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"Another paradox is how patriarchy sets men up to depend on women in ways that make men feel vulnerable and, therefore, powerless in relation to them. In one sense, this is a common feature of systems of privilege that depend on subordinate groups to go along, to ratify privilege as legitimate, and to refrain from challenging the status quo ( Read more... )

Yes, Steven Moffatt, Mark Gatiss and team. You guys are planning to "have people just as frustrated as they ever were" for Sherlock S3's climax?! On par with S2's?!

As Moriarty told Sherlock in Sherlock S1E3:
"You can't be allowed to continue. You just ...can't."

On the other hand, it means we will have a S4 for Sherlock. *GLEE*

Oh please, just make S3 ( Read more... )

posting from my phone because I'm too lazy to drag Drew out again (and partly because I stared at the screen for practically seven hours straight watching Bloody Monday - shall reserve my comments for when I finish it; I'm left with two episodes, which means it's not a very good idea to continue watching now).

yesterday was a Family Day; accompanied ( Read more... )

“Because I have seen this tower before and I have seen it in the woman we all expected, the only woman some men ever know… And every time we come expecting her, the woman who lures us with what’s most precious to us and kills us with it, we build the tower around her again and again and again…”

She gazed at him. A tear slid down her cheek, and then ( Read more... )

Since Mordion looked as if, for once, he was trying to think about this, she went on persuasively, “Why is it so important to you to make Hume real anyway ( Read more... )

“She wondered if she had ever truly not known that Tor loved her, if it were only that she had always feared to love him in return. She was afraid no longer, and the irony of it was that Luthe had taught her not to be afraid, and that it was her love for Luthe that made her recognize her love for Tor.”

- Robin McKinley, The Hero and the Crown

“Dystopias should be insurgent. They should force readers to question who they are, what their society is like, and what they take for granted. A good dystopia will illuminate the horrors right before our eyes, and one can hope that if it does its job well, it will create empathy and humanity in world that is sorely lacking.”
- Paolo Bacigalupi, ( Read more... )

So I did just catch "The Avengers" (that has been superbly hyped up, oh, the past month) and actually I wasn't expecting that much of it, to be honest. For once, I wasn't surprised. I love superhero/vigilante flicks alot (it's a huge part of the reason why I loved 'City Hunter' - drama, not manga - and of course, I loved Christopher Nolan's Batman ( Read more... )

I realize that there is one thing I didn't write in the last entry ( Read more... )