If I've talked politics or religion with people for a while it's likely that I've let them know I'm a feminist. Some have found that fact surprising, and they usually proced to ask me why. Indeed, why am I a feminist? Simple. I believe women ought to have equal rights and equal standing in our society. Then they usually roll their eyes and say what ( Read more... )

I'm gonna go backwards in chronology with this post. Starting with yesterday. Or last evening to be specific. My friend M called and informed me that our RP scenario has been accepted by Fastaval - the Con we're writing it for. We attempted last year as well, and were in the group of 'finalists' that had written sufficiently good scenarios, but ( Read more... )

I am just reading on CNN.com that Kathy Griffin had her Emmy acceptance speech censored. Now, I don't know the lady, I've never seen the show she won the award for, heck, I seldom even watch award shows.

However, there's one thing that has always struck me the few times I did sit down to watch the Academy Awards, the Emmy, the Cannes festival you ( Read more... )

Going to my granma's birthday was something I wasn't exclusively looking forward to. It's not that I don't like her, goodness I love the old lady, but I intensely dislike the company of my entire family all at once. There are some who should never be allowed to stay in the same room for more than 20 minutes at a time ( Read more... )

If there's one thing I'm allergic to, it's when people try to pass off their emotions as factual arguments. Now, don't get me wrong, people may think and feel exactly as they please. But no one should ever start making generalising statements based on their own tastes ( Read more... )

It's over. Ungdomshuset is being torn down this very moment ( Read more... )

For some time there's been great debate concerning a house in the 'slummy' part of Copenhagen. For a few decades that house has been occupied by left-wing youth groups - some of them very extreme, and with the will to be violent. The house has been home to a sub-culture for decades. Björk has performed in the hall there, Nick Cave has ditto. It's ( Read more... )