ETA: thanks to the person who pointed out that more thorough cut-tags on this topic would be the considerate way to go. I've rectified my earlier error; my sincere apologies if any of the material not previously behind the cut was triggering to anyone.

So, Kevin Smith appears to be the lucky celebrity who gets to be the first famous person with ( Read more... )

I've been up for more or less the last twenty hours (hooray for car alarms at 3:42 am!), and I should have gone to sleep at least a half an hour ago, but someone linked me to Fugitivus (FYI, contains material related to sexual assault) and I've been working my way through the posts there. Right now, I've got a tab open with the collaborative list ( Read more... )

Channelling our collective hatred of both bigotry and faulty logic, Sarah of Smart Bitches is organizing a good old-fashioned Amazon Google-Bombing. Snarktastically brilliant details here, but the short version is this ( Read more... )

Amazon.com is censoring books featuring GLBTQ characters or homosexual relationships by stripping them of their sales rankings, which makes it less likely that they will appear in searches. When contacted regarding one of the books, an author was told, "In consideration of our entire customer base, we exclude "adult" material from appearing in some ( Read more... )

Having recently posted in reaction to RaceFail in another venue, I decided it was worth it to me to post something here as well. I feel strongly about this topic, and it is important to me to be clear on where I stand ( Read more... )

The Consortium of Pubgoing, Loose and Forward Women.

For backstory, see this clip from the Rachel Maddow Show.

Ladies, I think I'm going to go out in a low-cut top and have a drink in your honor tonight.

On a statement by someone on Fox News that sometimes, we do have to compromise our values for safety:

[face of bogglement] "If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values! They're ... hobbies!"

Everything I feel about tomorrow's inauguration can be summed up with this:

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My mom just broke the news to me. <3333333333

I want to take a moment to express my profound dissatisfaction that right now, and for at least the next two hours if not longer, I am stuck in a cubicle at school pounding out a take-home midterm that's due tomorrow. BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH ( Read more... )