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* Princess Project update - I've resolved Al, Jasmine, and Genie's backstory to my satisfaction, done a ton more research, and am in the process of plotting the overall arc and individual 'episodes.'

I've... also turned Pride Rock into a gay/queer club (with Zazu and Timon as rival drag queens ((Zazu is also the manager)), Nala as assistant manager and occasional bartender, and Simba ((pansexual and fiercely in love with Nala)) as the too-young owner with a vision. Chicha ((Emperor's New Groove)) djs there on Saturday nights). It was originally set dressing for a Rex/Hernando side story I was entertaining myself with, but at this point it's so developed I might as well use it in the main piece.

wishfulclicking, I'm so sorry, this probably isn't what you had in mind when you asked if the Lion King was going to be included.

* I'm rewatching Buffy - currently halfway through season 2 and mostly enjoying the heck out of it (aside from the race!fail and culture!fail and lookwe'retalkingaboutrapecanwehaveacookienow!fail). The last (and first) time I watched it was my freshman year in college - I had a friend who told me 'wait until you get to the fourth season - there's somethings that happen with Willow that I really think you'll relate to' - thus continuing the 'everyone knew I was queer before I did*' trend.

* There was a football game last night! I won't talk about who won because zanzando might not have seen it yet, but. There's always the commercials. Which were, for the most part, really terrible. Really, really terrible, and misogynistic, and buffoonish. To counter that you can see the Planned Parenthood response to Focus on the Family's spot here, Racebending.com's response to The Last Airbender's spot here, and rm talks about one of her favorite ads of Superbowls past over on her linkspam.

* My personal favorite Superbowl ad (I'm admittedly biased on a number of fronts):



* Another ad (not Superbowl related), totally unexpected and beautiful:



* And today's music video of choice:



* or what felt like everyone. To be fair, nepenthe totally didn't know, she just laughed for a long time when I came out and then was very supportive.

You guys this is genius. Crazy, creepy genius.



Be sure to watch the whole thing - it gets even better.

And yes, the internet tells me this was professionally made.

* This clip from Wednesday's Daily Show makes me so angry and depressed, you don't even know (actually, you probably do). Also it introduces me to several people I deeply desire to punch in the face. Too far to the left my ass.

* As a fun 'Democrats what the fuck are you doing' chaser - Ta-Nehisi Coates talks with Ezra Klein about health care.

* On Racialicious: The Dangerous Desire to Adopt Haitian Babies.

* So, it turns out I have not been paying attention at all and Dan Savage is very much a douchebag. A douchebag who says transphobic, sexist, racist things. ( In addition to that- )

* In lighter news: Helvetica cookie cutters! I can't wait for these to go on sale.

* Over on Gizmodo, Joseph Shoer talks about the physics of space battles. Nifty!

* This is a really lovely period fashion shoot. Beautiful clothes, high resolution, several models of color, random goth girl... pretty much everything I could ask for.

* I watched Re Cutie Honey with my roommate last night - she was a little stunned but in the end agreed that it was amazing. ( Because it is. )

* Badass of the week: Caterina Sforza

* By rm: in secret somewhere. You are not missing the cool party ... Chasing down societally approved versions of magic and wondering why it doesn't feel more awesome isn't going to bring the win. Forget parties and conventions, this applies to my entire life.

* Henry Jenkins interviews glockgal about Racebending.com and the Avatar casting fail.

* This article on British newspaper reporting (as tweeted by Neil Gaiman) is fascinating .

* Follow Friday: Interested in other awesome linkspams? Check out rm and cofax7.

Next round!


Also, y'all should check out bookshop's post - The Most Influntial YA of the Decade? + Girls, yay! - for more woman and femslash awesomeness. Also books. Mmmm, books.

ETA: And resonant put out a call for YA books which has resulted in a lot of female-centric/friendly recommendations in the comments.

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How about you folks? What are your favorite slashy comics, books, and video games?

Talking to my roommate (to be know henceforth as 'Dee') about the Rock Your Body Politic event:

( Drag Queens and Lady Gaga )

And today I had a chat about movies with the checkout guy at the grocery store - he asked me if I'd seen anything good lately and I told him I'd seen Sherlock Holmes a couple of times.

( Sherlock Holmes, Avatar, and Princess Mononoke )

Today is the 37th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade! If you've got a moment, you can read about this (incredibly important) ruling here and here. If you've got several moments I encourage you to read about the Stupak Amendment (part of the current health bill) which, if passed, would actually restrict women's access to abortion and other health services.

If you've got lots of moments, I've got some music for you! Planned Parenthood of North Texas put on a fantastic anniversary concert in Dallas last night - the venue (The Loft) was great, the organization efficient, and the bands really amazing.

First up was Something Fabulous and the lovely Jenna Sky (not actually a band). I was late and didn't get to see them (woe!) but I am sure they were great.



I have such a crush it is ridiculous.

( Actual bands - The Happy Bullets, Young and Brave, Giggle Party, and Girl in a Coma - under the cut. )

I'm going to put up a couple auctions on help_haiti tonight and am still ( pondering the details. )

* I haven't had a chance to watch this yet, but the TEDTalks website is featuring Edwidge Danticat: Stories of Haiti: In the midst of an earlier crisis, Haitian author Edwidge Danticat reminds us of the contributions of Haiti's vibrant culture and people. This reading offers a timely message for today -- as the nation struggles in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake (filmed Oct. 2004).

* On Newsweek - The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage: Why same-sex marriage is an American value by Theodore B. Olson (link via rm)

* Adam Lambert's Whataya Want From Me music video is up (via the entire internet)! *________________________* ETA: And bexless has a loving and hilarious review here.

( * More music under the cut )

* And some fine folks for Follow Friday: help_haiti, the fannish charity auction that you've seen a thousand times already. Go! Look! Donate! Also kaigou, for really excellent writing meta.

* Jay Smooth has a video up on Haiti: ...that we need to act not because Haiti is some nation of perennial victims that we need to have pity on; we need to act because Haiti is a nation of heroes and we need to repay them for what they've given us. That is what our responsibility is.

* Apparently there's a guest post up on FiveThrityEight that's a tentative defense of Pat Robertson's comments on Haiti (wtf?). Ta-Nehisi Coates takes it apart.

* And the NYTimes has a piece on why the Haitians had it coming, really (seriously, wtf?). jonquil responds here and here (same post, different comments).

Well not so much a signal boost - really, who hasn't heard about this? - and more a heads up: Haiti was decimated by a 7.0 earthquake this morning and is in desperate need of aid. Daily Kos has a link round up here, pinkfinity has started up help_haiti, his Glambertness suggests donating to UNICEF. I'm donating to Oxfam.

Most of these links ganked from bookshop.

* I just got the three volumes of Justice League International in the mail and tore through them, thus upholding my fine personal tradition of reading/watching canon long after I get into the fandom. It is super entertaining and not at all depressing! Entertaining and non-depressing DCU, I missed you so much.

* Spiderman 4 has been cancelled and Sony is rebooting the franchise which, honestly. It's like Christmas all over again. If I'm very, very good, maybe they'll do the same for X-Men.

* Since I'm on a comic book kick - bossymarmalade and handyhunter are doing this thing where they recast Marvel characters with actors of color. It's pretty sweet!

* I need to get to the comic shop. I'm so behind. Woe.

* SPEAKING OF JLI and also awesome news: JLI's coming back! And Booster's title's getting a new writer! YES.