( Bush-Era Abortion Rules Face Possible Reversal )

Okay, has the world just decided that it wants to make me furious and sad? Is this some grand conspiracy? Because Jesus H. Christ on a freaking pogo stick.

Somebody makes a post at fanfic rants about an author using "gay" as an insult. Irritating right? I hate when people do that. But if that's all it was, I wouldn't be making this post.

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So, they're making an Avatar: The Last Airbender live action movie. Pretty cool, no? Well you might think so... until you saw the cast. They're all white. Every last one of the main characters. Yes, even Katara and SokkaOne of the great things about Avatar is that the setting isn't the same old "vaguely European" fantasy setting. It's based on ( Read more... )

( Protections Set for Antiabortion Health Workers )

Normally when I post articles, they're political in nature. World or national news, or commentary on whatever sexual sub-culture has caught a reporter's eye. Today is slightly different. Today is an article on money and finances. It's not very useful. Why am I posting it, then? Because never before has one article summed up what's so very, very ( Read more... )

I imagine that a lot of people are already aware of this, but there's currently an antisemitism controversy over in the Harry Potter fandom. Check the recent entries at metafandom for the full story, but it basically boils down to this: A group of HP fans started an RPG, and they had the brilliant idea to call it Kristallnacht. Yes, that Kristallnacht. ( Read more... )

Dear St. Augustine,

I hate you. Hate, hate, hate, hate. I hate you, and your Confessions, and your philosophizing.

It's not the fact that you're Christian. I just hate your style of writing. I also hate your constant toadying. Yeah, yeah, God is great. I get it. Did you really need multiple books to say it ( Read more... )

The other day, an article on white privilege was posted to a news list I follow.

( White Liberals Have White Privilege Too! )

Two things that have pissed me off recently:

Last night I went to the symphony with my uncle. The symphony isn't my favorite thing (I like having something to do with my eyes), but I do enjoy it, and this performance was great. The Boulder Philharmonic performed George Gershwin's Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra. To make it more interesting ( Read more... )

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