Internet Readalong
Jan. 29th, 2010 09:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
effex* 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, the thing that's been bothering me the last couple of weeks (since I subscribed to his blog and started listening to his podcasts) is his insistence that female sexuality is much more fluid then men's - lesbians are apparently much more likely to stop being queer as they get older, settle down with a man, and have a happy heteronormative life while men, as we all know, are strictly gay or strictly straight (or sometimes bi. maybe) forever and ever, amen. Science has proven it. Don't get angry, ladies, it's a compliment!
And then he posts columns like this without once acknowledging the disconnect.
* 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. I had forgotten how much of this show is unapologetic fanservice - lots of cosplay, lots of nudity, boobs and ass everywhere. But to balance that, it's a show entirely about women - women are the heroes, women are the villains, women save each other (and occasionally the men and the city) over and over again, women have the complex motivations and feelings and relationships. And by the end of the OVA Honey and Na-chan are painfully, obviously in love.
Maybe tonight I can get the roommate to watch the Utena movie and really blow her mind.
* Badass of the week: Caterina Sforza
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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 interviewsglockgal 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 outrm and cofax7.
* 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, the thing that's been bothering me the last couple of weeks (since I subscribed to his blog and started listening to his podcasts) is his insistence that female sexuality is much more fluid then men's - lesbians are apparently much more likely to stop being queer as they get older, settle down with a man, and have a happy heteronormative life while men, as we all know, are strictly gay or strictly straight (or sometimes bi. maybe) forever and ever, amen. Science has proven it. Don't get angry, ladies, it's a compliment!
And then he posts columns like this without once acknowledging the disconnect.
* 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. I had forgotten how much of this show is unapologetic fanservice - lots of cosplay, lots of nudity, boobs and ass everywhere. But to balance that, it's a show entirely about women - women are the heroes, women are the villains, women save each other (and occasionally the men and the city) over and over again, women have the complex motivations and feelings and relationships. And by the end of the OVA Honey and Na-chan are painfully, obviously in love.
Maybe tonight I can get the roommate to watch the Utena movie and really blow her mind.
* 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.
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