This is unrelated to the racefail 2010.

The shit that banks pull

I'm fortunate enough to not have any loans through any company that is not directly affiliated with the government, which guarentees me pretty much infinite forgiveness, but for those of you who have college loans - or any loans - through private banks, FOR GOD'S SAKE READ THIS. ( Read more... )

So I had a conversation with ryomoki, one of my best friends and a PoC, regarding the recent racefail and this is what came up. This is pretty much entirely directed towards writers that are afraid of writing characters of color (CoC) because of the recent racefail.

( Why whitewashing is not okay part two: expectations of CoCs )

Just boosting the signal on the topical subject, the recent racefail in the Supernatural/J2 Big Bang.

From one privileged white girl to another - elizah_jane talks about the importance of elucidating racism.
Like Clockwork - amonitrate talks about why the subject material is problematic and why this must be discussed ( Read more... )

So, I'm one of those evil people that lurks on the spnpermanon boards, and I'm not too noble to not admit to reading wank as well as all the fandom/series discussion. It can be quite fascinating! But that being said:

The D/C Big Bang wank is pretty spectacular!

The jist of it is there is a deancasbigbang going on this summer, and someone on the anon meme is butthurt ( Read more... )

Man faces 20+ years in prison for owning 'obscene' manga - if you give someone a Celestial account over at ACParadise today, it will be donated to this poor sap's cause.

I don't approve of the supposed 'lolicon' the guy may or may not have, but it's manga. I'm having a hard time with the concept that drawn porn is as bad as real porn, childish ( Read more... )