Just a quick follow up to this. This post carefully does NOT contain spoilers for Season 4. I've got my own reviews up and if you like you can go look at those if you want the specifics.

[It's a lot of fun! That's bad, right?]If my credentials actually matter to anyone, I'm a professor of Renaissance literature specializing in Shakespeare and theater history.  I don't think they should ( Read more... )

Ever After High.  Like Monster High, only with more additives and corn syrup.
[Video clip. Aw, geez.]

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So now everybody is in high school: monsters, ponies, fairy tale characters--what's next?  Do not answer that. I think this seems weird to me because high school was such a nightmare for me, but I guess cartoon high school is different ( Read more... )

She-Zow. A 12 year old boy gets to be a superhero with super strength.  Awesome, right?  Only he's a female superhero.

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(He turns into She-Zow when he holds the magic ring and shouts, "You go, girl!"  Kinda Shazam, only pinker ( Read more... )

It's time to Draw The Line on Reproductive Rights. Try clicking the link, checking it out, and signing the petition.

I try very, very, hard not to tell people what to do, and I'm not telling, I'm asking: if you care at all about having some kinds of reproductive choices:

--If you don't want some guy trailing around behind you asking if you are ( Read more... )

I tried to keep this short, as I ought to be in bed.

ONTD post on the complaints of awful behavior at a recent MLP convention: Accusations of racism and sexism at brony convention hit tumblr.

Behavior, of course, is indefensively, horribly bad, and partially reported on here.

Bronies unfortunately do have a bad rep and in many/some cases, it's richly ( Read more... )

Yes, it is a real thing. I have no thoughts other than "wut."

Let's start with Purity Bear, not to be confused with Sexual Harassment Panda. I know a disembodied bear talking to ME after a date would put me off.

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I'm not going to be too hard on these guys: it's supposed to be a student-made video, but there is no denying that it is very strange.

Here's my current obsession, other than teaching Milton and trying ( Read more... )

Have any of you had this problem yet?  I went to upload my latest chapter of SC Ren, only to find out that Slideshare has changed its rules.  Each presentation can only be 20 MB or less, or you pay $19.  Per month!  19 dollars a month ( Read more... )

I think my email has been hacked.  I keep getting bouncebacks from emails I did not send.  It's only one account, thank Gosh.  I'm not sure; I am on the phone with my internet company now. The problem SEEMS resolved.  I hope ( Read more... )

Sorry in advance for this, guys.  I know it is long, but this is too damned important to stick under a cut.

You might like to know about the Stop Internet Piracy Act, which is coming up for a vote soon.  Words can't express what a bad deal this is, but it can include shutting down whole sites if it has a link on it somewhere that might link to ( Read more... )