(This is mostly a personal, rather than a political, post, despite the title.  And yes, I do realize how ironic/WTF/whatever it is to have Tyrion for an icon in a post about asexuality, but I found it slightly more fitting than the Magneto icon, so yeah ( Read more... )

Sort of stressed out right now.  Well, more like that thing that comes after stress when you can't actually be all "OHMYGAWDOHMYGAWD" anymore because you've been doing it too long and now you're just tired.  My job is good so far, at least (though I'd be happy if my boss didn't comment on my food issues ever again... it's not her fault that I'm so ( Read more... )

What were the writers thinking?  I am not exaggerating when I say that, by the end of this episode I was crying and shaking with rage.  I recognize that I may have some issues that are specific to me and my life that color my viewing here, but… really, even if you disregard the creepy medical stuff as an average viewer and see this as a ( Read more... )

--SPOILERS FOR HOMESTUCK AHEAD ( Read more... )

I hate the assumption that if I'm knitting or drawing or otherwise occupying my hands during something else, I'm not paying attention and being disrespectful. Umm... No. I actually pay better attention if I have something to do than if I'm just sitting there listening without it being a situation in which I can jump in and talk myself. NOT ( Read more... )

Or at least according to the people in this thread: http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_feminism/389577.html?thread=28904905#t28904905. Apparently, being asexual is the same as being straight, or at least always having straight privilege.

...Ladies and gentlemen,

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There are a number of things - belief systems, concepts, positions, etc. - that are okay if not a little bit questionable because of their potential use when brought up in real life, but then get misused to their full extent on the internet. One of these is moral relativism ( Read more... )