This started out as a comment to sharpest-rose, then it got really long and it got really late, so I saved my thoughts and went to bed.
( Re: Amanda Palmer acting like a teenager who has just discovered that other people have opinions )

'Men are attracted to smiles,' Alberta MLA advised girls on blog
Article speaks for itself, really.

This is why I hate Alberta Conservatives. (Well, this an a million other things.)

Okay. So for the past twenty years, every single headline about comics has been some variation on "Comics: Not just for kids!"

Apparently, some people still haven't got the message. (Link found via WFA.)

I think my favourite part is "After all, comics are for kids, she reasoned, particularly those about Batman." Thank God she didn't pick up Dark ( Read more... )

So today while I was avoiding listening to my Logic lecture*, I found this, which is a thing where these guys surveyed people on what they like and don't like in paintings. Then they created the "most wanted" and "least wanted" paintings for several countries (and the Internet). Most of the "most wanted" paintings are traditional landscapes ( Read more... )

One of the things that bothered me most about this whole "Open Source"/Public Domain Boobs mess is the assumption that a Convention is an inherently safe, friendly environment.

( Let me tell you about my first Con... )