1. Why, oh, why, oh, why do writers' festivals bring out the lunatics in such droves?

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You know what really winds me up? People reading fic so they can gloat over a woman not getting the guy because (OMG!) he turns out to fancy Sirius or Draco or whoever. And other assorted instances of misogyny and sexism in fandom - of which I've seen plenty recently, both in fic and in people's behaviour. It really disturbs me the way some ( Read more... )

It probably goes without saying that I love every word of JKR's testimony yesterday ("Yes, it was a lot of work. I remember doing it." *dies of love*).

It's great that there's all this information about the SVA/JKR trial. The Leaky Cauldron is reporting from the courtroom; fandom_wank has loads of links as usual.

But in the case of jkrtrialblog and the like ( Read more... )

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Still alive. Been out of hospital since Friday, and am OK if knackered, although my nose is still gently dripping blood and I CAN'T FUCKING BREATHE THROUGH IT. Hopefully this will rectify itself in the next few days.

( NHS rantage )