Mark Sanchez is lazy.
An Asian American NBA breakout star is a zoo exhibit. (See: just about every mention of Jeremy Lin.)

WTF, sports world? Did I miss when 2012 was designated super-special racism year?

Sometimes what I miss the most about my friendship with C. was a specific flavour of squee. Being silly, fan-girly, indulgent, doting on romantic relationships we really liked - and the minutiae thereof - in books we had read (or that I'd read and directed her to read, in part so that I'd have someone to do this with). But only when it was just the ( Read more... )

For anyone interested in genre fiction, discussions about fiction, and feminist discussions about fiction and fandom, there are some great recent posts from authors calling out reviewers on using the term Mary Sue.

Starting with this terrific breakdown from Zoe Marriott: You Can Stuff Your Mary-Sue Where the Sun Don't ShineAdditional comments by ( Read more... )

I was remarking to saitou earlier that one never appreciates having opposable thumbs as much as when a) taunting the cat, or b) temporarily losing the use of one. On my dominant hand. And, just for good measure, the index finger of my other hand as well. I'd somehow never managed to injure both hands simultaneously before, and I'm quite hoping never to ( Read more... )

Feeling creatively stymied right now on this paper, so an interlude of musings on art. Music, poetry ( Read more... )

My latest paper assignment is about the ethical questions involved in covering celebrity "news." Which means for the first time ever I've gone on websites like TMZ and Perez Hilton, so I can actually know what I'm talking about before I start writing. I feel like I need to scrub my brain. With lye.

My computer has a new background. For those of you who know some of my quirks this is a fairly big deal - my wallpapers are all things that mean a lot to me and also stay parked on my screen for several years. Previously I've had Waterhouse, Trigun, Maiden, and the anomoly of the background my current laptop came with just because it was pretty and ( Read more... )

I am soooooooooo tired of people not understanding the English language. As in native speakers who don't know what certain words mean, as evidenced by their use of said words ( Read more... )

Grades from my fall semester class just went up: A.

The class was titled Courts and Social Change, focusing mostly on Brown v. Board and its aftermath, and I told the instructor after the final he was lucky I didn't have time at the end because otherwise I would have been quoting Phil Ochs all over it. (And thanks to ladderrat for pointing out to me the ( Read more... )

To all of you and to 2011 - I realized tonight that I hadn't actually read LJ in over a week, which is unusual for me (I haven't touched Facebook, other than to confirm a request, in over two months), and probably indicative and whatnot, but here I am, I suppose. Here's something else I haven't done in quite some time:

( 2010 in review )