Happy Anniversary of the Glorious People's Republic of Treacle Mine Road! Likewise, Happy Geek Pride Day and Happy Towel Day!


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I've seen a number of interesting and amusing links today on my friends-list, so I'm going to post the links of the ones I liked best.

Shakespeare's Sister/Shakesville is offering opportunities to network and find jobs. This post explains how it works.

The above blog also has a great article about bad messages from good movies, and problematic ( Read more... )

Dear Author Explains Why Amazon's Explanation is No Explanation At All.

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I didn't say anything yesterday because a) it was Easter and I was waiting for more people to be back from their holidays and b) because I was doing a lot of research yesterday, much of it to do with what books were showing up on ratings and which weren't. And, of course, posting in various places about how I feel ( Read more... )

Dora the Explorer No More?

Excerpt:

The original Dora the Explorer was an adventuresome girl who appealed to kids regardless of gender. She first aired on television in 1999 and is known for loving baseball and her untraditional pet monkey Boots. She's an outdoorsy girl who wears shorts and is always exploring ( Read more... )

To all those who believe in feminism--and ginmar, I am looking at you--go here and answer tinydasha's question:

Why do YOU believe there is still a vital need for feminism?

ani_bester mentioned that this piece of tripe was left on another artist's DA front page:

(not being sexest but according to scientific studies most females dont devolpe artistic abilities in drawing or creativity ) ...Obviously this person is deeply creative. Just look at the way he spells "sexist" and "develop." However, rather than argue the relative ( Read more... )

In case anyone, after reading about H.R. 552, still has any doubts about this administration's attitude toward women, especially educated ones, read this:

BUSH LEAGUE
(Excerpted from Judging W's Heart, a November 1, 2000 article by Jake Tapper on Salon.com ( Read more... )

Now, this--H.R.552--is asshattery on a spectacular level:

A bill proposed to extend all protections of the Fourteenth Amendment to the 'preborn' from the moment of conception.Go on. Click the links. I'll wait ( Read more... )