I wish I could explain to you all how freaking awesome the line-up is for asoiaf_artx this round. There are a lot of new artists and they are AMAZING and I am in awe and I feel like some loser kid in high school who threw a party and astonishingly enough all the cool kids showed up ( Read more... )

* More like a Jon Snow Confused-Frustration-And-Ambivalence-er, but that's not as catchy

( Seriously mild spoilers for ADWD Jon I )

“The mistake that straight people made,” Savage told me, “was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous. Men had concubines, mistresses and access to prostitutes, until everybody decided marriage had to be egalitar­ian and fairsey.” In the feminist revolution, rather than extending to women “the same ( Read more... )

1. Angelina Jolie - $30 million
   Sarah Jessica Parker - $30 million
2. Jennifer Aniston - $28 million
   Reese Witherspoon- $28 million
3. Julia Roberts - $20 million
   Kristen Stewart - $20 million
4. Katherine Heigl - $19 million
5. Cameron Diaz - $18 million

From Star Wars Taught My Daughter the Meaning of Sexism by April Peveteaux:

How was your weekend? Did you have an intense conversation with your child about sexual politics based on one of the greatest movies of all time? No? Must have just been me, then. I have to admit, I was not expecting that to happen between pre-school graduation parties and ( Read more... )

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I posted this over at westerosorting's greathouses, so apologies if you're a member there and already have seen it (if not, go check it out! Tell them I sent you!). I just wanted to put this in a public post somewhere so people can come across it and have a chat if they want. Warning: this covers events through the end of the first book of the series, A Game of Thrones, ( Read more... )

1. JK Rowling: Claim to fame- having sold $50 million books and given all of us who have read them and seen the movies immense pleasure
2. Danielle Steel: She has sold over 800 million books and the 8th best selling author of all time.
3. Toni Morrison: Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes
4. Stephenie Myer: 100 million books sold; and the movies are the most successful ( Read more... )

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