Hi, gang. I've added an article about feminist poet Halima
Xudoyberdiyeva<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halima_Xudoyberdiyeva>,
who has been awarded the title People's Poet of Uzbekistan. Then I linked
from the article to a translation of her feminist poem "Sacred Woman."

Well, OK, I translated it, but it hadn't been translated yet and somebody
had to. Honestly I don't make a habit of linking to my external pages. This
was the one and only time in article space, I promise. At least I wasn't
citing myself. I also linked from a title in Halima's bibliography to the
article on the ancient warrior queen Tomyris, who the poem was about.

Otherwise, I've joined the Typo Team and have adopted some typos as my very
own: *breats, thights, Ghandi*, and the perennial its/it's distinction.
These days I'm putting most of my time and energy into a subject dear to my
heart, American Indian languages. I created and have been filling in the
sections on 
Ohio<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_place_names_in_the_United_States_of_Native_American_origin#Ohio>and
Pennsylvania<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_place_names_in_the_United_States_of_Native_American_origin#Pennsylvania>'s
Native American place names.

I also had adopted Kateri Tekakwitha, because I was looking to help edit
American Indian women's history, and because when I first looked at her
article it had blatant, gross vandalism that had been there for years! Once
I cleaned it up the vandals began returning, so I kept after it, month
after month. Then it seems she was scheduled for canonization this year, so
for months now a bevy of Catholic activists has been pouring in lots of
Catholic theology and hagiography which I am not suited to contribute to,
so I was content with giving the Mohawk pronunciation in IPA and left
confident that she's safe from vandals now.

I linked from Genya Ravan to a *Bitch* magazine article on her career as a
feminist pioneer in rock music. I check in on my friend Asma Barlas every
so often to make sure what they're saying about her is accurate.

J.Hy
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I have been woman
for a long time
beware my smile

--Audre Lorde
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