Nothing new, but I've been following this almost against my will without much comment anywhere. I dunno how much you guys have been following the situation; I've seen surprisingly little about it in LJ in general (maybe I hang in the wrong circles?), and I just read a bit more elsewhere and am feeling all "WTF is wrong with the world"y, so I ( Read more... )

I've been talking a lot with people lately about how incredibly tired I am of angst in entertainment. So I think I'll expand upon that.

I feel like the trend right now is to make the characters as miserable as possible in lieu of actual characterization.

-The new series of Doctor Who is made almost entirely of angst, with angsty glue ( Read more... )

I got into a discussion about the publishing industry on a tiny board I belong to. They were talking about spin-off novels of the original book series the board is dedicated to. I imparted, uh, "wisdom" that for some reason isn't public knowledge, so I'm posting it here, even though I think most of you know this ( Read more... )

Dear random fashion advice columnists:

Why do you assume that, since I'm "pear-shaped" like the majority of women are, I want to minimize my hips? I like my ghetto booty and "child-bearing hips" (which despite the moniker are chiefly decorative, I hasten to add). See, I actually have no desire to have the build of a twelve-year-old anorexic boy ( Read more... )