In this society, physical attractiveness is the foundational criterion to determine someone’s self-worth; the more attractive one is, the more one is likely to be identified with positive markers, such as “goodness”, “Intelligence”, “leadership”, etc. It is for this reason that prospective parents are often teased by people praying the baby takes ( Read more... )

A month ago, my grandmother, the woman who raised me, passed away on Mother's Day.  She was a woman who was so very loved in her community, a woman who'd worn her husband's wedding ring, a husband who'd died thirty-seven years prior, until days before she made her transition.  She was from an era when more often women, irrespective of race, were ( Read more... )

Saying race has nothing to do with a significant amount of Obama criticism is the same thing as saying slavery had nothing to do with the Civil War.

Rep Walks Out on President.  Because he didn't like his "tone".

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oic

And folk in fandom think PoC are making this "tone argument" shit up.   Never mind the douchey congressman who is, unfortunately, from my state.

PFT.  These two just threw some intensely unfair shade on sane dissenters.  But I'm feeling quite snarky today b/c I'm getting ( Read more... )

As a primarily self-published author, I take on a lot of the responsibilities of a more mainstream publishing conglomerate. I have to, obviously, do my own writing; do my own editing (with some pitfalls, admittedly, because I cannot catch everything myself despite my best efforts); my own book covers; my own book pricing; and, most importantly, my ( Read more... )

According to NYT writer Katharine Q. Seelye, “Americans got a rare glimpse Wednesday night of what it means to have a black president in the Oval Office.” It’s not exactly clear what that quote means; but one could suppose she is saying Americans now have a president who will, if not put a spotlight on the elephant in the country that is racism, ( Read more... )

I definitely have more to say on the matter, but this Skip Gates thing is really pissing me off, especially since I should've known better and not read the comments. But I did. And next time I hear folk ranting about "Librul Massachusetts, I'll just lol and sip my sweet tea in Dixie Souf Cack.

How many "new" fans would be sweating Uhura if she weren't paired up with one of the two main leads?  I.e., if they'd made Movie!Uhura virtually identical to TOS!Uhura in that she did everything in the movie except shoot down Kirk or snog Captain Spock and instead writers had brought in an off-world/outside/not related to the core group woman (as ( Read more... )

Black is the new president, bitch ( Read more... )

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