I love this ad campaign.  I've worked with so many young women who really begin to struggle around the middle school age that I felt compelled to share this.  If you haven't seen it, don't be fooled by the "tampon commercial" statement.  It is sponsored by Always, but is not a tampon commercial. :)

Girls Are Awesome

Being a stranger in this unexpected fandom...

A few weeks back I ventured out from my corner of cyberspace and toed my way through some Criminal Mind fanfiction.  Because it doesn't happen often, and it's not likely to happen again for a while, I thought I'd offer some recommendations from what I found.

Most of these I found by link jumping, and I' ( Read more... )

So, I don't know what the rules are about linking to fic you are about to recommend, therefore, if this is inappropriate, let me know.

I went diving for fanfiction this last weekend.  Starsky and Hutch fanfiction (if you didn't already pick up on that by the title of this entry) but I just wasn't connecting to any of it.  Some of what I started to ( Read more... )