What’s `at, Huh?
Yea, I’m awake. I think.
Faleen is not a border city. I love what I do.
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You scored 66% Gender-Abolitionist, 80% Sexually Liberal, and 80 % Socialist You are the Revisionist Feminist! You are, by far, the most philosophical, the most sexually-liberated, and the most politically extreme variety of feminist. You are very, very freedom-oriented. You abhor oppression in all forms. For instance, your views on sexual liberation and reproductive control
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“When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” – Audre Lorde (via Kaete)
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Just like medicalizing the female body (sure, women are over half the population, but their bodies are “weird” and “other”. Huh?)… In a report released last week, researchers estimated that more than half of Americans would develop mental disorders in their lives, raising questions about where mental health ends and illness begins. In fact, psychiatrists
Mr Brightside by the Killers
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has B.o. Swamp mist, eyes water –Why is that monk still wearingWinter robes in June? ah, soB A yellow snake eatsThe robin’s lone precious egg –You motherfucker – by Francis Heaney (via Jenn)
There’s a site that’s been set up by some writers in the SF/F field called “Dark Cabal.” (their tagline? “Vote for Stories. Not for Friends.) Over there, they have the ability to bitch about the state of SF/F, awards, and the shortcomings of certain books, a bit like I do here. The difference is, they
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Last fall I wrote about Mukhtaran Bibi, a woman who was sentenced by a tribal council in Pakistan to be gang-raped because of an infraction supposedly committed by her brother. Four men raped Ms. Mukhtaran, then village leaders forced her to walk home nearly naked in front of a jeering crowd of 300. Ms. Mukhtaran
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