It being Friday night (well actually at this very moment it's now Saturday for me - but whatevs) I took myself out to dinner and a movie. Now, being as that I do this a lot (most Fridays), the only thing left for me to see in theatres (BKK only shows about 4-5 movies at a time) was Foxcatcher, which I had heard good reviews for and especially about ( Read more... )

Today I very officially told the people who need to know that I'm not staying in Thailand for a third year. This decision makes me inconsolably angry in ways that I can't hardly explain.( cut for general frustration and cathartic bitching )

This is an American Cultural Studies // Literary Theory rec-post. This is not - by any means - an all-inclusive list of the subject. In fact, it's pretty narrow in scope as my research in Uni focused primarily on the 19thC (why I'm writing a thesis on contemporary fandom is a question I still ask myself on a daily fucking basis because I do NOT ( Read more... )

I think I've been crying for about two hours ( Read more... )

Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing
by Margaret AtwoodThe world is full of women ( Read more... )

Okay ya'll - I went to an academic conference during my fandom hiatus. And it was great. ((News from the academia side of the aca-fan spectrum? everyone is a Dean Winchester stan. It's actually pretty cute.)) And my presentation went over really, really well --- like, people stopping me in the hallway for the rest of the conference to talk about ( Read more... )

If there is one thing you read today, please let it be stoney321's heart-wrenching post from this morning. And then shower it with love and love and love.

And then share it.

Warnings for frank talk of bullying, attempted suicide, homophobia, and overall ~sadness.

"And I want you to share this. Please link people here, if you do share. I feel that having a ( Read more... )

In which I have waay more feelings than is probably necessary OR even halfway normal about Dean Winchester, Beck Oliver, Noah Puckerman, and Nam Woohyun.

[This is a FEELINGS post about Boys OR: That moment when Kelsey takes away your Penis and then tells you what that means]

This is a post about BOYS. OR: That moment when Kelsey takes away your Penis and then tells you what that means

I would like to caveat this post first by saying - I’m only through about 8 episodes ( Read more... )

I just was wandering through the Internets and I discovered this gem @ marysue.com::
LUKE SKYWALKER
Here’s news that will drive the fan fiction world insane with glee: In early versions of the screenplay for the original Star Wars, Luke Skywalker was written as a girl named Starkiller. Oh yes.

"This was not an idea that lasted very long, along with ( Read more... )

Day One
Keynote Speaker> Cynthea Masson (possibly the sweetest person on the planet, btw)
“Break Out the Champagne, Pinocchio”: Angel and the Puppet Paradox

( So... Puppet Theory is a THING )