Hey there, guys. I'm slowly working to transform my SEE Trek!Fail post into a general "-isms" resources page. I've been slowly adding things to it, and striking out the bits that aren't generally applicable ( Read more... )

Okay, I'll admit that I've been lurking on the SEE Trek Love forums. And yeah, it's been painful. So much so that going there sends me into fits of rage, so much so that my wife jokes about blocking the address from my computer, so much so that after the latest thread I ended up pacing for half an hour deciding what to do ( Read more... )

WTF fandom, seriously? What's with the whole pendulum thing lately that I've been seeing in the Kirk/Spock and Spock/Uhura ship wars? I'm so sick of seeing legitimate criticism of some slash fans devolving and derailing into homophobia, biphobia, sexism, and racism ( Read more... )

Yeah, so lately I've been a huge fandom junkie, and I couldn't be happier. It's as if a giant fangirly part of me was unlocked, and now I'm able to enjoy and want to interact/explore tons more fandoms than I'd ever thought possible ( Read more... )

The internet habit (of people who are otherwise intelligent and considerate) to respond with "stay classy" when someone is acting like a jerk. Being poor: it does not mean what these people think it means.