Here is some stuff I have been reading that I thought folks might like: April 6th – TRON 1982 Trailer – this is a really nice modern style redo of a trailer for the original Tron – I’d go see this movie (to be fair, I did, and I own it now) April 6th – Constance McMillen: I was sent to a fake prom – (I don’t have a swear bad enough to start this comment) People are really really shitty. March 31st – Jim C. Hines – Racist, Sexist, and Homophobic – This is the 2nd or 3rd of [...]
Linky things March 30th through April 6th
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Apr 072010
Linky things March 23rd through March 27th
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Mar 282010
Here is some stuff I have been reading that I thought folks might like: March 27th – Seriously, why are they so obsessed with rape metaphors? – I think this is a really great analysis of some of the doublespeak about both sexual assault and politics. March 26th – Huge, Organized, International Child Sex Ring Exposed – This is really a great write up of a recent news item with a slightly different spin. March 25th – Newsweek takes a look at sexism 40 years after major lawsuit – “The sexist assumption that women are “for” sex with men underlies [...]
Linky things February 17th through February 22nd
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Feb 232010
Here is some stuff I have been reading that I thought folks might like: February 22nd – Facing Up To It – “If you want to argue that “whatever” happened in the “war on terror” was necessary because of the magnitude and novelty of the threat, then you had better be willing to face what the “whatever” entailed.” February 22nd – Yogurt, Perfected – Oh! Goddess I might need to try this again! February 22nd – Utah Bill Equates Miscarriages With Criminal Homicide- REALLY. – “A bill in the Utah state legislature that has passed both the House and Senate [...]
Linky things February 9th through February 10th
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Feb 152010
Here is some stuff I have been reading that I thought folks might like: February 10th – Suspending your disbelief for a movie in which only white guys are interesting – “Surrounded by only look-and-think-alikes, it becomes impossible not to become parochial and stagnant. After all, one of the main social benefits of fiction is the encouragement of empathy, and these narrow narratives deny us its full expression.” February 10th – South Carolina’s Brilliant Idea – Terrorists who want to overthrow the United States government must now register with South Carolina’s Secretary of State and declare their intentions — or [...]
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Jan 252010
The (male) celebrity sex meme, gacked from musefool. 1. Bold the names of guys you’d definitely sex it up with. 2. Italicize the names of guys you might do after a little persuasion. 3. Leave the guys who don’t do anything for you alone. 4. Put a question mark ? after the guys you’ve never heard of. 5. Strike the guys you wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole. 6. Add THREE more guys to the list. 01. Russell Howard ? 02. Criss Angel 03. Robert Pattinson 04. Jeffrey Dean Morgan 05. Hugh Jackman 06. Brad Pitt 07. Jared Padalecki 08. [...]
