( Read more... )

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... )

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... )

Please read bookshop's post about a fantasy book and why changing its cover is that sort of insidious institutionalized racism/bias that I hope people can work to become more aware of, and protest/counteract ( Read more... )

Caught sight of a tweet by LKH re fanfic policy. In response, I replied with this (have not received any response...yet?). And couldn't help myself so I went to see her other tweets. I really should have known better because then I got to read this and though she doesn't agree with Gabaldon's analogies to criminals/rapists, she does feel ( Read more... )

From ravenwings_7's post on c6d_universe, she links to Diana Gabaldon's blog post about "Fan fiction and moral conundrums". In which Gabaldon states that she does not enjoy/appreciate/support fanfiction in any form and finds it to be not only illegal, but immoralAs one might expect, there are already over 350 comments arguing for or against her statements. So far (up to ( Read more... )

If you had a vague idea of seeing Premonition, do yourself a HUGE favor and DON'T.

Please don't read ahead if you're going to be offended by me throwing a few smallish stones at religion.

( SPOILERS ahead. Oh, but how I WISH I had been spoiled before wasting $7 and 2 hours (and most importantly, my brain power) on seeing this DISGUSTING movie. )

(Personally, my confidence in myself and my sexuality has increased dramatically since I got involved in this little community. Am I the only one who feels that way?) We get raunchy with each other for our own amusement, and if the men in our lives get off on it, fine, and if they don't, tough shit. Right?
I want to respond point by point to ( Read more... )