In the past few days, I have read a lot of very thought-provoking meta on a number of different subjects. I was discussing some of it with beautiful_rain_ this evening, and I thought it might be a good idea to post links to some of what I had read, since obviously the OPs can explain their arguments much better than I can.

Vengeance is Thine: Authorized Cruelty ( Read more... )

Well. Now that classes are done, and so is much of my work (I have a 15-20 page paper due Wednesday, but since it's on weddings in Buffy, I'm, like, not even worried, despite not having started it, or even really started research on it), I have gotten all excited about summer movies. Clips of the Pirates soundtrack are online, and they fill me ( Read more... )

I actually really like Titanic. I know it's all in vogue to hate it, but I think it's a good movie. It's funny and cute and really, really sad, it's a gorgeous period piece, and it has incredible music. Granted, mass tragedy is a cheap emotional trick, but it's so much better than using mass tragedy cheap emotional tricks that have political ( Read more... )