Job hunt (oh, and recs)

[kangeiko]

Yes, at 7 minutes past midnight, I should be trowelling off my make-up and getting ready to sleep so I can fully appreciate my last-ever Complex Emergencies lecture tomorrow (on that note - SOB!!!!!! No more divine David! No more relevations mid-lecture!) - but! See here, which has kept me entranced for the last hour or so, firing off email after email to ask for application packages. The worst thing is, I can't apply for some of the jobs as undoubtedly they want someone t start almost immediately, and what with classes etc... but I don't know which do and which don't! There is one, a project coordinator position in Sudan Organisation Against Torture, which sounds perfect. Poorly paid, considering the amount of debt that banks, student loans and travel into central London would require, but still perfect. Because, hey - human rights, refugee rights, humanitarian aid, intervention, practical experience of work in a charity focused on Africa - can we say ideal job? I bet they need someone in the next two weeks... *glum look*

I am choosing to view this as positive reinforcement that I shall find a job after graduation.

Also? Fic. Lots of fic. Am buried under Enterprise fic at Trip/T'Polers. Not all of it good, it has to be said, but Fevered was sweet and sexy and somehow... IC? Is that even possible to judge when I've only seen season 1? But lovely nonetheless.

Also, over at ff.net, Syl makes a damn good showing on the Original Series front. I like "Kirk Ordered Another Beer" and "Summer Camp" (there's a sequel to that, but evidently not on ff.net. Anymore... *scowl*) muchly, despite their many and obvious flaws. Purely gen stories, they have a Kirk that seems, to me at least, very much IC (even though that Kirk is not one I always liked!). Also, baby!Kirk. Has to be good.

D'you ever get a yen for gen Star Trek stories? I mean really long, twisty, plotty novellas? I've been a member of the K/S Press on and off for several years, and whenever I borrow a zine, I invariably ask for slash (because I'm a whore, 'tis true), then regret it. I want more 'Price of the Phoenix', damnit! (yes, many people hate Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath. I am not one of them.) Slashy, but plotty and twisty as a pretzel. Also, quite a few of the earlier ST:TOS pro novels, especially those by Diane Duane, are uber-fun. Gen, plotty, great character work, and, also K's't'lk!! Officially the best glass spider ever.

There we are. Recs, in no order whatsoever. If you loved me, you'd write some fantastic ST:TOS gen novellas for me and the world. You know you want to.

To end, fun (!) question for the day. How can a feminist embrace the identity of 'Woman' in order to alleviate a problem/situation caused by androcentrism (i.e. patriarchy) if 'Woman' is an androcentric construct created by phallogocentric tools, i.e. language? Can the master's tools ever destroy the master's work?

Answers on a postcard...

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OMG- It was meant to be!

[dphearson.livejournal.com]

I want more 'Price of the Phoenix', damnit! (yes, many people hate Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath. I am not one of them.) Slashy, but plotty and twisty as a pretzel. Also, quite a few of the earlier ST:TOS pro novels, especially those by Diane Duane, are uber-fun.

I have all of those books, from high school! SQUEE!

And Diane Duane's understaed, elegant slash between Kirk and Spock is the standard I shoot for. Amazing stuff.

Re: OMG- It was meant to be!

[kangeiko]

I have to confess that Diane's books are the only Trek books I routinely carry around with me from house to house (still a student, I am somewhat nomadic). Oh, and "Dwellers in the Crucible", by Margaret Wander Bonnano. Who wrote slash complete with telepath!sex, and noone noticed.