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Fixing Things Friday
This week I have...
--called my congressman and asked him to cosponsor the Presidential Accountability Act--called one of my senators and asked him to vote against Jeff Sessions's appointment to the position of Attorney General, on the grounds that Sessions can't be trusted to protect people's civil and political rights. (I tried to call my other ( Read more... ) -
The election and the U.S. Senate
Well, that was unspeakably devastating. Thank you to everyone who's posted their reactions and helpful links and general expressions of support in the aftermath of the election; I'm one of the many who really needed to see those. I've also seen an outpouring of donations from my DW/LJ friends to the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and various local ( Read more... ) -
Family, loss
My father passed away last night. It wasn't at all unexpected: he'd been suffering from dementia for a long time and had declined very badly in the past year or so, and we placed him on hospice this August ( Read more... ) -
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
My expectations going into this movie for the first time were high, to say the least. (Seriously, my brother and I went to a matinee showing, and I woke up several times the night before because I was too excited to sleep. I was like a little kid on Christmas Eve; it was ridiculous.) And then The Winter Soldier surpassed pretty much all of my ( Read more... ) -
2013 stories
The Avengers: Coffee; 704 words
The Avengers: Five People Natasha Romanov Has Danced With; 1089 words
The Avengers: Heroes' Journey (Steve/Bucky); 5593 words
The Avengers: Reversal (Clint/Loki/Natasha); 1878 words
The Avengers: Working Relationship; 941 words
Neverwhere: One Night in Bangkok (Hunter/appropriately grateful girl); 1466 words ( Read more... ) -
Dear Yuletide Author:
Thank you so much for participating in this exchange and for offering one or more of my requested fandoms! A couple of important things I wanted to tell you ( Read more... ) -
Ten Reasons Why Pacific Rim Is a Great Movie for Geek Girls
I recently read an Entertainment Weekly article on Why 'Pacific Rim' is a good movie for geek girls (contains major spoilers for the film). The article's conclusion is that Pacific Rim is mostly a terrible movie for women, except for the fact that it contains a bunch of hot guys. I...disagree. Hence this post on "Ten Reasons Why Pacific Rim Is a ( Read more... ) -
Pacific Rim (non-specific spoilers only)
I saw Pacific Rim today: excellent film, will see in the theaters again.
If you don't like mecha and/or alien dinosaurs, you probably won't love this movie. It's a lot (a lot) more homage than it is subversion. It's skillfully done homage, though, that draws not only on the obvious anime, Godzilla, Power Rangers, etc. antecedents but on ( Read more... )
