misc recs

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My to-link bookmark folder has accumulated so many links that I have to scroll to get to the newest ones, which means it's time for a spring cleaning. I'm listing a bunch of them in this post to make space. These are all links I found interesting for one reason or other. I'm saving the longer fic for proper recs, but I'm listing a couple of shorter fics.

meta/politics
bossymarmalade: water, water, everywhere, so let's all have a drink

Water security is about more than just recycling your bottles. It's about all of the political constructions and environmental exploitation behind the big-water industry; it's about impoverished communities in South America being forced to pay for basic potable water; it's about rural India losing its watersheds to Coke-bottling plants; it's about the natural aquifers in the grainbelt of North America depleting at an alarming rate and becoming contaminated; it's about us being trained to view fresh water as a commodity that we should be paying exorbitant amounts for.

esorlehcar: Five Simple Ways Writers Can Make Readers' (and Reccers') Lives Drastically Easier
useful formatting tips for LiveJournal

Black hair, comics and you.
Overview of Black hairstyles, with descriptions and photo examples. Good resource for artists.

The Meatrix
For when you find yourself wondering if it's really worth shelling out a few more Euro/Dollars for organic meat. (Yes, it is.)


fic recs:
The Language of His Body by calicokat (nuTrek, Spock/Uhura)

15 Days by rheanna27
short but poignant Shrine fic

Customs (commentficlet, team, gen) by friendshipper

Five Kisses (commentficlet, Jennifer/various) by siriaeve


fanart:
Check out this fandomsecret. A+ typography

The Supernopoly!!! (SPN)