The new features that allow users to connect their lj's to their twitter or facebook accounts? DO NOT WANT.

Here's socchan's entry that collects lots of links to the conversation that's been had about this.

If you don't read that entry, here's the crucial thing: "I have a locked LJ, so does my sister. With her permission, I turned on the twitter connect ( Read more... )

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Being in the Merlin fandom and shipping Arthur/Merlin has made me really interested in the Middle Ages. I've read some books about medieval women's status, work and everyday lives, which has made me realize that the show's depiction of ( Read more... )

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So, woman hating. I'm going to name just one woman-hating practice which makes our lives shitty: ridiculing women artists & authors. I've got two examples right now.

1. Andrea Dworkin
I'm pretty sure that the first time I heard her name, it ( Read more... )

Right now, right this moment, despite the whole spring and summer - I like who I am becoming.