This is super shallow, but I just really like the dreamwidth logo. It's so red and swirly and the D underlines the other letters, and every time I see it I go 'oooo I used to do that with my d's too.' Pretty!

I set up an openid thingy over there, and I feel sort of freeloader-ish. I don't really have any html knowledge, beyond 'look i can haz ( Read more... )

On Friday the 13th I made instant oatmeal for the first time ever. The packet it came in had quotations on it. One told me: "The art of conversation is heightened by silence and modesty ( Read more... )

In 1989, Marc Lepine walked into l'ecole Polytechnique in Montreal with a semi-automatic rifle and opened fire, killing 14 women and wounding 13 other engineering students. He did this because he believed feminists had ruined his life. He singled out women, lining them up against the wall and shooting them, moving from classroom to classroom before ( Read more... )

I'm writing an opinion piece on whether Elizabeth I of England can be called a feminist or not. I figured I should clearly define feminism. And here's where the confusion sets in. Google finds this definition from Nelson.com:

feminism: The belief that society is disadvantageous to women, systematically depriving them of individual choice, ( Read more... )

Um...here's the part where I frighten away every single person who has ever met me. I saw Stepford Wives tonight and my reaction...wasn't pretty. I've never seen the original, and I have no idea how I was supposed to react to the film. I'm pretty sure rage and tears of frustration weren't the reactions the writers were aiming for ( Read more... )

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