I started this blog back in 2004 as a place to mouth off about my life. It was a natural extension of the long and winding emails I was sending out to groups of friends. Back then, only the “cool kids” were on the Internet anyway, so I didn’t feel so strange about posting things […]
So I’ve gotten through all the Pawn Stars available on Netflix, and now I have a stack of gender and Islam books to get through, and you know, hey, sometimes I need a break. It’s been a long week here already and its only Wednesday. I’ve got a new dog that won’t crap outside, bad
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Daniel Abraham had an interesting post up about rape and urban fantasy that I’ve been chewing on for awhile. To sum it, it’s some thoughts on women and power as they’re portrayed in urban fantasy. Or, “urban fantasy is a genre sitting on top of a great big huge cultural discomfort about women and power.”
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I’ve followed the whole crazy E. Moon debacle since September, and experienced much the same reaction others did to Moon’s initial post. Some nodding along for awhile, raising eyebrows at a bit of the one-for-all view of citizenship, and then gaping at the bizarre turn it took with “Assimilate or you’re just asking for what
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… the nearest Meetup group that shows up when ones searches for “feminism” is in Louisville. I suspect searching for something like “women’s studies” would end up with similar results. There is a gay Christians group, however. Go figure. You’ve got a long way to go, Ohio.
Blah, blah, blah… But say it enough times and maybe folks will start to look a the world a little differently. Can’t change something if you don’t know what’s broken.
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I’ve been busy with the new day jobbe, but wanted to share some things which are great: Alice in Wonderland Never been a fan of Alice in Wonderland. Annoying little kid wandering around a crazy place eating and drinking indiscriminately and poo-pooing about like it’s all a great inconvenience. Tim Burton’s take (with a lovely
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