Originally posted by electricdruid at The fiasco continues


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So, yesterday, I read this tumblr post about feminism in YA lit (h/t to
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First of all, I'm feeling much better from yesterday. I greatly appreciated all the words of support and understanding from you guys. Seriously, thank you ( Read more... )

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.

BUT LET'S BE CLEAR. ( Read more... )

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... )

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... )

*Just a warning to all of my lovely readers out there. If I hear you whining about how hard it is being white, I will have to throttle down my desire to punch you repeatedly in the face. Alternately, I will just throttle you. Ditto with how tough straight people have it, how it isn't fair that all the good parking spaces have handicapped markers, ( Read more... )

All right, so status update on my Captain: we're seeing much improvement. He's active (by which I mean 'bad'), is eating and using the litterbox with decent regularity (also, this whole episode has found me unnaturally concerned and/or excited by what my cat does in the litter box, why does every illness in this house leave me talking about bowel ( Read more... )

...You know me, right? Silent isn't what I do ( Read more... )

So, for my birthday, in addition to several gifts from various awesome people, I got to go to the doctor and get my yearly physical. Everything was going well--basically, I'm not sick with anything new or as-yet-undiscovered--until she glanced down at my sheet and asked me if I remembered when the last time I got my DTap shot. My answer was "Uhhh ( Read more... )