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@Watcher If you scroll through Barry's old cartoons on leftycartoons.com, some of the old ones are about Clinton, while some…
@Watcher: Much as I would like to have Obama or Clinton or even Dubya* back rather than the current wannabe…
I am curious now, where can I view the Clinton Iraq sanctions comics?
Watcher - This may not apply to your friends, but during Obama's term, my impression was that part of the…
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Writing and Pain; Community and Hope
I haven’t been writing and it hurts; it’s a tightness in my chest and a twist in my gut, and there is a part of me that wants to scream. Well, maybe not scream, but at least to grunt, let … Continue reading
Posted in literature
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I Know I've Had Orgasms That Changed Me
A friend of mine who does not like jazz–especially anything that has a saxophone in it–told me once about a conversation she and her ex-husband, a serious jazz-lover, had over dinner with a couple, the male half of which also … Continue reading
Posted in Gender and the Body, Sex
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Jon Stewart Channels Glenn Beck
And discovers the sinister plot to steal Glenn Beck’s precious bodily organs. Is he crazy, or is he so sane he just blew your mind?
Posted in Media criticism
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Let the Sun Shine In
I don’t have anything to say right now. Awful is awful, and we’ll have time to dissect which particular flavor of awful this is soon enough. For now, keep the dead and wounded in your thoughts. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. … Continue reading
Posted in In the news, International issues
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In the future, people who voted against marriage equality will lie to their grandchildren about how they voted
This is a post-election thread; feel free to discuss any of the recent election news, future election trends, etc., here. Virginia and New Jersey: No surprises here. I don’t think these races indicate national trends, but I can’t blame Conservatives … Continue reading
Belonging Review: Dollhouse 2.04
I’d really been looking forward to this episode. In fact a couple of days before I dreamed that I’d watched it and in my dream I thought “That was good, but not as much Sierra as I was expecting”. ((I … Continue reading
Posted in Buffy, Whedon, etc.
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American Women Athletes Part Five: At the Movies
EDIT: So I deleted this cause I was having trouble cutting the post, saw nojojojo and decided to leave it deleted, but it got crossposted anyway. Whoops.
Have a midweek linkspam. (Alas a blog? This post is video heavy)
I went to see Whip It a few weeks ago. It was absolutely wonderful! The Roller Derby scenes […]
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Posted in Site and Admin Stuff, Syndicated feeds
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American Women Athletes Part Five: At the movies
Have a midweek linkspam. (Alas a blog? This post is video heavy)
I went to see Whip It a few weeks ago. It was absolutely wonderful! The Roller Derby scenes in particular left me cheering and full of adrenaline, and the fact that the movie made the love story a secondary plot and focused on her […]
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Posted in Site and Admin Stuff, Syndicated feeds
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The Appropriateness of Appropriation
In the wake of unusualmusic’s ever-so-fun linkspam, let’s talk about cultural appropriation! Again. (C’mon, you know you love it.)
Or not. I’ve become aware in recent months of a growing movement in the creative world that I’m going to call, for lack of a better term, anti-appropriation. I’m seeing this mostly […]
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New Fiction: "The Memory of Wind," by Rachel Swirsky
Tor.com has just published “The Memory of Wind,” a novelette ((“The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula awards for science fiction define the novelette as having a word count of between 7,500 and 17,499, inclusive.” —Wikipedia)) by Rachel … Continue reading
@beth: Thank you