I want to say thank you to everyone who filled out/commented on my post about Sexual Assault and dealing with feelings of 'safety'. I don't have the ability to reply to everyone - it's a subject too close to my heart to really have a discussion on, which was why I asked for people to respect me by not bringing up upsetting arguments, and I ( Read more... )

Poll Sexual Assault

This came up in a conversation with Sae, who seemed surprised at the idea of women considering being assaulted as part of their daily routine. (I'd just quoted something from Schrödinger’s Rapist.) Considering my answer is 'yes' to all of the above questions, I'm interested to see if I'm alone in this, or if it's more that Sae's damn lucky. So, ( Read more... )

This is why I won't be seeing Avatar the Last Airbender opening weekend, and quite possibly not at all.

This is why it matters for kids, for adults, for *anyone* to see themselves in stories. And I don't mean as nameless creatures with no agency, or as a nation of genocidal warmongers. And there are overlaps with the racefail; there's the ( Read more... )