There’s a lot of guys who do this thing, in public, that is really aggressive and potentially threatening and invasive and all around douchey, and I’m pretty sure they’re not aware that’s how their actions are perceived, because if they were aware of that they’d stop doing it. Maybe. There’s a lot of aggressive, entitled, [...]
If you asked me about ten years ago what my favorite genre was, I’d have told you right off the bat, no hesitation, “fantasy.” The truth is, though, I’ve always been hugely into science fiction. Ahh, sci-fi! You had me honestly believing that I’d see actual colonies on other planets, hoping that I’d have the [...]
I love vampires so hard, guys. I really do. I’ve been really into vampire literature since I was 11 or 12 (before that it was werewolves), so on the surface books like Twilight seem like a perfect match, right? It’s Vampires! And they interact with the world! But there’s this “older, more physically and socially [...]
So if you speak to a woman who is otherwise occupied, you’re sending a subtle message. It is that your desire to interact trumps her right to be left alone. If you pursue a conversation when she’s tried to cut it off, you send a message. It is that your desire to speak trumps her [...]
I want to open this by saying that if you’re a dude I interact with in a positive way, this is not about you. I have male friends who are feminists and if I had a problem with their behavior I’d address it to them directly. This is directed at dudely dudes in general who [...]
I had some other posts brewing, including a review and comparison of Warren Ellis’ “Crooked Little Vein” and discussion about Rock Band especially the singing part of it, and talk about horses and how much they enjoy eating human flesh. However, I’m not going to talk about that now. I know, I know. You are [...]
I just want to say this to people who claim that there’s no call for feminism any more because men and women have equality: Hah! Also, fuck you! Because Ketel One? Does not want my filthy, disgusting vagina money! No! Ketel One is for men only! There was a time when substance was style. When [...]
Shut up. Shut the fuck up. Seriously. When someone says something like “I’m disturbed by the fact that IN TEH FUTURE women of color are still portrayed with caucasion-looking hair” or “How can you write an AU book about the discovery of America and not have indigenous people wtf” or “why are non-caucasion characters portrayed [...]
Dr. Tiller, one of the few doctors in the USA who is willing and able to perform late-term abortion, was shot to death while leaving church services. He has been shot before, his clinic has been bombed, the women who have gone to him for health services have been intimidated, terrified, threatened, and injured. Now [...]
I received an email from someone I went to high school with. Back then, he was brilliant, kind, funny, and very good looking. I am completely not surprised that he is Doing Something With His Life: something very big and important. I don’t know if I can make this event because I have an infant, [...]