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Western K-pop Fangirls: a story of accidental cultural competency.
lolmythesis is my new internet time sink, and this one especially made me laugh and reminded me of a couple people in this community.
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SMG speaks out about the whoop
Sarah Michelle Gellar is apparently speaking out about whooping cough vaccines.
It's not often that fandom and my real life have anything to do with each other, so that's kind of cool.
I found that link from this other entertaining yet serious article by an adult woman who recently got a whooping cough infection. -
Hello!
I just turned in my dissertation proposal, which means I might actually be around again!
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I haven't been around much online lately - trying to finish my dissertation proposal and started a massive experiment that's taking up a lot of my time. :( I should be back more consistently in September ( Read more... ) -
And now, for the first time ever, I have the urge to write RPF
If you haven't seen the BBC Radio 1 interview with Mila Kunis and rookie reporter Chris Stark, you are missing out (and the New Yorker agrees with me.
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Fanmix Track 4: O.K. by Ani DiFranco
The message in this song is extremely simple, but so earnest and catchy that I don't care. It's about the irresistible temptation of that one person who you mustavoid, because if you don't, you'll probably end up having unprotected sex in a dark, grimy, semi-public alley and come home with stains from dirt and who-knows-what all over your clothes. ( Read more... ) -
Two more days left for the Veronica Mars movie to get funded!
Get your prizes while you still can! They need about 6,000 more backers to break the record (87,000ish), so even if you can just pledge a $1, every person helps.
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Costumes are not Consent
Costumes are not consent. It’s a phrase you may be hearing a lot lately, and one we need to keep talking about. In the past few weeks, the internet has exploded with women speaking up about the treatment we receive at conventions and online. This isn’t a new problem that has suddenly presented itself. The issues have always been there. What is ( Read more... ) -
Am I the only person
who doesn't know what reservoir chickens are? Okay, problem solved.
And when I google it, the only intellgible results I get are links to papers like: "Chicken as Reservoir for Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli." Which gets me very excited about the spread of pathogens, but no closer to understanding. -
Fanmix Track 3: Kiss with a Fist by Florence and the Machine
I'm not usually a fan of songs about love and domestic violence. Eminem's song with Rhianna made me really uncomfortable, to the point that I couldn't listen to it when it came on the radio. But for some reason, Kiss With a Fist is just a really enjoyable song ( Read more... )
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