I have a new apartment! Very excited about that, will update with more soon. But first I've let too much time go by again and I want to share a bunch of links. Today on the list: DADT ends! Dan Savage's readers are idiots! Shocking news: people with disabilities are the ones who know what's the best for them! La France se rend compte que la ( Read more... )

Vanessa Hudgens on the whole naked pics thing:

"It's just really unfortunate, and to this day people hate me for it, but it's not like I chose to put that out there in the world, you know? It's so aggravating and frustrating, and whenever anybody asks me, would I do nudity in a film, if I say that it's something I'm not comfortable with, they're ( Read more... )

La justice refuse d'établir un lien de parenté entre Antoine, né sous X, et ses grands-parents biologiquesSummary of the article - French law allows women to give birth anonymously, meaning their name does not appear on any legal document or certificate, including the child's birth certificate. Filiation is thus not established ( Read more... )

Today is International Day Against Homophobia, which I really wish was Int'l Day Against Heterosexism but that's probably a little too much to ask for.

Comic is in French but I liked it a lot: Superman contre l'homophobie. Some of the other comics I saw were a little problematic imho, but I like the message in this one ( Read more... )

I'm still trying to get over my doubts from yesterday and the nervousness I feel because I think the project is turning into something very different from what I'd originally imagined in my head. I just need to convince myself that it's ok and I'll figure out the lit review and everything later. Basically originally I was interested broadly in how ( Read more... )

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Why do all things awesome always happen at the same time?

Vancouver's Can't Stop the Serenity screening is June 27, the Saturday after I get back. I REALLY want to go because it's Serenity + Dr. Horrible in the company of awesome Whedon fans and it's all for really great charities ( Read more... )

Don't have time to work on my paper before I go out to lunch, so I wanted to share a few important links:

LJ comm rahmbamarama has been having an interesting and very necessary discussion about racism (and other forms of privilege). The original post itself contains a number of useful and important links for anyone looking to educate themselves about white ( Read more... )

A few links I've been meaning to post:

- French interview with José Bové "L'écologie n'est pas compatible avec le capitalisme".

- Still in French, on dubbing and fan subtitling: L'aversion originale des studios.

- Hamlet: Facebook edition

- Dr. Horrible: Facebook edition

- An update on Dollhouse Season 2, what we know at the moment ( Read more... )

I really should be working, but I've been following news article for the past few days waiting for a right moment to post and I'm finally doing it now because 1) the stories are probably going to become confusing and 2) I'm afraid I'm going to start confusing New England states ( Read more... )