{"id":9369,"date":"2012-01-13T08:50:39","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T08:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.badreputation.org.uk\/?p=9369"},"modified":"2012-01-13T08:50:39","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T08:50:39","slug":"friday-linkpost-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badreputation.org.uk\/2012\/01\/13\/friday-linkpost-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday
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<p>Welcome to the first Friday Linkpost of 2012!<\/p>\n</p>
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  \n
  <li>
    <strong
      ><a
      href=\"http:\/\/www.jimchines.com\/2012\/01\/striking-a-pose\/\">Author
      Jim C Hines tries out some female poses from fantasy fiction cover
      art<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; and discovers that bodies don&#8217;t work like
      that.<\/li>\n
      <li>
        Which doesn&#8217;t surprise anyone, because
        <strong
          >Ils<\/strong> at
          <strong
            >Justsayins<\/strong> is a martial-artist AND contortionist, and <a
            href=\"http:\/\/justsayins.tumblr.com\/post\/14957660366\/this-needs-to-stop-and-let-me-tell-you-why\"><strong
              >she can&#8217;t do the poses either<\/strong><\/a>. (Her reply
              post is <a
              href=\"http:\/\/justsayins.tumblr.com\/post\/15063906958\/its-funny\">well
              worth reading too<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
              <p>
                Some follow-up links to previous items now, as
                <strong
                  >Lego<\/strong>&#8216;s disastrous decision to make <A
                  href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/magazine\/lego-is-for-girls-12142011.html\">pastel-themed
                  and differently-sized Lego just for girls<\/a> has brought out
                  a whole load of customisation from people who want to give
                  them back an adventuring, building, exciting Lego
                  experience.<\/p>\n
                  <ul>
                    \n
                    <li>
                      This <a
                      href=\"http:\/\/superpunch.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/more-fun-with-lego-for-girls.html\"><strong
                        >Badass Retro Aviator<\/strong><\/a> by
                        <strong
                          >Nathaniel Brill<\/strong> made us very happy!<\/li>\n
                          <li>
                            And <a
                            href=\"http:\/\/margotmagowan.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/04\/letter-from-14-yr-old-girl-to-lego\/\"
                            \/><strong
                              >AWESOME 14 year-old Ann Garth<\/strong><\/a>
                              wrote to Lego to complain.<\/li>\n
                              <li>
                                We also posted before on <a
                                href=\"http:\/\/www.badreputation.org.uk\/2011\/09\/27\/found-feminism-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic\/\">the
                                Brony phenomenon<\/a>, where guys of all ages
                                are becoming fans of
                                <strong
                                  >My Little Pony &#8211; Friendship is
                                  Magic<\/strong>, and now
                                  <strong
                                    >Jonny Sims <a
                                    href=\"http:\/\/jonnysopiumden.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/21\/bronies\/\">suspects
                                    he&#8217;s cracked exactly why it&#8217;s
                                    happening&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
                                    <li>
                                      And finally,
                                      <strong
                                        ><a
                                        href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fat-Ladies-Spaaaaace-body-positive-coloring\/dp\/1463786832\">Fat
                                        Ladies In Spaaaaace!<\/strong><\/a> is
                                        the title of a children&#8217;s
                                        colouring-book, showing &#8220;<em
                                          >Eighteen fat sci-fi heroines doing
                                          what they do best: trekking across the
                                          time and space, blasting off into
                                          adventure, and saving the
                                          day.<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div
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