I am seriously now officially glad to have been banned from there for protesting some of their other content earlier ( Read more... )

it is upsettingly full of surprise sexism ( Read more... )

The recent return of kitschy-quirky old-fashioned pop is making me quite happy. There's Mika, of course, there's stuff like Lily Allen (not a huge fan, but she goes in this category), but the latest thing I listened to that I really enjoyed was "We Are The Pipettes," by, well, The Pipettes. Hook-crazy songs that recall the girl groups of the 60s ( Read more... )

I know, I know, exciting subject line, huh? Well, it's either more Mika (he shot his next music video yesterday!) or this.

Anyway, even though I am primarily focused on British Victorian fiction (and we can see from my latest posts that I do so love the British--and why yes, I am comparing my fascination with British pop to my literary studies, ( Read more... )

This is my new top upsettedness thing. It used to be lgbtq rights in general, focusing on homophobia as applied to the good ole steady gays and lesbians and perhaps bisexuals, but happily most people I run into now seem to be past that. So now transphobia is beginning to be my issue of concern. It is also my current biggest Dating Yardstick ( ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about men and feminism lately. Now, I'm not one of those people who don't think that men can be feminists, and in fact I know a number of men who I'd consider very strong feminists. But I think in order to be feminists, men need to be comfortable with women. (Not necessarily relationships, but with interacting with women in ( Read more... )

I haven't really been feeling like being online much lately, for various reasons. However, I keep thinking up things that I want to make into posts, and then dismissing them, and that's annoying. So this is going to be an attempt to at least write up some of those things.

I spent Tuesday and Wednesday with my lovely cousin dangermousie (whose birthday it is ( Read more... )

I am really hating the Axe body spray commercials. I know they are being really sexist on purpose, and they think it's cute, and maybe it's "tongue-in-cheek," but no. I am this close to going out and trying to find a store that has samples of it, so I can find out how it smells and strenuously avoid anyone wearing it.I'm not even going to mention ( Read more... )

Well, it is the February of the fourteenth, so I suppose I should be wishing everyone a happy Valentine's Day, as I'm sure everyone else on your friends page will do ( Read more... )

I feel once again motivated to sing the praises of one of the most complicated and brilliant anime I know to all those interested in gender dynamics or feminism or just good mindfucks with a dose or Barbie pink surrealism: Revolutionary Girl Utena. It's based partly on a deconstruction of "magical girl" shows like Sailor Moon, and it also takes ( Read more... )