After I had dinner tonight I opened up my computer and I read things, bits and pieces that were linked on my reading list and network:

Thanks, But No Thanks by jedibuttercup
Star Trek; Rating: PG; 700 words; Focus: Nyota Uhura

Maybe one day he'll find something worth taking seriously, realize the way he treats female officers matters, and settle into an ( Read more... )

Mockingbird by
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Why Taylor Swift Offends Little Monsters, Feminists, and Weirdos is an excellent article about some of the more problematic aspects of the Taylor Swift package. I highly recommend it; it’s decently researched, raises some really good points, and has a highly amusing pictograph. It articulates a lot of what bothers me about Taylor Swift ( Read more... )

In Truth by mint-amaretto
Rating: NC-17
It's the Kirk/McCoy Dollhouse AU, and oh, it is brilliant and hard edged - and so much more interesting in many ways than the Dollhouse episodes I've seen so far. There's darkness in it, and truth. It's well-crafted and fascinating.

Five Times Jim Kirk Turned Down Propositions and Once When He Didn't by blcwriterRating: R ( Read more... )

I bring Star Trek Reboot recs. (Yay!)

You Spin Me Round by ImaginarySanity
Despite the emotionally compromise him line in the film and an awareness of years of fan history, I did not see the Kirk/Spock thing when I saw the film, not really. (Possibly this is because I was distracted by an overwhelming Kirk/Bones thing.) This vid, though, is ( Read more... )