FLIST: Who the fuck are you again?
Fist off, I am not dead! This is very exciting for everyone, I'm sure. I am currently working on a recs post so epic it makes my head spin, because I decided that going off to college would be the perfect time to dive into like, seven new fandoms at once. What this boils down to is that, in the past two months, I have bookmarked about 500 new fics on my delicious account. And I'm going to rec a ton of them to you. Just not right now, because I have tons of projects/papers/what have you due this week, but look for it in a few days if you like bandom, Harry Potter, The Devil Wears Prada, DC Comics, Sandman, or yknow, really long lists full of gay sex.
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Today marks the first day of my last year as a teenager. I didn't really indulge in youthful rebellion in the last six years, being too busy with school and extracurriculars and a job and helping old ladies cross the street and rescuing kittens trapped in trees. Perhaps this year I should shake things up a bit...bring on the hookers and blow!
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Spoilers for tonights episode, Acafellas, under the cut!
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Or how you should all be watching Glee, right the fuck now. I won't spoil, but lord, it is AMAZING. Anyone who has seen it is welcome to squee in comments-beware of spoilers.
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That's right. Tonight, I am posting a rant with out writing it out beforehand and then sleeping on the issue, without getting a friend to tone down the language to make it less vitriolic, and without second guessing myself and putting it behind a cut. Because this is important to me as a student, as a sister, and as a woman.
My sisters came to Small Midwestern University [SMU] to visit me this weekend. They like to drink and have a good time, and I...I don't want to say that I'm anti-having a good time, but I never drank in high school and wasn't about to start at SMU without knowing anyone.
A quick note: my sisters and I tend to fit into the hopelessly archaic western standard of idealized beauty. I could be described as decent-looking, with S and N progressively more "attractive" than me. Normally, we don't give this much thought. At least, I try not to give it much thought - I cannot say for sure whether or not they do. N is both the youngest and the most conventionally attractive- points that will come into play in a bit.
Others have said this before and said it better, but I'm posting as a new student, as a female in a patriarchal society where the bodies, minds, and souls of women are valued less than their male counterparts, and as an older sister who today watched her younger sisters get manhandled around a party while they were drunk.
I'm not proud of them. I'm not proud of myself - for freezing up and not knowing what do to or how to let them escape - but I am especially not proud of the men of MSU. Here's a fun fact for them - when a woman says no, that she wants to leave, you do not box her into a corner. You do not grab her hips or crowd her personal space or kiss her anyway. It does not matter if she is drunk. It doesn't matter how old she is (for the record, much too young) and it does not matter if you thought that because of the way she dressed or the fact that she laughed at your stupid jokes that you are owed something from her. You aren't.
So basically, I'm angry. I'm angry at my sisters for going to the party when I wanted to stay in. I'm angry at every single male at that party- not exactly rational, but better than my initial anger, which was projected out to every male I've ever met. I am incredibly angry at our society, which is making me feel (at the same time, mind you) disappointed in myself for not saving my sisters sooner, angry/blaming of my sisters for going to the party and wearing pretty clothes, guilty for sending mixed signals and blaming all men for the actions of a few, and all in all for perpetuating on all counts the horrific gender inequality that we live with every day.
My sisters are fine. I am fine. We are all fucking fine.
Except when we aren't.
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Tonight, some girls on my floor and I went to an activity that had been advertised all week in our residence hall called "Sex in the Lounge". Being mostly-immature teens, we thought it was going to be the funniest thing ever, and we weren't wrong.
Sex in the Lounge consisted of the boys on one side of the lounge and girls on the other, separated by bedsheets across the center of the room. We then wrote a bunch of questions for the opposite sex, and we answered each other's questions from either side of the bedsheets. Any question. Any question that thirty hormone-ridden teens could come up with in their second week of living away from their families.
Awkward hilarity ensued. Just for context, the first question asked to the girl side by the boys was whether the g-spot existed and where, exactly it could be found.
For me personally, it was absolutely revelatory how many issues I was completely okay with or had an opinion on thanks to fandom, without advanced sexual experience in the specific matter being discussed. For nearly every point brought up-blowjob technique, the fact that men cannot produce sperm after coming five or six times, how to protect oneself, etc- I was able to think, hmm, I think I have seen this in a fic, or I know I have read this discussed, or how Gaila (the Orion woman from the Star Trek Reboot) would be delighted at how I handled the questions with absolute frankness.
I feel that from now on, this journal is going to mainly focus on how my personal college experience is impacted by my identity as a fangirl, but I know I can't be the only one! I hereby suggest that this entry become an IMPROMPTU FRIENDING MEME, for university-age fans. Flist, link to this if you can-I know there are more of us out here and, well, the beginning of the school year is the perfect time to make some new friends!
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I wrote yesterday about the fandom survey (the one with the banner that you may have seen all over the place in the last few days. I took the survey yesterday, raised my eyebrows at the phrasing of a few questions, but generally didn't think any more about it. Today, however, I have been reading some more on the subject, and thanks to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) thingswithwings I have run into some unsettling new concerns. Please, if you took the survey, read through some of the links - their science is skeevy as hell.
I know that I basically saw the link and thought it looked shiny and thought I would share with you all. I am so so sorry if turns out that this is damaging in any way to anyone on my flist. Apparently, they got a lot of us before we started to question and criticize and fight back, but I wanted to apologize and spread the word myself. If you reposted the image or told someone about the survey, would you mind terribly linking them either to this post or to the one I have above? Thanks, guys.
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Found via svmadelyn This is a 70 question (don't worry, it doesn't take long!) survey on slash, fanfic, and the motivations that drive people in fandom. It is quite fascinating.
I have a longer post planned regarding fandom and college, and that will hopefully be coming later tonight if my I finish my hw in time.
IT IS TIME FOR ME TO GET NEW ICONS. What are your favorite icons sources?
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I've now got the new LiveJournal Messenger. My Windows Live ID is rosykate@livejournal.com. Sign up now and we can chat!
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I posted yesterday about the discriminatory casting call put out by SG:U. sheafrotherdon also posted on the subject, and has a list of resources here if you want to take a few minutes to register your displeasure.
In happier news, I was tagged by luna_moonsilver by the questions meme that went around a while back.
Firstly: If you've been tagged, you must write your answers in your own LJ and replace any question that you dislike with a new, original question.
Secondly: Tag four people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you
I choose to tag ageofthegeek, aibari. amaberis, and falsebeginnings.
Who sleeps in bed next to you?
My doll, being about 8 inches long and rather beat up after being dragged everywhere with me throughout my childhood, actually resides in a place of honor right next to my bed. Close enough.
Have you ever lied to a teacher to get out of a deadline?
When I was going into seventh grade, I lied to my then-Orchestra director about being emotionally crippled after the death of my grandfather (partially true) so I had no time to practice my audition piece (I was just a really horrid violin player)
Do you have any habits/methods you must follow or feel 'off' for the rest of the day?
Email and lj, but I try to work out once a day (must be fit when the Doctor appears to whisk me away in the TARDIS) and I worked like six days a week this summer, which brings me to...
What's your occupation?
I am a sandwich maker at Potbelly Sandwich Works - which is something of an unfortunate line of work for a vegetarian!
What's really creepy?
Earwigs. You know those little bugs with the pincers out in front? *shudders*
What is your least favorite color?
Yellow. I live in a yellow house. Cannot stand it.
What's your current fandom/obsession/addiction?
Psych, Avatar, the strange Merlin/STXI crossover amaberis and I talked about yesterday, I'm reading through the Merlin Big Bang and a whole plethora of New!Trek fic. And Psych. Because, have you ever watched Psych? Magic.
What are you listening to right now?
The Twist by Frightened Rabbit.
What are you most excited for?
I start college next Tuesday. *wriggles*
What websites do you always visit when you go online?
Lj, xkcd, Go Fug Yourself, gmail, Jezebel, BBC.
What was the last thing you bought?
Shadow Magic by Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett.
What city have you always wanted to live in?
I love Chicago, but I yearn for Dublin, Ireland.
Does the weather affect your mood?
I get headaches when the barometric pressure changes, but once it actually starts to rain, my pain will magically go away and I am very happy indeed!
What is your zodiac sign?
Libra.
Do you want to learn another language?
I am fairly fluent in Spanish, but I have always loved languages and why we speak the way we do. My roommate next year is from China, and I only know inaccurate swears from Firefly in Chinese, so that is becoming something of a priority!
What user (either on or off your flist) is a must-read for you? Why?
I always check sheafrotherdon because it was her lj that introduced me to SGA fandom a few years ago, and that in turn introduced me to a lot of magnificent fic/people.
Do you have any siblings?
I have two younger sisters (by one year and two and a half years) and a younger brother (by seven years)
What show coming back this fall are you most excited for?
This is a toss-up between Glee and Merlin for me, with Bones coming in a close third.
What did you have for breakfast?
A cheese omelet on whole-grain toast.
Finally, please enjoy these NSFW links to AIDS Committee Sex Education. Q might be my favorite. Or J.
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BUT WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK IS THIS? via chandri -excuse my language, but I find it hard to form coherent sentences in the face of all of this FAIL.
James T Kirk does not approve of this shit.
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I am back from my road trip to Maine-because who doesn't love packing six people into a minivan and driving a thousand miles across the country-and so, SO glad to be back with my brand new laptop, which I have decided to name Tosh. She is beautiful.
FLIST, WHAT HAVE I MISSED? Besides all of your wonderful selves, that is.
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I had a whole thinky post planned about Half-Blood Prince, but I will shelve that for the moment in favor of STOP EVERYTHING AND FOLLOW THIS LINK That, my darling flist, is Act One Part One of Harry Potter the Musical. Yes, you read that right, HARRY POTTER THE MUSICAL.
I need to preface my glee by stating that I am a musical theater snob. I criticize staging and acting choices and will only occasionally deign to approve of a production. You guys? THIS BLEW ME AWAY. It isn't the best singing, but it is a group of people up there absolutely loving what they are doing. They take on every character with such humor, mixing pairings and books 1-7. If you were anywhere near HP fandom, or even have heard of the books, you need to watch this. A warning - it is a full-length musical. That means it lasts a good two hours. Just bear that in mind, because you probably will not want to stop watching.
Oh, and by the way, this is by the same people who brought the world Harry Potter Puppet Pals.
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IN WHICH I DO NOTHING BUT FLAIL, AND TO AVOID SPOILING WILL SIMPLY SAY: IANTO JONES ILU, WHICH IS NOTHING NEW, BUT BEARS REPEATING.
spoilers in the comments
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EVEN BETTER THAN THE FUCKING FIRST.
Spoilers in comments, and I will not say anything up here except, how so ricockulously amazing, show?
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...and come talk to me about Torchwood? I just watched it after work (thank you, internets, for the television online) and need someone to flail with. Because, srsly, homfg.
Also I haven't been around for forever and a day, but this is because I have been working/taking care of the siblings/sleeping more than four hours per night. I quite like the last bit.
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He is sitting behind the couch in our living room, making his first fanvid using Star Wars Legos and stop action. He's eleven and supplying all the voices himself. If you have never heard a pre-pubescent boy imitate an entire lightsaber battle, complete with sound effects, then you haven't lived. He has warned me like five times in the last ten minutes not to make any noise because he is "in the middle of something really important". I want to hug him for ever and ever, except that he's eleven and just got too cool for that sort of thing.
A few years from now, I shall introduce him to fandom, and he will never, ever, return. ;)
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via lamardeuse:
This fantastic news which even though some of the language is phrased as rather...patronizing, is still cause for glee! So, let us celebrate by taking pride in LGBT people everywhere, in real life, in fic, and across the world :D
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My Late Term Abortion
Warning, it may make you cry, but after George Tiller was killed this weekend, it is important that we not rush to attatch words like "controversial" too quickly to his epithet. As this story shows, the women who need late-term abortions often have no other recourse. Needless to say, if there is anyone on my flist who believes that the proper reaction to a medical practitioner performing an operation with which they disagree is murder, kindly GTFO.
That is all.
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