or, why I’m disappointed with Jared Leto ( Read more... )

I just moved back to Boston, and I am kind of interested in fun, cheap things to do. (Cheap being less than $20 per person), and in particular ways to meet new people.

So, anyone have any great experiences of Boston that they would love to pass on? I don't care how touristy or silly or mildly insane, I will take all suggestions!

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Actually kind of a live blog....

( ALL THE SPOILERS, NONE OF THE CONTEXT! )

Wow, that was not where I expected this episode to go. Seriously, this is the kind of father/son relationship that you come back from?

From the minute Dr. Mora showed up to talk about Odo's past, I assumed that the episode was setting him up as the villain-- the abusive father figure.

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I live in Chicago. My people are fine. I wish I were home. I don't know what to do.

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She didn't have a library card. That's the part that sunk in, despite the fact that her credit cards and her favorite wallet were gone now, too, and she would have to call and get replacements for all her insurance cards. The stamps were gone, and that check from her aunt too ( Read more... )

"I don't know how many times in how many different ways I can say this: Lecturing marginalized people on the ways in which they need to make privileged people more comfortable is not just failing to be a good ally; it is deeply hostile behavior that centers the comfort of the already-privileged. Maintaining one's comfort cannot be an objective of ( Read more... )

Sterile proficiency is the hallmark of revamping my resume. It's not a creative task- in fact, it's a task that requires a certain inflexible uniformity, an awareness of the norms ands strict adherence to them. It's a miserable, soul grinding task. It's the skill of making oneself unobjectionable ( Read more... )

My friend Tolkienista and I just had an interesting conversation about slash and sexuality and whether or not it’s okay for slash authors (many of whom, if not all, are white cisfemale authors writing about cismen having sex with other cismen ( Read more... )

Since my fall from ordination, which had its very first crappy anniversary a few weeks ago, I have been pretty dissatisfied with church. Specifically, I haven't been even going to church, even tho I now live pretty far from the church that burned my ass not that long ago ( Read more... )