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Hipster racism involves making derogatory comments with a racial basis in an attempt to seem witty and above it all. Specifically, the idea is to sound ironic, as in “I’m allowed to say this because of course I’m not racist, so it’s funny.” It’s an aspect of a larger part of the hipster culture, which wants to seem jaded and urbane and oh-so- ( Read more... ) -
oh ada
Happy Ada Lovelace Day!
I don't have any actual content. D: But you should go admire
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book rec: the traveling death and resurrection show
The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show by Ariel Gore
The story of a troupe of seven performance artists, narrated by a lapsed Catholic whose "trick" is manifesting stigmata, and what happens to them when they get a little too much media attention. Gore's father is an excommunicated Catholic priest, and her bio says she grew up attending his ( Read more... ) -
signal boost and general warning
I received a lovely troll this morning in my post on Victorientalism. I assume he came there to start a "debate" since my post was not from an academic viewpoint, but rather voiced some simple frustrations in a sarcastic manner. I notice that he did not, on the other hand, comment on the (incredibly smart and well articulated) post I linked to by ( Read more... ) -
signal boost: coc_m_madness
coc_m_madness is open for voting! I love the fandom steel cage match concept so so much. Some of these brackets are practically impossible to decide on, omg.
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from the files of: fucking seriously?
I'd been avoiding the Victorientalism thing going on around the internets, somewhat because that word is fucking stupid and it's mere existence fills me with rage, but mainly because the conclusions seem so obvious to me: OMFG you're being racist please just shut up and go back to sewing buttons on things.
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dw is love
Still trying to convince people to come play at DW. This post ended up less epic than I thought, but hopefully it will still be helpful for some. Feel free to ask me questions!
Why I support Dreamwidth:
+ Diversity Statement. Seriously, take a second to go read it.
+ Guiding Principles.
+ The two above points should illustrate, but let me reiterate ( Read more... )
