Via vicky_v, a post: "normal stories" vs slash by rm. Wordy McWord, basically.

Distinguishing "normal stories" from slash, what the eff? And warnings, man. Best saved for things that aren't glaringly obvious from the pairing listed. :/ "Warning: slash", or "femslash", or "dudes kissing", or "LOL HET ALERT" isn't funny at all, will never be funny ( Read more... )

I have been rewatching Avatar: The Last Airbender off and on today between cleaning and dog-washing and whatever. Not great time management, but a decent life choice anyway. But it reinforces my heartbreak over That Movie I Would Actually Pay People To Not See.

I've also, just now, been spending too much time grinning over:

FEMINIST HULK on ( Read more... )

So I've just, against my better judgement, read up on the latest unfunnybusiness in SPN fandom. Not actually having to do with the show, but when I say unfunny I MEAN unfunny. trigger warning.

Some pertinent links on the victim-blaming that's resulted from thenyxie's banning from this year's WinCon (again, triggery, proceed with caution):

it's not that I ( Read more... )

Links of rage:

+ I imagine most people have heard about the law Arizona passed - actually passed - allowing ~suspected immigrants~ (read: people who are not white) to be stopped at any time and asked for proof of citizenship - and actually obligating law enforcement officials to perform these checks. Well, not to be outdone, a legislator in Texas ( Read more... )

First off, Sonoma County CA separates elderly gay couple and sells their home. I don't even, you guys. There are no words. More on what you can do at the link ( Read more... )

+ Obama requests the HHS instate a rule to allow hospital visitation rights for same-sex couples. Operation Bring The U.S. Into This Century continues apace; in other news, I love that man.

+ A la carte icons for LJ! Before LJ started being weird on every level I can remember wanting these very much. As it is, I might be more excited if it weren't ( Read more... )

+ JK Rowling has The Single Mother's Manifesto; remains awesome while doing so.

Nobody who has ever experienced the reality of poverty could say “it’s not the money, it’s the message”. When your flat has been broken into, and you cannot afford a locksmith, it is the money. When you are two pence short of a tin of baked beans, and your child is ( Read more... )

This is a bit of a test post, to see if the Dreamwidth link thing shows up at the bottom of my LJ posts. I've been crossposting for damn near a year now but for some reason I haven't been linking from LJ (I think I was afraid it would disable LJ comments or something, but nope). Anyway, it was easy, instructions are here. Thanks,
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JKR might put out a new HP book in like ten years or something?

Look you guys, I'm not even going to pretend I won't be all over that if it happens (though maybe not if it's ten years from now, jeez.)

I'm a total sucker for it. Let's not get into how long I squeed that one time she wrote some James/Sirius shit on the back of a napkin.

+ I just read about Amanda Palmer's latest fail (a bit late, yes). Ironic hipsters are going to be the death of me.

Instead of ranting against her, because she's only one famous person and this stuff happens all the time, I will just link to the sparkymonster's post on the issue, because it's all about why calling the KKK 'ironic' in any context would make ( Read more... )