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dorian_is_i Jul 11, 2020 12:34

So, here's how this works [and this post, FYI, is sticky and therefore ALWAYS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE]: About half of my journal is personal, and therefore friendslocked. The other half is more anti-oppression focused, and can be read (and commented on) by anyone ( Read more... )

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ

dorian_is_i Mar 04, 2010 19:36

So, I know I never post on here anymore. But LJ has done something HUGE and FUCKED-UP, and you should be aware of it.

Here are the details. To make a long story short, they have subscribed to a service that finds certain keywords in links ("Buy" and "free" are two that have been noticed) and causes those links to redirect to certain commercial ( Read more... )

psa, lj fail

So, I was erased in Sociology today!

dorian_is_i Jan 14, 2010 17:49

FUN TIMES. What happened was this: she was talking about how suicide rates tend to increase in societies undergoing rapid/significant change. As an example, she mentioned the high rates in Aboriginal communities, and how First Nations culture in Canada (and the US) has been changing significantly pretty much ever since "we" came over and started ( Read more... )

Métis Stuff, erasure, school, personal, marginalization

Just something I've noticed

dorian_is_i Jan 13, 2010 08:21

So, I just started class again yesterday. Which means I've been spending a lot of time looking at course outlines. And (as the title to this post implies) I've noticed something. It's a seemingly insignificant thing, but I actually find it really interesting. It's just a little word string that crops up over and over again in the syllabuses for ( Read more... )

canadianity, school, marginalization

For once, an interesting writer's block question.

dorian_is_i Jan 07, 2010 17:37

feminism, writer's block, trust, rant, respect, accountability, anti-oppression

In the Next Room or the vibrator play

dorian_is_i Dec 31, 2009 09:27

So, yesterday, I went to NYC for the day! I met up with givesmevoice and riot_cabaret, and we ended up seeing (after abortive attempts at Ragtime and Finian's Rainbow) In the Next RoomAnd you know what? I'm glad we did. Because it was excellent. It takes place at the dawn of the electric age, and centers on a young mother and her husband, a doctor who treats hysteria ( Read more... )

travel, new york city, review, sarah ruhl, theatre

A real post!

dorian_is_i Dec 16, 2009 10:33

But not a new one, exactly. I'm putting together a portfolio of work I did for my theatre historical studies class, and I realized I really like the comparison I did of Ibsen's Nora Helmer and Hedda Gabler [from, respectively, A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler. Thus, I am reproducing it here, for your pleasure ( Read more... )

sexism, school, housewifery, theatre

I Don't Know

dorian_is_i Dec 01, 2009 15:30

So, for those who aren't aware, I'm really indecisive. Sometimes it's not too bad, but more often than not, when someone asks me to make a choice, I freeze up. Even if it's something as simple as "Where would you like to go for lunch?" or "which colour of this do you like better?", I can't do it.

So, when I defer the choice to you, fucking choose ( Read more... )

weird stuff i do, courtesy, personal, rant, mental

PhilFail '09 [trigger warning: mildly homophobic language quoted]

dorian_is_i Nov 17, 2009 21:44

You know what's really flat-out unpleasant? When you find yourself so unsafe-feeling in a classroom environment that you have to leave. You know what's never happened to me before today? Exactly that ( Read more... )

personal, trust, rant, unsafe spaces, triggers, accountability, homophobia

On teeth and tragedy.

dorian_is_i Nov 16, 2009 20:06

This post is not going to be that interesting to most people, I think. I'm ranting about my teeth. And the University of Guelph health plan. And my brain, a bit later. SO BE WARNED.

( Here we go... )

personal, rant, failstorm, health care, mental