Delicious LiveJournal Links for 8-23-2009

• Don't you think she's a little bit young?
  Stephanie Sinclair travelled around rural Afghanistan photographing child brides in 2003. She returned with a series of moving, upsetting portraits of terrified adolescents born into a world of misogynistic duties and suicidal despair.
  (tags: feminism afghanistan marriage religion culture society)

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I just had a moment where I wanted to take a photo and send it back in time to my teenage self.

I'd write on the back "Don't worry, everything will be fine. Eventually you'll get to do this."

Happily Rushed Off My Feet

I've had a great weekend, due to a variety of lovely people at my birthday meal, fun board games on Saturday (won two games of Robo Rally, lost two games of Railroad Tycoon), Mike being up, dancing at Absynth, and Andrew Maxwell this evening.

I've also not had any time to myself since, ooh, Wednesday.  Nor, what with Julie moving in on Friday, am I likely to have any until September (and that's not an exaggeration).  I have 58 emails backed up in my inbox, I'm double booked in work tomorrow by different high priority discussions I'm involved in, and I hope none of you are expecting to see me soon :->

Roll on September, when I have so far managed to book myself in for _nothing at all*_...

*Julie just reminded me that I am actually booked in for Simon's birthday and Storm's leaving do.  I'm sure there's more too :->