I had planned to watch all available episodes of The Newsroom before I panned made up my mind about it, but four episodes in and I actually can't take it anymore.


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As of an hour and a half into episode 2x6 of Downton Abbey, THIS SHOW IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST.

Who's up for a Sunday night episode review/rant? Sherlock 2x1 is some low-hanging-goddamn fruit, but fuck it, I'm cranky.

( possibly skip this if you like this show! or standard punctuation! or not stabbing a fork through your eyes! )

So, we are all up to speed on thingswithwings’ phenomenal Man Pain vid and post? Well worth a watch/read but be warned of spoilers for pretty much everything ever.

It’s one of those wonderfully thought-provoking dark humor/righteous anger pieces, and it crystallized a whole set of my reactions to Man Pain itself, and other peoples’ reactions to ( Read more... )

This is why I can't have nice things have Anger Issues don't stray outside of my f-list.

I blame myself, really. I should've known better to click on a link that read "The Search for Spike's Balls." I did have a moment where I realized just how terrible a mistake reading it would be, and then I thought the following thought:

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When I started my long massive 30 Days document, I was sure I wanted Day 30 to feature great female characters that I love having feminist moments (or, in the cases of Amy and CJ, FEMINIST LIVES), and I am so excited at how the discussion is turning out so far. Originally, I was also hoping to do a supplemental post on feminist quotes from male ( Read more... )

The murder of Ellen made me furious and stuck with me for a long time. And it’s not that I needed a reason per se to be pissed about this (because, and not to put too fine a point on this: murder), but it sat differently than even the most an egregious case of fridging would have. I mean, I know I’ve gotten a bit tiresome on the tactical non- ( Read more... )