This Is How it Happens

[angiepen]

Harriet Jacobs at Fugitivus made this pretty awesome post about how most women in our society are socialized, how we're taught to behave and relate to others in social situations, and how that leads to a culture where way too many women end up getting raped and then blamed for it. I'm going to quote the core list, because it really needs to be

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[aleathiel]

Hello lady! This is not relevant to the serious post - I spy you are nano-ing again this year? Are you posting it? Can I hang out and cheer? And even if you aren't posting as you write, can I still cheer? :)

[angiepen]

Hey, hon! [wave/hugz]

Yes I am, and no I'm not, and yes you can. :D

Even though I'm not going to be posting chunks, it'd be very cool to have you along for the ride.

Are you NaNoing this year? How've you been doing? You're done with school, right? What's up with you these days? {{{}}}

Angie

[aleathiel]

Excellent :) I will cheer you anyway then and put you on the little filter for mine.

I am nanoing. I've had a very low writing-output year and I'm feeling disgruntled! So I'm going to try and change that.

I am done with studying (at least for now!) and I'm doing various short-term contracts in museums to build up my experience. It's a hard field to break into, especially with the current shortage of financing, so it's quite frustrating, but I'm doing what I can!

How are you?