So there's been a lovely kerfuffle going on this week, the simple summary of which is, Can you be a hot girl and a nerd?

Leaving aside the irritating use of "girl" to describe adult women, I haven't really had any commentary other than a side-eye.

I finally figured out my response, left as a comment on the above linked post.

Here it is. Ready?

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In my previous post, I linked to the Dragon*Con shenanigans.

The thing that I kept seeing in a lot of the comments were sentence fragments like, "I wasn't even showing much skin" or "I was totally covered" or "I had been wearing a far skimpier costume earlier..."

WHAT YOU WEAR DOES NOT EXCUSE SHITBAGGERY DIRECTED AT YOU BY OTHER HUMANS.It's ( Read more... )

( I figured out why I don't like River Song. Cut for potential spoilers. )

( River Song nattering. Spoilers for 5.04 in the comments, probably. )

I confess, I haven't seen an episode of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution ( Read more... )

Despite having two different containers of it, I forgot to put a deodorant in my gym bag this morning ( Read more... )

vito_excalibur's brilliant Open Source Women Back Each Other Up Program. And also, his link round-up.

synecdochic on Don't Be That Guy.

timjr on A Straight Geek Male's Guide To Interaction With Females.

( Red Stapler's Official Position on the OSBP )

Find it here.

Crazy McBatshit what hates Joss Whedon is at it again!

This time on Crazy McBatshit Presents: A RADFEM ANALYSIS OF "OUR MRS. REYNOLDS."

I hope your ::facepalm:: muscles are in good working order folks, cos they're about to GET A WORKOUT.

This week, on Red Stapler...

Find out which two panels are scheduled against each other, and why that really sucks!

No really, what gives?