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Note: Taiwan apparently re-cuts episodes when they create the DVDs so that the episodes are actually shorter than the ones that air. This makes absolutely no sense to me, but anyway, that's why all my episode ordering will be wonky ( Read more... )

I first heard about this when it won a special prize from the Japanese Sense of Gender award (awards SFF works that examine gender); the people behind the SoG have been going to Wiscon regularly, which is how I heard of the award. Ooku (pretend there's a macron over the first "o") is an alternate history of Japan where a strange pox ends up killing ( Read more... )

Despite it only being June, I am going to go out on a limb and say that this is going to be one of the best books I read this year ( Read more... )

This was a spontaneous panel attended by coffeeandink (Mely), akycha, heavenscalyx (HC), mystickeeper (MK), takumashii (T), fourthage (Nienna), and Alaya Dawn Johnson (ADJ). Names I'll be referring to them by in parentheses.

I don't remember the description that I wrote up for the panel suggestions, but here's the one I posted to the Wiscon community:

Most bodies in shoujo manga are thin and wispy, with ( Read more... )

Original postI'm a little behind on comments, though I am thoroughly enjoying the discussion. I also wanted to clarify some points that I realized in comments and throw out further thoughts. I note that much of what I reference in terms of social constructs of femininity is a white, middle-to-upper-class social construct, and that I'm using that ( Read more... )

I found "Alpha Male or Stalker?" on Colleen Gleason's (author of the Gardella vampire books) website ( Read more... )

• desdenova has started to watch Damo! Whoo! I pet my shiny new obsession and beam as it spreads. Come on, people, make me feel better -- who else is out there watching kdramas?
  
  My current kdrama sources are meganbmoore, shewhohashope, rilina, vonnie_k, The Stack, Dramabeans, and of course d-addicts for information.
• For the other Sekrit LJ Smith fans out there, shewhohashope pointed me at this. New short ( Read more... )

I've held off on writing this, as I feel it needs more brain power than I possess to write a review that compares and contrasts it with Stuart's Moonrise with a particular examination of gendered roles in romance novels. Unfortunately, if I don't write this now, I'll put it off forever and end up forgetting half of what I wanted to say.

Ice Storm ( Read more... )

I may be a little obsessed right now, as I am sure you have all picked up on.

Currently on my to-watch list: Fantasy Couple (watched first few eps), Hwang Jin Yi, Jumong, The Snow Queen, Dae Jang Geum, Legend, Sandglass, Que Sera Sera, Dal Ja's Spring, Flowers for My Life.

I feel a little like I did when I dipped my toe back into the world of ( Read more... )