I hate this new fucking insurance and the new doctor I've got.

They don't call me back and when I do, then they tell me some of my test results were abnormal and they in addition referred me to a neurologist who sees only epilepsy patients - which I am not - and the only other neuro there 'never prescribes narcotics' because obv, after 40 years of ( Read more... )

Honestly - I didn't expect PayPal to actually respond to the petition or the request from AllOut but they did ( Read more... )

A couple of blog posts on describing POC and/or skin color in writing. The first one is a series of examples the author feels are good, the second is a critique of the way people write skin tone type descriptions of people (particularly the exoticizing of POC features). I've always been ... leery of describing someone who is (not-white) via some ( Read more... )

I know there are quite a few readers and writers of YA fiction out in my flist and as part of the blow-up around the straightening of queer characters in YA fic that came up a couple of days ago, this post happened ( Read more... )

While it's true that electronic petitions have limited impact, sometimes they are the only or best known way to show support and provide any pressure at all ( Read more... )

There was, for awhile, a fake movie poster floating around that had Gwen Cooper and Rose Tyler on it, with the cloud background from CoE. They were in 'hero' type poses and it was a a fake poster for the two of them as stars for a 'saving the world' type movie ( Read more... )

Title: Fast Girls
Author: X-Tricks
Fandom/characters: Dr Who, Jack/Chula warship
Notes: standard, for kink_bingo round 4: vehicular

( Fast Girls )

( SPOILERS?!?!? )

Lately, one of the lovely things thats been happening is some health issues. I've been going to acupuncture for migraines and it seems to work to reduce frequency, though not to stop them in their tracks, once they're going ( Read more... )

This is copperbadge's fault!

I can't do origami. I'm just not … that sort of person. But I watched an origami documentary last night, which I kind of expected to be as exciting as watching paint dry but it was surprisingly engaging and fascinating. Between the Folds is a prize winning origami documentary ( Read more... )