So, yesterday, I read this tumblr post about feminism in YA lit (h/t to
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It's not perfect, not by a longshot. But it's something that is not eye-searingly painful:

LJ rolled out their new sitewide comments page in the middle of the night last night. This is the page you see if you have custom comment pages turned off -- like almost every RPer on LJ -- or if you're not logged in at all ( Read more... )

This is my best guess and will probably change a kajillion times before we know. Please don't laugh at my "Eureka!" moment if you've already figured it out; sometimes I'm slow. Feel free to poke holes in my theory if I'm missing something.

( Snipped for possible spoilers. I expect any comments will also be filled with spoilers. If you don't want to be spoilered, don't read. )

First of all, this in no way changes any of my previous entry about the way the article was framed, especially in regards to the victim-blaming that I still feel was very prevalent in the NY Times article. However, more information has come to light making the reporting more complex, as there are several more issues at play.

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An article describing the gang-rape of an 11 year old girl.

Some responses.

If you think that the way the article was framed was somehow NOT McKinley's fault, please read this. Hat tip to lyricaldiscord Alternately, you can read this article which deals with the same case.

And another entry explaining why victim-blaming = bullshit. Thanks to mindways for permission ( Read more... )

Tonight was a night for deep, painful, sometimes gut-wrenching conversations with people and during them a lot of stuff from my childhood came up. On the one hand, parts of my childhood were bright halcyon days of love and joy and friendship and family. On the other, many parts of my childhood were dark and upsetting, with more than a little ( Read more... )

So, touchthesoul linked to this blog on Facebook, where the author is reading the Hunger Games trilogy for the first time, completely blind. And his very first chapter review reminded me of something I'd thought of when I first read the trilogy and had forgotten, caught up with everything else.

There're these two throw-away lines:

Electrified or not, the ( Read more... )

(h/t) to ladyscience

NASA has found new life (on Earth). The coolest part? Its DNA uses arsenic, not phosphorus.

Check it out!

I just want one thing for Christmas this year. This.


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Fuck you, MA. Inna face.

H/T of blinding rage to quish for showing me this.

First of all, if this is your stance, now would not be an excellent time to engage me on it. Fair warning, yo ( Read more... )