( Firefly thoughts: oldies but goodies! )

Counteragent’s awesome SPN genderswap fan film, The Other Side, has started!

Other random links:

Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens: a Kickstarter for a documentary about the spectrum of gender performance.

Enjoyable language rant.

Russian priest uses internet memes to fight slash.

Austin Grossman, Professor Incognito Apologizes: the flavor of this short ( Read more... )

This review of Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is far better than mine could ever be.  I got stuck on ( How ridiculous can a spoiler be? )

Americans: Type "where do I vote" into Google. Enter your address, see your polling place and all candidates on your ballot. With links to their webpages etc.!

Here’s a good Clueless post-movie story I found by way of a Slate article.

Really good fact-checking on the “End of Men”  (I read the book but did not look into the statistics).

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What do China’s internet censors actually censor? Collective action and porn. Criticize the government, except for censorship, all you like-but don’t organize for any purpose. Really interesting, and provides some perspective on Clay Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus and my thoughts on it.

Top ten differences between white terrorists and others: 5. ( Read more... )

Fair use at risk in the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

( The Dark Knight disappoints )

Sweded movies and the end of Hollywood as we know it: You have to spot author Ben Walters the omission of other fan cultures and the apocalyptic rhetoric; there’s still some interesting stuff here.

Really good essay on The Dark Knight: “Also, let’s not forget that calling Batman ‘fascist’ is a little like accusing the Pope of being catholic, or ( Read more... )

A bit late to the party, but I offered to do SPN and Smallville in the remix commentfic (remix must fit within comment) meme at
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Still working on these:
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( Mutant and proud )