February
II. On Being a Woman by Caitlin Moran
III. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder k
5. Cy in Chains by David L. Dudley YA
6. Coming Clean by Kimberly Rae Miller
7. Feed by M.T. Andersen UA

March
8. ttyl by Lauren Myracle YA
9. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
10. ttfn by Lauren Myracle YA
11. l8r, g8r by Lauren Myracle YA
12. Sharp Objects by ( Read more... )

That Number Eighteen ( Read more... )

(This was made for some Nerdfighter friends who wanted to hear each others' voices.)

So, there's a challenge going around to diversify your reading, or rather who you read. Even today, the bulk of authors are white, male and heterosexual ( Read more... )

Saying "I don't need feminism" is like saying "I don't need wheels." You probably don't NEED them, but your life is a lot easier. Just today, I've moved some heavy stuff on a dolly cart, pushed a grocery cart and rolled my desk chair back. Later, I will get on a bus. I could have managed to carry the heavy things, pulled the chair out fairly ( Read more... )

Please don't cite outliers as if they are the voice of very large group ( Read more... )

My brain keeps me entertained ( Read more... )

You know how to deal with an onerous task that's hanging over your head?
You sit down (or stand up, or put on your gloves, or take off your gloves or grab your workboots or whatever) and DO IT.

Then it's done. For me, it's often done in a LOT less time than I took to dread doing it.

Done and done.

There are local elections happening all over the US today ( Read more... )

I really enjoy having an original answer to a question that's mostly asked to be polite.

The adorable young man at Trader Joe's was chatting in that way that I never can tell if someone is just that friendly and good at small talk, or if they might be flirting, or if they flirt with everyone or if this is for me. But I was pleasant, remembered ( Read more... )