I know I've been an absentee landlord for more than a little bit, but it's been for a good reason. Say hello to the Sekrit Project: Whedonistas: A Celebration of the Worlds of Joss Whedon by the Women Who Love Them


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What I Did On My Summer Vacation: Fannish Version ( Read more... )

I was just emailed a link to the "Kids Bowl Free" program being held all over the country in which kids can bowl up to two free games per day. You can also purchase a pass for $24.95 that allows up to four adults two games per day for the entire summer. Not a bad deal ( Read more... )

I'm not going to rehash the wank that is tearing through the pan-fandom landscape but I am going to thank everyone who had the courage to stand up and share their stories about some of the most terrifying moments of their lives. They didn't do it for attention or for pity but as an example of the devastating effect of the rape culture and victim ( Read more... )

A few months ago I wrote a rather cranky column for Enlightenment in which I realized, with more than a little shame, that I'd been self-censoring my fannish conversations when interacting in more "boy" oriented fandom circles. I'd been doing it unconsciously and it had everything to do with "Honorary Guy" syndrome ( Read more... )

It's nearly WhoDay and I can't wait. I think what I'm most excited about is the story becoming the Doctor's story once more. Not that I don't love me some companions but it seemed like a good chunk of S1-4 were The Companion Tales. Maybe Moffat won't go there but I have a feeling he is more enamored with the Doctor than he is of the companions ( Read more... )

Doctor Who is coming to New York. Literally.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/event.php?eid=110551772297563

I was flipping through the latest issue of Torchwood Magazine at B&N (which I've decided I love, btw, because it reminds me so much of the Teen Beat/Tiger Beat mags of my youth in where they take 500 words of real news and somehow manage to spin it into 50,000 words of copy, with the added short stories and comics) when I turned to the "Take Over ( Read more... )

I just popped over to doctoreleven for the first time in ages. At first I was cheered by the apparent increase in content over "dat ass" posts (not that I mind a good "dat ass" post every now and again but really...) but it didn't take more than two clicks to find the first Ten/Rose comment which pretty much devolved into "Rose has ruined fandom ( Read more... )

While we wait for Moff Tiem and the ascendancy of the Cult of Matt, I've been wallowing in Audio Bookville. (And trying to recover from DST *haaaaaaaate*) After the disappointing
The Day of The Troll it was almost a joy to listen to Dan Abnett's The Last Voyage.

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