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Today's moment of feminist rage is courtesy of Cracked: Six Dream Jobs That Actually Suck.
#3 is on the list is "Stay-at-home dad," and the article goes on and on about what difficult, unfulfilling work it is as if these descriptors don't apply when women are doing the work, then links an incredibly sexist Daily Mail article that uses a few ( Read more... ) -
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Posting this unlocked with bdbdb's permission:
A dear friend of mine, bdbdb, a wonderful woman and a wonderful member of the fannish community, was just diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She spent several days in the hospital, and she lost the sight in one eye (and nearly lost sight in both). She's home now, but she's drowning under crushing medical debt ( Read more... ) -
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So, did everybody else cry at, "Congratulations, Mr. President"?
And "As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals."
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... Why in the hell did I just get about 75 comment notifications all at once? Fucking LJ. Now I have all these things I want to answer that are days or even weeks old.
Shakesville has a really great post, The MRA Mirror, which I highly recommend with this caveat: Reading all the links will probably make you want to resign from the human race ( Read more... ) -
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So, remember how Dr Pepper promised a free soda to everyone in America if Chinese Democracy came out in 2008?
Well, okay, you probably don't, since I'm guessing most of you don't have the same crazy ZOMG FIRST FANDOM Guns 'N Roses nostalgia I do, but regardless... Free Dr Pepper! But only for the next 24 hours ( Read more... ) -
Sometimes wank makes the world an infinitely happier place
Oh, my god, I need a Jensen version of this icon. I don't think this fresh bit of crazy (courtesy of wank_report) quite lives up to the original "Elijah Wood is my personal lord and savior" essay, but it comes pretty close. It's titled Why Jensen Ackles Matters: A Study in Fiction and Meta, and it encompasses, as the author helpfully explains at ( Read more... ) -
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YES WE DID
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Via bunnymcfoo and kita0610, from here:I voted here in San Francisco's Noe Valley neighborhood about two hours ago. It took about an hour to get through the line, and while standing there I was chatting with the 75-year-old retired cop in front of me, and the young 30-something gay couple in front of him, who had their two little girls in tow ( Read more... ) -
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Via giandujakiss, All Hail Out Obama-bot Overlords. My favorite bit (well, other than the vote, obviously): “What is that, a robot?” he said, exhaling noisily. “The Obama campaign has a robot set up in the plaza. It’s holding a sign that says ‘Powered by hope.’ Which I don’t think is entirely accurate.”
*die laughing ( Read more... )