Late to the party in wishing Lena Horne a good journey - I particularly like this article on her passing, in which the divine Miss H demonstrates the proper response to an affront by a self-entitled bigoted asshole.

On a less sad note - oh poo, I missed Betty's White stint on SNL. Anyone know where I can watch it?

EDIT: Apparently the Facebook ( Read more... )

...in the first Christmas special wasn't in the episode. It goes to June Whitfield, in the Confidential:

( Cheeky lady! )

...I definitely am now.

Not only is Alexandra Moen in a quirky rock band, she wants to be called The Mistress, makes fun of her own dancing, and also tells us exactly what John Simm tastes like.

Many thanks to radioactivepiss for the link over at doctorwho!

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*waves Lucy Saxon fangirl flag high*

Is she married already? Don't know; we could make it work somehow.

From the author of the parkbench blog, here's the article she wrote today that precipitated my need for proposal. Shyness and social awkwardness doesn't necessarily always go with being a geek!girl, but good lordy Godiva, the two traits do seem to be all over each other like yin on ( Read more... )

kateorman recently posted a quote from donna jean troka regarding the acceptace differential between male-to-female drag (MTF; common) and female-to-male drag (FTM; much less common). and it got me to thinking.

( mah thorts )

much as i like the phrase 'stark bollocks naked', i have just realized it's a bit gender-discriminating. what can we call women when they find themselves unexpectedly bareassed...'stark rosebud naked'? 'stark labia naked ( Read more... )

you know how sometimes you read something that's so blindingly obvious you wonder how you ever could have missed it before; and, after reading it, you know you'll never look at things quite the same way again ( Read more... )

whatever else you may feel about michael jackson, or the excessive media coverage of his death?

if this doesn't rip your guts out, you have no soul.

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in the midst of all the unrest in iran and celebrities dropping like flies, there's one small news story that's not getting very much coverage lately. i hereby remedy this, if nowehere else than in my own blog:

12-year-old survivor speaks of yemenia crashthis girl's own father describes her as 'timid' and 'fragile' and barely able to swim...and ( Read more... )