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The Witcher
Will my resolution to use this journal more fail like 90% of all resolutions.
So, my initial reaction to The Witcher can really be summed up by this Noelle Stevenson tweet.
Me 5 minutes ago: eh ok we can try Witcher even though it seems like generic fantasy
Me 5 mins into Witcher: wait I forgot I love generic fantasy
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A write up of Contrapoints twitter Wank
It's kind of weird to post a long response to twitter wank here, where no one may have the slightest clue as to what I'm talking about, but I needed a long form space.
So, my thoughts on a controversy that burst forth on twitter that was ostensibly about pronouns, and actually about a lot of other things.
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Rocky Horror Picture, and the discomfort of genderfuck
This week I got my new Criterion release of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. (Lots of pictures over at my Twitter.) It came with this essay. I had my issues with the essay, as I will also distrust anything that itself distrusts "identity" or bemoans "defensiveness." But it did get me thinking.
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Not Prime Time Letter
Hi, author! I'm sorry this so late. I had a one two punch of health mini-crisis and computer breakdown ( Read more... ) -
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Shit, it's so great to be able to express myself with icons again. And I can always tell people what music I'm listening to!
This really is the best platform.
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Okay, so, using this journal
Does anyone reading this walk with a cane? When my sciatica flares up, I tend to walk with a limp. It's not a severe limp, but walking starts to tire me out ( Read more... ) -
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Something that is clear. I want to post on DW. Something that is also clear. I believe I should post on DW, as I still after all this time believe that the LJ/Model is the best fandom platform. Unfortunately, one more thing that's clear is that I tend to not do things I think I should do, and then my anxiety works up to a fever pitch in which even ( Read more... ) -
Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart
A few years ago, I got into reading NetGalley ARCs. Then I requested a whole bunch of books at once, had a depressive episode, didn'r read or review any of them, and was so convinced that no publish would give me a book again that I just abandoned the whole thing. But now I'm getting into it again, and maybe I'll review enough "read now" books, ( Read more... )
