(no subject)

[sorcyress]

Seriously. Eight hundred billion sundries.

*Why Strong Female Characters Are Bad for Women. Best summed up by this:

I think the major problem here is that women were clamoring for “strong female characters,” and male writers misunderstood. They thought the feminists meant [Strong Female] Characters. The feminists meant [Strong Characters], Female.

*A bit ago, The Bloggess, who is incredibly funny, posted the saga of Beyonce the Chicken. This has led to the most incredible vandalization of wikipedia ever.

(Regarding the original link, the story itself is funny enough. But if you've been reading the Bloggess a while, you realize that she has a very healthy relationship with Victor, with him playing the straight man to her wacky antics and them having a firm relationship based on love and similar senses of humour. So reading the comments, half of which are "OMG HE WILL DIVORCE YOU IMMEDIATELY YOU SUCH A MONEY-WASTING BITCH" is even more hilarious to me. Oh people. Please stop being so foolish.)

*Analysis on why the singular they is grammatically acceptable

*

If you don’t consider your partner’s dysphoria or triggers more important than your wish to touch them everywhere, you’re not ready for or deserving of sex.

source

I agree with this entirely. For everyone.

*mek writes an elevator pitch:
"A freelance journalist follows a lead in a murder and gets tangled up in it
Then exciting things happen
For example, he visits his local library. EXCITEMENT"

*I don't care how shopped it is. This seal makes me happy.

*On receiving vegetables versus flowers. Personally, I too would be tickled if I was given a bouquet of carrots. Also brings to mind this fantastic bash.org quote.

*JoshZed explains why he is a feminist: Pure self-interest

(Don't read the comments. Never read the comments, dear Christ.)

*Signs Your Man May Be Cheating --I lawled

*Penises: They are about this big. Now can we please get over it.

(As a special side note, size queens can get the fuck out of my journal. I'm okay with shape queens, especially in terms of people with atypically shaped vaginas (or other places dicks go) seeking/desiring something that fits them, but being all "oh, he has a small dick and is therefore terrible in bed" is the sort of thing that makes me want to slap the cruel out of you. As for bragging about how huge your boyfriend's cock is...I'm very happy for you, my boyfriends all give me kick ass orgasms, and I'd *much* rather brag about how awesome that is.)

*I don't normally watch videos online, but I was willing to give this a shot after my brother said it was "literally one of the best things he's seen". It is pretty damn neat! Good little music video thing.

*I really hope this has happened and it's awesome, Geek Feminism Blog asks for photo-proof of tech so simple a mother can do it. I want some TechFandom shots with my mommy.

*My favourite carfree mommies have pointed out the need for bike racks in our public parks. . If you live in the Arlington-Boston-Brighton-Cambridge area, you should go click on the links at the end of their posts, and send appropriate requests regarding this need. You know, if you like biking and parks and stuff.

*Memorial for lost socks in New York

*TWO VIDEOS in the SAME POST?! AGHAST! But this one is only sixteen second. A Friendly Reminder

*And a THIRD video! In which Woozle sings a happy little song about how much she loves the TSA. We should all encourage her to make a better version of this. Because it's gorgeous.

God bless snark.

*Boston has a reoccuring free Python Workshop specifically for women, and for people who know nothing about Python or coding. Ohmygod.

Ohmygod, I want to go to the next one of these so badly.

*A handy flowchart on asking about those scars you see on someone's wrist.

*Texas Board of Education unanimously approves Evolution based biology textbooks/supplements and not creationist based. Boooooyah!

(In case you don't get why this is such a big deal, Texas is one of the places that has standardized textbooks across the state -and it's a big state. So Texas has an inordinately large amount of pressure on the textbook industry. Things that they approve are more likely to become books for EVERYONE, because of the way textbooks pander. Yay!)

~Sor
MOOP!

Comments

[crystalpyramid]

OMG THE CHICKEN.

[harena]

*And a THIRD video! In which Woozle sings a happy little song about how much she loves the TSA. We should all encourage her to make a better version of this. Because it's gorgeous.

Have you seen the Live Version? 'Cause it is SO much better :D

[jannyblue]

Regarding "boy-bits": Size only matters if he doesn't know how to use it. Talent and enthusiasm are far more important, though I admit my experience in this matter is rather limited.

The most important thing is that you have to actually like the person the bits are attached to enough to WANT to have sexytime with them.

The way I see it, if all you want is the bits, and the person is interchangeable, then you should buy some bits made of plastic in whatever size/shape/configuration you like. Much less messy that way.

[macaroniandtuna.livejournal.com]

I haven't yet read anything else you've posted here, but I feel you should know that I am literally dying of laughter here because of that chicken story. So if you never see me again it's all your fault for linking to that.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_meej_/]

I'm proud and pleased to say that the past 4 parks I've had a hand in designing have all had bike racks. :-) Some of the prior ones did also; occasionally, there's some reason they end up cut out of the park's program, but not without our protest!

[tirerim.livejournal.com]

Damn, I wish I had a picture of my mom in her lab. (Realtime systems programming, with model trains. Also Lego robots, sometimes.)

[myarbor.livejournal.com]

Note to Self: Don't read Kat's LJ right before going to sleep. It leads to some mighty ...odd... dreams. Entertaining, yes, but ...odd.
(But wait -- I like being entertained! On second thought, disregard note, Self.)

[hermitgeecko.livejournal.com]

I am hoping to be beyond the Python beginner workshop by the time the next one comes past, but otherwise I would be all about it. :)

Thanks for sharing everything!