These are my links for October 13th through October 17th:

• [toread] Imperial Leisure: Death To The One Trick Pony | PledgeMusic –
  tags: none
• Tiger Beatdown › On Blogging, Threats, and Silence – Content note: This post includes excerpts of threats and abusive language.
  tags: blogging feminism
• On being harassed: a little GF history and some current events | Geek Feminism Blog – What you’ll see there, if you brave the comment threads, are lots of attempts at derailing and 101 style conversations. For the most part, I deleted the particularly vile stuff, but you can bet there was some. After dealing with those comment threads, and those on subsequent related blog posts, I decided to create the GF blog. I wanted a group blog where, when I was exhausted by it all, I could get help from my co-bloggers.
  tags: blog blogging feminism
• [toread] It’s 2011 — Why Is God Still Involved In American Politics? | Belief | AlterNet –
  tags: politics religion gods secular church state
• Female Super-Hero Characters and Sex: Creators Explain How Comics Can Do Better – ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews – There has been a lot of discussion — and controversy — recently about the presence of women in super-hero comics, both in terms of the relative lack of female creators and the problematic way that female characters are sometimes represented. We've heard numerous fans and professionals hashing out the issue, and asking what mainstream comics can do to improve the way female characters are written and drawn.
  tags: comics women superheroes sex sexism male_gaze