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Mary Sue: because women aren’t supposed to be heroes
Originally posted by feministsf at Mary Sue: because women aren’t supposed to be heroes
http://blogs.feministsf.net/mary-sue-because-women-arent-supposed-to-be-heroes
http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=1686
I was reading this fabulous essay by Comic Book Girl, Mary Sue, what are you? or why the concept of Sue is sexist:
So, there’s this girl. She’s tragically ( Read more... ) -
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Some awesome person bought me a month of dreamwidth! THANK YOU awesome person. You made a horrible day bearable.
Just a couple of recs:
I don't usually rec WIPs, but
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I stopped posting for many reasons (among them, illness and a severe case of Impostor syndrome which I know is crazy since we're all sort of impostors online), but I kept reading femslash by the fuckton. I've decided that not rec'ing is sort of selfish. The reason I started rec'ing fic in the first place was as a sort of huge thank you to the ( Read more... ) -
Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Originally posted by twbasketcase at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Originally posted by gabrielleabelle at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Okay, so I don't usually do this, but this is an issue near and dear to me and this is getting very little no attention in the mainstream media ( Read more... ) -
Say Yes to Gay YA
Originally posted by feministsf at Say Yes to Gay YA
http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=1585
Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith were told by a literary agent that their Young Adult novel would be represented - if they made a gay character straight or wrote him out altogether.
They refused.
They have written a blog entry about the gatekeepers of publishing who ( Read more... ) -
Sold: Two Anthologies
Thought this might be of interest to some of my awesome flist:
Originally posted by upstart_crow at Sold: Two Antologies
The contracts have been signed and delivered, and these can finally be announced. I've sold two anthologies and will be reading for them in the next few month. The first is Femmes Fatales, an anthology of erotic/romantic mystery stories to ( Read more... ) -
wtf
Several wonderful people have emailed/messaged me lately to make sure everything's alright in leavetheskyland. I know I haven't been posting much/pimping the incredible fic out there not to mention leaving much deserved feedback on the fic I do read so this is my attempt at some sort of explanation.
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It Gets Better
via rm:
If you're queer and were bullied, make a video and post it to YouTube - itgetsbetterproject's Channel. So very, very cool. Or if you're not the video-making type, just take a look at how cool we are. I hope everyone does this and the world gets to see not only our pain, but how we rise above it. Because we all do. Every. Damn. Day.