FFS. Things that drive me mad in fandom: when people assume the only reason you disagree with them is because you identify with a character or ship a pairing. Particularly since I very rarely identify with characters at all; Faith from Buffy is the only one I can think of for any of my fandoms. (Pansy kinda-sorta in the last couple of years from HP ( Read more... )

( my reaction to the finale of White Collar accurately be summed up as )

So I have reached a milestone in my career as a teacher: the first time I hated a student ( Read more... )

Bloke saw me checking bus timetable as I got off my bus at 2am, asked what I was looking for. I replied I was fine in the tone that the women reading this will definitely recognise: friendly because probably dude is harmless, polite because maybe he isn't, final because no more of this interaction please.

( cut due to some unfun scary stuff, though I am unharmed )

So a couple of days ago I got this review on ff.net of my fic Respect Your Elders, that I’ve only just looked at. It consists of one line:

Lovely story, but I was under the impression that Shapinglight from LJ wrote it.


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1. If you have an AO3 account, please go and fill in the AO3 census! It took me less than five minutes and definitely won’t take you more than ten. It’d be interesting - plus there is always very little demographic data on fandom and the stuff we have is all pretty old. So do fill it in!

( cut for a small rant, Legend of Korra, what I’m reading, and a plea for help with a title )

1. My university’s feminism discussion group is having a fail again as regards hip-hop and misogyny. I shouldn’t be surprised; our discussion of "Monster" by Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Jay-Z et al (TW for that video: sexualised dead women like WHOA) was the first time I got in a Facebook fight because BLOODY HELL. That is a shocking video and I think ( Read more... )

FYI: as ever am open for discussion and disagreement; I will still like you! But I will probably explain why I disagree, so.


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I just started a book called God Is Not One by Stephen Prothero. So far it's excellent, but it just cited Winston Churchill as an example of someone who was influential and great, and also good. Which lit the blue touchpaper.

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White Collar, I wish I knew how to quit you.

Last week was a glorious pile of madness and poly sub text and El being awesome. And now [cut for spoilers] we have the U-boat being described as Alex's "birthright"? REALLY?

White Collar, I would remind you that Alex Hunter's grandfather was a NAZI. That is why he was on the NAZI submarine. That art and treasure does ( Read more... )