So, Patricia Briggs, an author whose work I enjoy, wrote a statement on using Native American culture in her work. Now, while I agree that Mercy's brand of Native American supernatural needed to be fleshed out and explained, there is a reason why I am really not looking forward to reading that book. Not only because of the cover, which decided to ( Read more... )

First of all, I did not go into Sucker Punch with very high hopes for this movie. I knew it would include sexualized female violence, sexualized violence against females, and most likely a plot that entirely hinged on girls in short black costumes beating the shit out of things. I was waiting for some problematic elements, in other words. And did I ( Read more... )

To flist: do not watch Sucker Punch. It is a horrible mess. More on this when I can get it together enough to write the possibly ESSAY LONG review. In short, hate. HATE.

I was going to my friend's apartment. She lives in a fairly upscale area, I should mention. Full of upwardly mobile business people. I went up to enter the number so I could get paged in, and there was this pizza man. (I feel like I should mention he was a POC, because I think race also played a part in this.) He was looking at a piece of paper ( Read more... )

A note: there are some words that I believe have a legitimate use, but that use has grown so open and so offensive that I no longer trust the word when I see it. One of those words is 'whine'. When I see the word 'whiny' being used to describe someone or something, chances are it's being used to describe: A) a woman talking about her emotions, pick ( Read more... )

You know what, I think using 'butthurt' as a descriptor should automatically invalidate your opinion or argument. I've never heard it used well, appropriately, or even humorously. It just seems like a word people fling around to try and lessen perfectly legitimate feelings of offense and anger.

I'm sorry, any argument that involves: "If gay people don't like the laws in America, they should move to Canada," is IMMEDIATELY invalid. Call me an asshole all you want. You're still fucking wrong.

"I Have Always Relied on The Kindness of Strangers" is a recount of how United Airlines staff severely mistreated evilpuppy, who has been suffering from a spinal injury since 2004. She's disabled and needs assistance on airline trips, assistance which United failed to supply, and then refused to apologize for, right in her face That's right. They refused to ( Read more... )

Dear Sunday D&D group.

You've all been lovely. Lovely. The lack of that douchebag makes this game so much more enjoyable ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to post about this, but am just now setting myself down to do so. If anyone's been following the continued fail of the Avatar movie, you'll know that they changed the abilities of firebenders significantly. Now, instead of using the sun to power their bending and being able to generate flame, they must have a fire source nearby to ( Read more... )