I was going to just post this as part of my con report, but having run across the bi-annual request for Sam bashing fic, my ire is riding a little high on the topic. Again ( Read more... )

Despite my Sam love, I generally avoid getting into the cycle of Sam-related battling, because far too often the criticisms of the character take a turn into criticisms of all women, with an edge of "what's wrong with you people who like her? What kind of real woman can you claim to be if you find something to relate to in her?" And I lose all ( Read more... )

Unrelated to porn: I saved my coworker's eleven-year-old daughter from Potterdamerungian disappointment on Friday. Coworker didn't know about the Borders wristband process for picking up books, nor that they had moved their timetable up by 12 hours. They were just planning to go there that night and get in line with their pre-order receipt ( Read more... )

Mary Grabar wins the honor today for (1) refering to a group of adult professional women as 'girls', (2) chastizing women for daring to put their pretty heads together and actually use them for thinking, (3) generalizing a small group of women to all women, (4) informing us that women are too stupid to live without the guidance of men, (5) having ( Read more... )

I think I need to start a new regular feature on this here livejournal showcasing the kinds of stupidity - willful, deliberate or abject - that makes my head spin around. We'll start off with an easy one:

Bill O'Reilly is a fucking moron.

If you are going to argue against abortion, don't do it from such a disingenuous and blatantly stupid place ( Read more... )

To quote fairmer, "Chivalry is dead and I killed it."

Ladies, pay attention now. This is how feminism is ruining it for all of us.

"The day men and women have the same level of power is the also the day when chivalry dies. Many women enjoy visiting bars and having men buy them drinks in exchange for a casual conversation. It seems that after all the ( Read more... )

Picked up from my friends of friends list.

From a transcript of Meet the Press, discussing the war and among other things, the formation of the new Iraqi constitution. A mention is made of how clerics having the sole right to settle family and marraige issues might affect existing women's rights in Iraq ( Read more... )

In some ways, I grew up very sheltered. An absentee father and no close male relatives meant that my primary roles models were all women. My mother and grandmother were both strong women, and I saw them doing anything and everything that needed to be done, every day, with no question that this was anything but the way it should be. It never ( Read more... )

The "Domestic abuse is okay as long as it's the romantic hero who does it" double standard makes me want to bang my head into a wall. And then bang other people's heads into walls.

( Rant ahoy about abuse and love and the excuse of idealized romanticism )

Overview of HB1677 on report of fetal death. This links to a decidedly liberal take on the issue below, but no matter your political orientation, I think this is an important issue for any woman to think about. I have no idea if this actually has a chance at passing, but the fact that was even introduced is appalling ( Read more... )