Links December 2021

Geng Song, “Little Fresh Meat”: The Politics of Sissiness and Sissyphobia in Contemporary China. Men and Masculinities, May 2021 (Abstract available online)

Tea, Biscuits and Empire: the Long Con of Britishness (The Long Read, June 2020). "If you love your country and don’t own its difficulties and its violence, you don’t actually love your country. You’re just catcalling it as it goes by."

Why do dogs and cats run around in random bursts of speed? (LiveScience, March 2021)

Books Read, 2021

Kate Bornstein. Gender Outlaw.
Umberto Eco. How to Spot a Fascist.
Steven S. Gubser and Frans Pretorius. The Little Book of Black Holes. This was awful.
Ryu Murakami. Coin Locker Babies.
Iris Murdoch. The Nice and the Good.
Charles Stross. Accelerando.

( Books bought and borrowed )