Aside from how I'm not particularly in agreement with the conclusions this guy is trying to draw from extremely selective works of fanart about the "gay male gaze" and "female gaze" (I mean, I'd agree that there are differences in taste between individuals, obviously--I tend to favor reading/looking at m/m work created by women often enough for ( Read more... )

First, I finished Supernatural Season 3 last night ( Read more... )

You know, in the vinyl world, with things like the Big Barda and Emma Frost and Supergirl statues (and the Mary Jane one, for nostalgia's sake), and the negative reactions they received from feminists, and the negative reactions those feminists received from those who Just Didn't Get It, I'd say the sculptors and fanbrats defending the ( Read more... )

WANK RECS!

Good god, I just spent the last couple of hours going through feminist_fatale--I can't quite recall how I got there, I think the path had something to do with reading a review of POTC:DMC on feministfilm which, honestly, I found to be reaaaally reaching and on the entire thread, found one user whose comments I agreed with and who seemed intelligent and.. point is ( Read more... )

Lesson time, children.

Misogyny. mi·sog·y·ny n

"Hatred of women"

This definition, while true, does not. Not. NOT. Mean that you can't still want to fuck them.

I didn't think that still needed clarification.

Does anyone on my flist here watch The Colbert Report? I've been known to think some jokes were totally true (website with the anti-gay drug) and that some totally true things were jokes (Saved by the Bell actually being on Adult Swim). But I understand that Stephen's show is essentially based around an extreme parody of right wingers, his " ( Read more... )

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I hate being made to feel apologetic for being a feminist. I never, ever do .. unless another self-declared feminist goes and does something like this. Shut up. SHUT UP. SHUT UP.

Look, Warren Ellis could've asked anyone to do these banners. Could've asked this of his readership at large. Could've asked just one artist. They'd have been ( Read more... )

They told us they'd have the power back on by 2:30 PM yesterday. The power wasn't back on until after 12 AM THIS MORNING >.Anyway, figure drawing yesterday was FUN! We had a new model named Nancy, a starving psychiatry student with a really fun personality--she made small talk, and during the breaks she would come around and look at the sketches ( Read more... )

Aahh, December 7. S'my mom's birthday (um, and something happened with Pearl Harbor too) and Dad just cooked up a beef wellington that was to die for. And the french apple pie I got was far too sweet and now my teeth hurt. Slowly entering food coma now ( Read more... )