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Voter intimidation – how to keep minorities in America from voting. If you think this is an anomoly, check out this article at Salon. Republican candidates have organized these intimidation campaigns during local elections and presidential elections – not just 50 years ago, or a hundred years ago, but, you know, NOW. Yesterday. This century. […]

So, picked up my obligatory reject from Realms of F. for my abortion story, “Two Girls.” Though Carina gave me the Blue Form of Death, she included a substantial handwritten note saying she really liked the story, but it had no fantasy element, and I might want to try women’s studies mags. I had to

Check it out: a compilation of female bloggers on the web (so the next time somebody starts up with the “where are all the women bloggers” rant, we can have an answer. WE’RE RIGHT HERE). Also, the House has just passed a bill that restricts (even further) women’s access to abortion and contraceptives (if the

Books I picked up this weekend: Jonathan Strange and Dr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Iron Council by China Mieville The Shape Changer’s Wife by Sharon Shinn Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body by Susan Bordo These all will be, I expect, fucking brilliant. Unfortunately, I’m still backlogged. Currently working on finishing Nick Mamatas’s

As is wont to happen this time of year, the birthdays are coming fast and furious here at the office. On birthday days, two dozen donuts and a coffee cake appear in our breakroom, without fail. Today, I stared at the donuts. I stare at the donuts every time they bring them in. As I’ve

So my buddy Jenn says to me on Saturday night, “There’s this show on the SciFi channel that the reviewers are comparing to Buffy. Apparently, it’s about this woman named Lilith who’s half demon who goes around fighting demons. They’ll probably play with the biblical imagery. Might suck. Could be cool. Wanna watch it?” There’s

Does anyone else, like, seriously believe that Ann Coulter is insane? I mean, not insane in a rah-rah Bush is great way, which is fine, because there are certainly things about Republicans that half the country likes, and that’s cool, cause it’s a free country, but… um… why is it that the press loves this

The adventures of a Barnes & Noble employee: This is the most fucked up thing to ever happen to me at work: Basically, I am calling a customer because the book she ordered has come in. A three year old picks up the phone and gargles into my ear before handing the phone to her

What time of year, you may ask? Why, the 19th is Talk Like a Pirate Day! What, you don’t get a paid day off that day? Oh, hell, it’s a Sunday! Who cares?? Which Pirates of the Caribbean character are you? Check out this Pirate Ninja Adventure How Pirate Are You? And, for more workday

8:15 am – Arrive at work after walking in from the train station. Put lunch in the fridge. Open up my e-mail, update the sitetracker. 8:18 am – Download a copy of games from worldoffreegames.com. Play Antz and 3D Morris. The Antz usually win. 9:00 am – read random blogs. 9:30 am – open chapter