NaNo updates (plus a bonus rant)

[ladyhadhafang]

Got 10,087 words today. Also on the duel with Dooku. Doing pretty well, I think, considering the circumstances. Pretty tired right now, but relatively satisfied.

Also, a bit of a ramble, based on one post that I read (thanks to a recommendation by fangirlblog). I don't know how qualified I am to really talk about this (and I doubt I can be as

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[elizabeth_hoot]

Ugh, I remember when that happened. It's really gross.

I mean, okay. I'm twenty-six and I live virtually on-campus, next to a fraternity, at a university with 30,000 students. Lots of other people hang out at our campus, too - the campus police recently stopped an attempted rape here where neither the perpetrator of the victim were students. Rape is not all that rare in these circumstances and something that, I think, it's sensible to consider when you're deciding whether to take that late-night capstone project across the river or go out drinking with a group of friends you don't know all that well. (Neither is a necessarily bad choice, you just have to weigh the risks - I did take the capstone project.) That's one thing.

The idea that rape is some defining experience of womanhood, however, is a totally different thing and extremely offensive to virtually everyone. "Woman" and "rape victim" are not actually interchangeable words. Nobody's saying people shouldn't write about it ever, just not for the cheap shock/horror/grimdark "realism" points.

[ladyhadhafang]

Oh sweet Jesus, that has to be terrifying. 0.0.

And seriously, this. So very much.