(Originally posted at my site, lindseysjohnson.com)

It's another rantypants post, aren't you lucky. I'm feeling all the ranty feels about this one, so enjoy.

There’s a particular meme going around social media at the moment that infuriates me, because it is sexist and ageist and so very palpably trying to pretend to be intellectually vigorous, but ( Read more... )

There's a hashtag going around on Twitter - #undercovered - for women writers people think aren't covered or reviewed enough, are ignored in the book blogging and reporting world. I don't read huge numbers of reviews, so I can't tell you who is and is not getting reviewed. But it is true that writers who are women tend to get fewer reviews, smaller ( Read more... )

So there's this "10 things I did that y'all didn't" meme going around, that I shall start off my 2011 posts with, because 1) I am too lame to think of an appropriate year end/beginning post on my own at the moment, and 2) I am such a copycat. Also it's too late for resolutions and rememberances [sic] because I missed the popular dates to do that, ( Read more... )

OK, it's time for a meme-thing. I've been tagged in this meme, but as per usual, I shall not tag-on, because I don't tag these things. Why? I'm just ornery that way, I suppose. And also, being me, I'm not listing these as THE MOSTEST BESTEST  PERFECTEST ALBUMS  IN TEH  HISTORY OF MUSIC EVAH because I have trouble picking out my favorite shoes, much ( Read more... )

I've been giving out book recommendations rather a lot lately, and I thought it might be useful to post some thoughts about some of the books I've been reading lately. Mostly because hey, I'm avoiding laundry right now, and it seems like a good way to do that and still look productive. I'm not going to do full-on reviews because I'm not confident ( Read more... )

There's a 15 books in 15 minutes meme going around facebook (and here, some) that I think I'll torque and use in my own, aimless fashion. Because I can, and because I really don't think I can wrap my brain around only 15 books that will always stick with me. I have more than 15 that I re-read every year, and there are many that I re-read every ( Read more... )

As a random follow-up to the previous random memage ( Read more... )

Random memage for your Tuesday:

(1) Turn on your MP3 player. (2) Go to SHUFFLE songs mode. (3) Write down the first 30 songs that come up--song title and artist. Let us all be weird and wacky and music lovers together.

1. Bring it Back Again - Stray Cats
2. Shines Right Through Me - Great Big Sea
3. The Circus - Erasure
4. Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkle
5. Dead Man’s ( Read more... )

In lieu of posting anything of interest, I thought I'd take part in memage. Meh, why not. But I'm adapting it to my own randomosity. Because I can.

Going to Google, typing in [your name] is, or needs, or looks like, or does, or eats, or whatever seems fun. Post the interesting bits somewhere other people can point and laugh at you. Corollary: waste ( Read more... )

Memage - I've seen this floating around, and it looked like a fun distraction. Feel free to join in if you wanna.

1. Put your iTunes/MP3 Player on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS! ALMIGHTY BRAGI COMPELS YOU! (whoever that is, and however ( Read more... )