links for 2007-03-15

• Guardian | ‘I chose to be a civil rights warrior’
  Harry Belafonte enraged rightwingers when he branded Bush ‘the world’s greatest terrorist’. But that’s nothing new for him – the singer and actor has devoted most of his life to political activism.
  (tags: usa civil_rights music activism)
• Just leave them alone! | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited
  Great lives are not lived by women worrying at every moment about their hair and their weight and their alcohol intake. And, perhaps more importantly…great art of any variety is not made by colouring neatly within the lines.
  (tags: society gender)
• ‘Flora Segunda,’ by Ysabeau S. Wilce – Books – Review – New York Times
  (tags: books reviews)