So I'm reading this little blurb about how Cobie Smulders' now husband introduced her to comic books when I happen upon this line:

"[Smulders] plays feisty Shield agent Maria Hill in Joss Whedon's comic book blockbuster Avengers Assemble."

Can you spot the problem, here? The problem, the word that my brain catches on and balks at is "feisty"" ( Read more... )

I'm feeling unbearably overwhelmed and sad, this morning. Not because of personal issues - or not just personal issues - but because I've spent the last half hour or so reading posts on We Are the 99%. Page after page of the same story: Good, ordinary people who have done everything right, worked hard, and made sacrifices, only to find their lives ( Read more... )

So, in 1976, the year of the US Bicentennial, high school students in Grand Prairie, Texas wrote letters to the people of 2076, 100 years in the future. Read it, see what they have to say, and then I have some thoughts ( Read more... )

So, this guy said some dumb stuff about women writers, which you don't really need to read because it's dumb, but then we get fun stuff like a quiz to see if you can guess a writer's gender or a computer program that calculates an author's gender based on a selection of text. It's pretty sure I'm a dude.

In mostly unrelated news, I saw X-Men: ( Read more... )

I have successfully moved out of my apartment. Huzzah! Actually, I moved out of my apartment last Thursday, but then I had a weekend with my ENTIRE FAMILY, so I only just now got everything out of my car and tucked away in my parents' house. I'm effectively going to be living out of my suitcase until July, when I put everything back in the car and ( Read more... )

Feeling a bit better, but still kind of blah. Still taking drabble requests (did a lovely Doctor/TARDIS one for
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The semester is FINALLY over and I'm DONE with grad school. Of course, I won't actually believe it until I have that little piece of paper in my hands, but still. Unfortunately, it also doesn't mean I've been any less busy, I'm just busy with other things. There's also some... confusion about when I'll actually be able to move. Our landlord gave us ( Read more... )

The photo project continues!
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This morning, I found out that Unilever, the company that makes Dove cosmetic products, also makes Axe. I've been kind of hesitant about Dove since I learned they make a skin lightening cream, specifically marketed toward Indian women, which is ironically part of their "Campaign for Real Beauty". Knowing that Unilever is also responsible for the ( Read more... )

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