Some blog posts/articles regarding sexism/racism/privilege that made me feel good rather than depressed:

1. Regarding the sexual assault on Lisa Logan in Egypt, Journalist Nir Rosen's offensive jokes/remarks on twitter. And his subsequent apology: THIS, btw, is how public apologies for rape jokes/apologia should go.2. Have I mentioned how much I ( Read more... )

So, I'm super busy at work right now and don't have a moment to write up my thoughts and squee about the Toronto trip (yet) or the recs post I've been compiling links for (yet). I WILL get to these things, eventually, I promise!

BUT, a link to this New Yorker article arrived in my inbox today and whoa-- I didn't even know that Paul Haggis ( ( Read more... )

As good as I sometimes think I am with words, there's so much more that I hold back, hold in, that never falls on anyone's ears, whether they be listening ones or not. And normally -- in the way that I have of making it easier to talk about an issue by talking about something (somewhat loosely) related -- I'd babble about how amazing it is that we ( Read more... )

A mom blogs about her 5-year old son dressing up as Daphne (from Scooby Doo) for Halloween

Transgender George Washington player a fascinating, inspiring story

Please don't take the fanfiction survey. (This is from August 2009 and links are obsolete but the comm's response was lovely. ...and I don't even know how I actually got to this page in ( Read more... )

So. I started to do a search for some pictures of Duo with a scythe, and possibly bat wings... my search term was "duo scythe"... and this was the second result:

Duo jailed for scythe attack on ex-partnerA couple who were both high on drugs subjected a visitor to a terrifying ordeal, a court heard. Victim Adam Graves was asked to hand over ( Read more... )

A friend sent this article to me. It's great. You should read it: America the Illiterate.

Completely unrelated, and yet in keeping with this theme of pessimism, I had a conversation last night that made me kind of depressed unsure; insecure; vaguely embarrassed. Basically kind of crappy ( Read more... )

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Bill Mahr's Religulous. Trailer here. I didn't hear about this til today, and didn't know that it would be coming out this Friday. I'd go see it Friday, but rock band party at my house is happening, so that's a no-go. But I will see it this weekend instead. It's actually perfect timing -- finally, a movie I can go see with my mom because I ( Read more... )

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...by way of qwantz, I bring you:

"The Breeding Properties of M&Ms"http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/LETTERS/613186340Read more... )