I want to point at this yuletide kefluffle and sad face that it didn't happen two weeks ago. Because sleepfighter and I kept using the concept of "performative fandom" when we were talking about "The Limits of Online Fandom" at Yaoicon, and this is kind of a perfect example of how what one group of people can do in fandom is similar, but subtly different from another ( Read more... )

So I'm volunteering at Wild Iris Books, and I offered to start doing book reviews of feminist, queer, pagan or otherwise interesting books for their member-side blog.

My first review is up here: Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories

I keep forgetting to link this around:

It seems that any mention of a cause for fatness other than sitting on your ass eating McDonald’s all day is seen as an “excuse.” “Stop playing the victim; you choose to be fat.”

You know what? Maybe I do choose to be fat.

Read the rest at: Maybe it *is* a choice after all.

In other news, Big Fat Blog is ( Read more... )