reading: commonplace book noun a book into which notable extracts from other works are copied for pe...
19 hours ago
Progressive Geographies

Foucault Studies 37 (Spring 2025) - Foucault Studies 37 (Spring 2025) (via Foucault News) This issue of Foucault Studies is the first to be published by the University of Pennsylva- nia Press...
20 hours ago
Jungle Red Writers

Only In The Summer! - JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING: For those of you broiling in other parts of the US, you’ll be surprised to hear we’ve been having a cold summer in Maine so far. ...
21 hours ago
Everyday Sociology Blog

High School and the Sports Spirit Complex - By Karen Sternheimer I currently live about a block away from a large public high school. Students walk by sporting their school merch, including hats, t-s...
21 hours ago
Brittle Paper

Finnish-Nigerian Writer Minna Salami Graces the Cover of Feminist Nordic Magazine Astra - Finnish-Nigerian feminist writer and cultural critic Minna Salami is the cover star of the latest issue of Astra magazine (2/2025), the Nordic feminist pub...
23 hours ago
Blogs - alBatt

The catbird produced a mile of music - *Naturally* * The early morning catbird outside my bedroom window was long-winded, producing a mile of music or a kilometer of cacophonous sounds.* * T...
1 day ago
Speculative Fiction in Translation

Review: Red Sword by Bora Chung - Check out my review of Bora Chung’s first novel in English, translated by Anton Hur, in the latest issue of World Literature Today. “Based on the story of ...
3 days ago
Punk-Ass Book Jockey

Review: “Seventhblade” by Tonia Laird - Release Date: June 17, 2025Publisher: ECW PressGenre: Fantasy Description For readers of N.K. Jemisin and Rebecca Roanhorse, a fast-paced, anti-colonial ac...
3 days ago
thejoyofcats

A New Start - This is my first blog (one of many, I hope), since I moved into my new home. And as such, … Continue reading →
3 days ago
RD2018 - blog(2019)

AI For Research Explained: What Works, What Doesn't, & What's Next - [image: AI For Research Explained: What Works, What Doesn't, & What's Next] If you're overwhelmed by the rapid pace of AI development in research, you're...
4 days ago
JacquiWine's Journal

Three Mini Reviews – Sarah Moss, Caroline Crampton and Pamela Hansford Johnson - Something a little different from me today, three mini-reviews of books I’ve read recently – one novel, An Impossible Marriage, and two fascinating non-fic...
4 days ago
Craig Murray

Dystopia UK: Genocidal RAF Squadron Targeted by Palestine Action is Owned by a Hedge Fund - If you thought RAF jets were owned by the RAF, think again. The RAF squadron targeted for a repaint by Palestine Action due to its involvement in supplyi...
5 days ago
Some Melodious Plot

Richard Hunt and the Death of Emmett Till - Artistic mediums suited to anger - or for that matter, any emotion - vary in how hard they hit. And on the surface folksong should be a powerful way ...
5 days ago
LSE History

LSE Homelessness Initiative: artists in the archives - In a collaboration between LSE and Arts & Homelessness International, three artists with lived experience of homelessness were invited to explore and res...
5 days ago
SFWA

SFWA Presents: Get to Know…Our NetGalley Partnership Program - by the SFWA Publications Crew and Adria Bailton Editor’s note: This article is part of the SFWA Presents: Get to Know… series, which includes information...
6 days ago
Mike Hulme

Review of David Livingstone’s ‘The Empire of Climate: A History of an Idea’ (Princeton, 2024) - The Journal of Historical Geography have newly published (June 2025) a ‘review forum’ based on David Livingstone’s recent book, ‘The Empire of Climate’. As...
1 week ago
Graham Scambler

Still Going, If Not Strong, Then With A Will - I have a hypothesis that may on a first reading seem obvious, even trite. Or it may indeed seem faulty. It is that we can only properly grasp what it is to...
1 week ago
LSE International History

The Empire’s Last Abdication: How Britain Failed Hong Kong’s Democracy - It was a heartbreaking spectacle. Nearly three years after the thunderous roar of protest reverberated through Hong Kong’s streets, the city witnessed th...
2 weeks ago
new releases – Tor.com

All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in June 2025 - Here’s the full list of young adult SFF titles heading your way in June! Keep track of all the new SFF releases here. All title summaries are taken and/o...
3 weeks ago
FIYAH

FIYAH #35: BLACK ISEKAI ToC & Cover Art - FIYAH Literary Magazine is happy to present the Table of Contents for Issue #35: BLACK ISEKAI. Cover art illustrated by Josh Awol. Short stories include: “...
3 weeks ago
Researching Sociology @ LSE

“Objectivity” in interpretative sociology - This piece is part of a series of brief interventions based on a roundtable discussion held at the LSE Sociology departmental conference in November 2024...
4 weeks ago
GigaNotoSaurus

The Starter Family - Around the time the boys in my class turn eleven, we start asking where the Starter Boys have gone. We start asking why there are grown-up girls, but no ...
4 weeks ago
Tobias S. Buckell: Author, Speaker, and Futurist

Semester Done! - In the time since I last posted regularly here and when the blog rebooted I’ve shifted my career stack by becoming a full time professor. This was a challe...
1 month ago
The Trott Line

Racing with a Pacemaker, the early years - Last July (2024), I got a dual valve Biotronik pacemaker. I had thought I could avoid further interventions after the ablation, but the electrophysiologist...
1 month ago
Amal El-Mohtar

Cover Reveal! SEASONS OF GLASS AND IRON: Stories - Dear Friends, I'm so excited to share the cover of my upcoming short story collection! It's called *Seasons of Glass and Iron,* after my 2016 short story...
1 month ago
Tor/Forge Blog

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil Quiz: Which Character are You? - [image: Blog Featured Images 14 28A] #1 New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab’s Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is a genre-defying novel about...
1 month ago
The Disorder Of Things

Feminist Peace In Question - Our final piece in the symposium on Governing the Feminist Peace is a reply from our authors to the contributions by Nicole, Mohamed, Helen, and Laura. It ...
2 months ago
Ed Cyzewski: Author // Contemplative

What Is Left to Parody of American Evangelical Christianity? - I started writing parody book release blog posts on each April Fool’s day to have a laugh and maybe sell a few copies of my book Coffeehouse Theology: Refl...
2 months ago
Pandaemonium

STATEMENT ON THE DOUGLAS MURRAY DEFAMATION CASE - In the wake of the Douglas Murray defamation case against the Observer this week, which focused on a column I had written last August, there have been a la...
3 months ago
New Historical Express

In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956 - A break from radio silence to announce that our new edited volume, In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956, is now available for pre...
3 months ago
Climate Denial Crock of the Week

Is Resistance Futile? MAGA Assimilates NOAA - New Scientist (paywall): The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) presents a briefing summarising the global climate each month – and ...
4 months ago
Nnedi's Wahala Zone Blog

Golden Girl: Eulogy of Dr. Helen Ijeoma Okorafor (nee Okwaraeleonu) - Written by Nnedi Okorafor, Given on February 7, 2025 “A Golden smile from a Golden Girl of the games.” That’s a quote from a 1965 news article about my mo...
4 months ago
The Book Jotter

Parish Notices - Happy New Year to all my readers. After what has probably been a couple of years of mentioning where I was with this blog and how I have probably for the l...
5 months ago
globalinequality

To be young, perchance to dream - *He got to the river quay, or more exactly to the sidewalk on the other side of the paved road running along the river, in the late morning. Too many ...
6 months ago
Masha

My Anxiety Dragon - I find it helpful to visualise my anxious mind as a small dragon who lives coiled around my neck. When I start ruminating, it responds in the only way it k...
6 months ago
Michael Mann's Blog

Reflections on the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season - [image: Hurricane Milton] Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - 12:28 Now that the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season seems to be coming to a close, it is worth reflect...
7 months ago
A Cat, A Book, and A Cup of Tea

A Thank You and A Goodbye - You may have noticed, from the fact that I’ve only managed six posts this year, that I’m not really able to keep up with this blog anymore! I always suspec...
7 months ago
heavenali

Tales from my reading chair – an update. - I disappeared again – I’m sorry. I’m trying to decide whether I’m done with this whole blogging malarky – there are aspects I miss – but I get overwhelmed...
8 months ago
Margaret and Helen

JD Vance thinks bullet proof glass will abortion proof our vaginas - Margaret, that little Vance kid just doesn’t get it. When asked about abortion rights he said, “I want us to make it easier for moms to afford to have babi...
8 months ago
CORRUPTION, NOW AND THEN. A blog by Professor Mark Knights, reflecting on historical and current corruption scandals

Political Bets by Mark Knights - One of the issues that has cut through in the 2024 general election has been the scandal over political bets. A number of Tories associated with Number 1...
1 year ago
Engenderings

Colonial Cisnationalism: Notes on Empire and Gender in the UK’s Migration Policy - by Christopher Griffin Anti-immigration rhetoric is a notoriously reliable fixture of British politics, with Conservative politicians regularly turning to ...
1 year ago
Decolonize ALL The Things

Issues of Power, Not Bathrooms - ***Note: Originally published on EFH in 2017*** INTRODUCTION On February 22nd, 2017 Agent Orange’s administration revoked the transgender protection guidel...
1 year ago
Commonplaces

People Aren’t Avatars for All the Good and/or Bad Things - Here’s a bit of PCA trivia for you. In the last two years, three of the denomination’s most influential pastors have gone home to be with the Lord. They ...
2 years ago
Versobooks.com

A Guide to our April Titles - *A new collection of stories from the cult author of Terminal Boredom.* *The revolutionary life of an eighteenth-century dwarf activist who was among the...
2 years ago
An Africanist Perspective

The Africanist Perspective has moved! - Dear readers, I am blogging again! This time on Substack. Go over and subscribe to receive new posts every week! Thank you for reading this blog over the y...
2 years ago
Worlds in Ink - Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Reviews

Science Fiction Invaders Challenge: The Final Results - The final results for the Science Fiction Invaders reading challenge are in. I've tallied all the points from participants who submitted their scores to be...
2 years ago
Radio Free Thulcandra

In Response to Sumpter on Ethnicity and Polity - Toby Sumpter has written a thoughtful response to my Theopolis piece on Wolfe’s Case for Christian Nationalism. I wanted to delay responding till post-Chri...
2 years ago
Epiphany 2.0

Launch Day! - If you haven’t seen this elsewhere on social media, today is release day for THE WORLD WE MAKE! Available at all retailers and in audiobook (narrated by ...
2 years ago
(dev) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Events

Notice To The General People - It has come to our attention that an article “Reflections on the man Nnamdi Kanu” is being falsely attributed to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Kindly note th...
3 years ago
The Book Smugglers

Non-Binary Authors To Read: July 2021 - Non-Binary Authors To Read is a regular column from A.C. Wise highlighting non-binary authors of speculative fiction and recommending a starting place fo...
3 years ago
LSE BREXIT

The UK can build a data-secure digital future - Citizens’ rights over their personal data have become a focal point of the ongoing WTO e-commerce negotiations. What is the role of privacy in the digita...
4 years ago
Nathan Hamm

the voice - There is a voice in your head that never stops speaking. Its constant chatter is an incessant stream of worries and anxieties, cravings and desires, judgm...
4 years ago
Writer Beware®: The Blog

Spooky Phishing Scam Targets Traditionally-Published Writers - *Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware®* The *New York Times* has published the story of a strange international phishing scam: unknown actors ta...
4 years ago
variegatedtyro

Childhood friends - The protests rage. The people walk. The voices shout. but justice is NOT Systems uphold all that hurts and kills persons of color Color Color Color I ...
4 years ago
The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog

10 Things You Might Not Know About Frank Herbert’s Dune - Dune may be one of the best-known, most-read science fiction novels of all time, but it was hardly an overnight success. Publishers rejected it, critics ...
4 years ago
My ❤️ will go on

Slavoj Žižek on Synthetic Sex and "Being Yourself" - *SEE ALSO:* - *Slavoj Žižek: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Interesting?* - *Slavoj Žižek: Don't Act. Just Think.* - *Žižek’s 10 Favorite ...
5 years ago
Stats for Lefties

Why Long-Bailey is the most electable leadership candidate - *This article was made possible by our Patreon supporters! Special thanks in particular go to our amazing $5 supporters: Alan Spence, Alex Wilson, Bert Rot...
5 years ago
Shimmer

Kerstin Hall talks Borders - It’s the time of year when badgers and people make lists! Shopping lists, Naughty or Nice Lists and lists of books we loved. The Border Keeper by Kerstin...
5 years ago
my blog - Shannon Dingle

Breathe. Eat. Show up. - I don’t know what to say anymore. I’m writing again, I’m pitching stories, I’m crafting words again. But I don’t know what to say here, except that I’m s...
5 years ago
Shakesville

Open Thread - [image: image of a purple sofa] Hosted by a purple sofa. Have a seat and chat. [*Note:* Liss is currently on hiatus for health reasons. There will be an Op...
5 years ago
Shadows of the Apt

Worldcon Dublin — full schedule! - So I've had my final schedule through for Worldcon in Dublin next month — anyone who's there please do come along to see me at any or all of the following:...
5 years ago
History Matters blog

Proudly South African: ESSA, DULLAH, AND US (Zubieda Jaffer) by By Dr Allan Boesak, 7 July 2019 - 8 July 2019 Honourable Judge Siraj Desai and the Board of the District Six Museum, Family of Essa and Dullah, Friends, Brothers and Sisters: What a privi...
5 years ago
Africanfootsteps

Outposts of Empire - Without putting so much thinking into it, I just remember telling my husband-to-be that Sri Lanka would be the perfect choice for our honeymoon. It had bee...
6 years ago
Comments on: Home

By: Why Comrades Go To War: Liberation Politics And The Outbreak Of Africa’s Most Complex And Deadliest Conflict - […] -Originally published on Africa at LSE. […]
6 years ago
Jo Walton — Science Fiction and Fantasy Author

Genre Pacing: A question from Goodreads - On Goodreads, a nice person called Xena WP asked me Jo, after finishing Transcription by K. Atkinson I wished for a few paragraphs at least of Juliet’s hap...
6 years ago
The Official Blog of Benjamin L. Corey

What 30 Pieces of Silver Can Buy In Today’s Money - What's 30 pieces of silver worth in today's money? We can look to conservative evangelical leaders to find our answer.
6 years ago
New Ink Review

Three Poems: Andrew Reiff - Stigmata Up so many times from death I disbelieve she stands, blood dripping from the sightless eye, Heaving and breathing yes, But no cries in the plain o...
6 years ago
The Story Teller

Spectacular sports - So I designed this poster for Jessica's class and Mr G really likes it. So much that he put it up on the door of his classroom yesterday. Jessica came h...
7 years ago
Red Light Politics

"Mainstream media is currently riding high on the trend of equating anti fascism to neo nazism. There..." - “Mainstream media is currently riding high on the trend of equating anti fascism to neo nazism. There is a plethora of “Both side” arguments, claims of vio...
7 years ago
Green Man Press

Foreign travels - In mid July Karen and I headed off for two weeks in Sweden and Finland. I’d been invited to be a GoH at FinnCon in Tampere Finland over the last ... Read ...
9 years ago
Rachel Ann Hanley

J.M. SIDOROVA - Interview with J.M. SIDOROVA *J.M. Sidorova is the author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and a novel THE AGE OF ICE (Scribner/Simon & Schus...
10 years ago

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Mystic Olive's Musings

Friday, July 28, 2017

Trump's Law #2

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