Interesting thoughts on asking for things by writer C.E. Murphy. Warning for Amanda Palmer. ;)

For me, asking is always fraught with peril. Because I tend to take "no" as a value judgement of myself - people don't want to help with whatever because they don't like me. And sometimes (perhaps not as often as it feels like), I do ask and am answered ( Read more... )

Originally posted by mizkit at Why is it wrong to be happy?

We caught the last 40 minutes or so of “Singing in the Rain” on TV the other night. A couple of things really struck me about Gene Kelly’s performance, his body language, and his actions.

The first bit that caught me was when they’re dubbing the vocals for the film-within-the-film. Debbie ( Read more... )

Originally posted by officialgaiman at A Letter from a Scared Actress.

http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/09/a-letter-from-scared-actress.html

posted by Neil

A few years ago, a message came in to this website on the FAQ line from a young actress from Georgia (the one from the former USSR, not the State with Atlanta in it) called Anna Gurji. She sent a link to her ( Read more... )

Originally posted by bialogue at BiNet USA Wins Over Google in Search Term Dispute
After a campaign by BiNet USA and bisexuals worldwide, Google has removed “bisexual” from its list of banned words.

Los Angeles CA, September 4th 2012 - BiNet USA is pleased to confirm that Google Inc. has unblocked the term “bisexual” from its search algorithm. Now that “ ( Read more... )

Originally posted by suitablyemoname at G20 Fallout: The Cops Screwed Up. Bigtime.
The National Post is carrying a summary of the Office of the Independent Police Review's report on policing at the Toronto G20, and it's a doozy:

Police violated civil rights, detained people illegally, and used excessive force during the G20 summit two years ago, a new report ( Read more... )

Originally posted by electricdruid at The fiasco continues


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Appropriate in the current political climate, I think...

Originally posted by jeffreyab at Remember:
On December 6th, 1989, at Ecole Polytechnique, these women were killed for being female ( Read more... )

Originally posted by nyxmidnight at Save the Internet. It's kind of a big deal.

PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

BoingBoing.Net -- The MPAA, RIAA, Hollywood knows that they have been flying in CEOs of as many companies as possible, recruiting people to get petition signups at malls in California, and here's the big point ( Read more... )

So, this article by Scott Adams is doing the rounds of my various online networks. It's fairly short, but in essence, what it's saying, is that society punishes men for being "what they are" when they are sexually offensive, instead of acknowledging that men are apparently "unrestrained horny animals" (Adams' quote, not mine ( Read more... )

So, there's a couple of links on my friendslist this morning regarding this article by Gina Bellafante in the New York Times Arts Beat section, in defence of her 'review' of the HBO series based on George R. R. Martin's book A Game of Thrones. Ms. Bellafante apparently received a lot of negative feedback to her article, spurred by her perception/ ( Read more... )