tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:58507She talks to wolves......and other wicked creatures.Deborah2017-03-06T06:06:09Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:58507:115022Weekly Round-Up2017-03-06T06:06:09Z2017-03-06T06:06:09Zpublic0<p>A while back, I wrote something really personal about superheroes and pop culture and how representation matters – that piece was published last month on ISA Professional’s blog, and I hope you’ll all check it out: <a href="https://www.isa-professional.com/blogs/news/superheroes-save-us-from-the-world" target="_blank">Superheroes Save Us from the World</a>.</p>
<p>Read on for what else I’ve published in the last week!</p>
<p><strong>Things that I wrote: </strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.isa-professional.com/blogs/news/tips-for-dying-your-hair-before-and-after-care" target="_blank">Dying Your Hair: Before and After Care<br />
</a><a href="https://www.isa-professional.com/blogs/news/nail-art-inspiration-2017" target="_blank">Nail Art Inspiration 2017: Curate Your Claws!<br />
</a><a href="http://frontpagemeews.com/category/cats/cat-health/brush-cats-teeth/" target="_blank">Why You Should Brush Your Cat’s Teeth</a></p>
<p><strong>Things that I listened to:</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_iy71v46r4" target="_blank">“Hey Alice” – Rachel Rose Mitchell</a>. This random YouTube suggestion won’t stay out of my <em>Alice in Wonderland</em>-loving head.<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDpdpE00rfI" target="_blank">“Bones” – MS MR</a>. First discovered this song years ago via <em>The Vampire Diaries</em>; it’s been back in heavy rotation recently.<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIk0xUnjiP8" target="_blank">“Pretty Little Head” – Eliza Rickman</a>. First discovered via <em>Welcome to Night Vale</em>, this is a solo version! Still haunting.</p>
<p><strong>Things that I made: </strong><br />
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<p>Whiteboard Weirdness!</p>
<p><img src="http://geekdame.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/JanuaryDesign-CarrieFisherTribute-preview2.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="516" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1834" srcset="http://geekdame.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/JanuaryDesign-CarrieFisherTribute-preview2.jpg 400w, http://geekdame.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/JanuaryDesign-CarrieFisherTribute-preview2-233x300.jpg 233w, http://geekdame.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/JanuaryDesign-CarrieFisherTribute-preview2-300x387.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p>
<p>I also made the above graphic design honoring Carrie Fisher and raising mental health awareness, which <a href="http://geekdame.com/honoring-carrie-fisher-raising-mental-health-awareness/" target="_blank">you can find on a variety of products</a>!</p>
<p><strong>Things that I’m excited about: </strong></p>
<p><a href="http://amzn.to/2luRxsg" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft wp-image-1841" src="http://geekdame.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/arrival-bluray.png" width="159" height="200" /></a><a href="http://amzn.to/2lv2VV1" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft wp-image-1842" src="http://geekdame.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/adsom-veschwab.png" width="133" height="200" /></a><a href="http://amzn.to/2n4mGPE" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft wp-image-1843" src="http://geekdame.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gaga-joanne.png" width="200" height="200" srcset="http://geekdame.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gaga-joanne.png 300w, http://geekdame.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gaga-joanne-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a></p>
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<p>Click the pics if you fancy purchasing any of the above! I get a modest kickback from Amazon if you do.</p>
<p style="text-align: right"><small>Mirrored from <a href="http://geekdame.com/weekly-round-up-15/" title="Read Original Post">geekdame.com</a>. Please comment there.</small></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=talkstowolves&ditemid=115022" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-14:58507:114835Honoring Carrie Fisher, Raising Mental Health Awareness2017-03-03T04:04:15Z2017-03-03T04:08:24Zpublic0<p>Carrie Fisher was an amazing woman: complicated and brash, outspoken and compassionate. She spoke out about mental health, mental illness, and normalizing its treatment. She lived out loud and helped others be less afraid. Losing her in the world was a blow – not just because I value her acting, value Princess then General Leia in <em>Star Wars</em> – but for all that she was.</p>
<p>There was such an outpouring of love and grief at her death, and her eulogy was written in thousands of anecdotes and farewells and spreading of her best moments across the Internet – including quotes and arguments against sexism, for mental health, delivered with a barbed and humorous tongue.</p>
<p>From one of her many conversations about bipolar disorder, I came across the following: “Now get out there and show me and you what you can do.” I’d been wanting to honor her with my January design, and there it was – her words which I could render graphical – and honor her and raise awareness for mental health both.</p>
<p>This is that design.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1834" src="http://geekdame.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/JanuaryDesign-CarrieFisherTribute-preview2.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="516" srcset="http://geekdame.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/JanuaryDesign-CarrieFisherTribute-preview2.jpg 400w, http://geekdame.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/JanuaryDesign-CarrieFisherTribute-preview2-233x300.jpg 233w, http://geekdame.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/JanuaryDesign-CarrieFisherTribute-preview2-300x387.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" />The words are in the color combination of a certain brand name of fluoxetine, warped into a capsule shape. I have made a number of products featuring this design available to you at my Zazzle shop, <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/slightlyoddteaparty" target="_blank">What Duck?</a>, and <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/geekdame/shop" target="_blank">my Redbubble shop</a>.</p>
<p>You can pick up this design on the following items:<br />
A <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/show_me_you_what_you_can_do_carrie_fisher_magnet-147038785316070291" target="_blank">large refrigerator magnet</a>.<br />
<a href="https://www.zazzle.com/show_me_you_what_you_can_do_carrie_fisher_pinback_button-145552476451852175" target="_blank">A standard-sized button</a>.<br />
A <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/show_me_you_what_you_can_do_carrie_fisher_tote_bag-256622297090023719" target="_blank">really lovely tote bag</a> or <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/geekdame/works/25508705-show-me-and-you-what-you-can-do-honor-carrie-fisher?p=tote-bag&rel=carousel" target="_blank">a different tote</a> or <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/geekdame/works/25508705-show-me-and-you-what-you-can-do-honor-carrie-fisher?p=drawstring-bag&rel=carousel" target="_blank">a drawstring bag</a>.<br />
A profusion of <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/geekdame/works/25508705-show-me-and-you-what-you-can-do-honor-carrie-fisher" target="_blank">shirt types and a hoodie</a>.<br />
A great <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/geekdame/works/25508705-show-me-and-you-what-you-can-do-honor-carrie-fisher?p=throw-pillow&rel=carousel" target="_blank">throw pillow</a>.<br />
Both <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/geekdame/works/25508705-show-me-and-you-what-you-can-do-honor-carrie-fisher?p=mug&rel=carousel&style=standard" target="_blank">mugs</a> and <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/geekdame/works/25508705-show-me-and-you-what-you-can-do-honor-carrie-fisher?p=travel-mug&rel=carousel" target="_blank">travel mugs</a>.<br />
A <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/geekdame/works/25508705-show-me-and-you-what-you-can-do-honor-carrie-fisher?p=spiral-notebook&rel=carousel" target="_blank">selection</a> of <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/geekdame/works/25508705-show-me-and-you-what-you-can-do-honor-carrie-fisher?p=hardcover-journal&rel=carousel" target="_blank">notebooks</a>.<br />
A <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/geekdame/works/25508705-show-me-and-you-what-you-can-do-honor-carrie-fisher" target="_blank">series of wall art</a>.</p>
<p>If you’d like anything else, I take requests – so hit the comments.</p>
<p>P.S. If you were a member of <a href="https://www.patreon.com/geekdame" target="_blank">my Patreon</a>, you could have received a Limited Edition Postcard of this design as a perk!</p>
<p style="text-align: right"><small>Mirrored from <a href="http://geekdame.com/honoring-carrie-fisher-raising-mental-health-awareness/" title="Read Original Post">geekdame.com</a>. Please comment there.</small></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=talkstowolves&ditemid=114835" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments