Category: Rants
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A Rant on Luna Luna
I went on a bit of a rant over at Luna Luna today about why feminists shouldn’t shut up. Ever. Enjoy! “Look. Feminists do not need to shut up about misogyny on the internet. Feminists need to not shut up, ever, until our desire to see equality for all people— including those who were not…
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Talking About Sexism in Sci Fi
The other day I was chillaxing with some friends and the conversation turned to Doctor Who, which, as we know, is a favorite topic for me. The other people involved in the conversation were both guys. Some of the most enlightened, aware, and feminist men I know, which is relevant. They were discussing Tennant vs.…
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Blocked
This morning when I got to work I attempted to log on to this website. I’ve been keeping my comments section open as a tab throughout my workday and slowly battling the ever-present tidal waves of spam. I’ve been working on SEO, and my plan was to tackle spam first, then to go back through…
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The Doctor’s Companions: or, a rant, OR, an excuse to look at Doctor Who GIFs all day
Can we talk about women in sci fi for a minute? I know this horse may be long dead and beaten to a pulp by now, but seriously can we just talk for a second? I’m mostly talking, at this moment, about Doctor Who because Doctor Who is a MASSIVE pop culture phenomenon right now.…
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I Wrote About My Queerness
Yes, I did. And it’s up on Luna Luna Magazine for the whole wide world to see. I don’t know why I still get so nervous about this. Someone reposted the link on Facebook and tagged my “personal” account–the one my family sees–and I immediately asked her to take it down and if she wanted…
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Let’s Talk About Posers (warning: RANT)
Remember back in the late 90s when being called a poser was the ultimate insult? “You’re not really goth; you’re a poser!” Or whatever. Meaning that the thing you pretend you love is really just a passing fad. That you just want to look cool and get noticed, but you’re really just a mainstream loser…
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The Plaid Pencil Skirt
This morning, on my way to work, I noted near the end of my subway ride that some days one can leave the house, freshly showered and coffeed, feeling pretty damn good about the day ahead, but by the time one is midway through the commute, find that all that optimism, energy, and compassion toward…
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Despicable
I’m so upset right now. I marched straight home and fired up my laptop and now I’m sitting in front of it and I don’t know where to start. This is despicable. I just got back to my apartment after taking the subway home, like I always do. As I walked down a busy street…
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Linksalot
Links, links, so many links, it’s Sir Linksalot up in here! (Okay there are only two links.) 1) Hollywood, seriously. Really. You cast an actress to play Linda Lovelace who, in an interview with GQ, says about the movie Deep Throat, “There’s no point in watching the whole movie. It’s the same shit for an…
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Scandal! Yawn!
I was talking to my parents this weekend about the awesomeness of the upcoming New York City election season. I’ve never been this excited about local elections. It’s like the sex-scandal election season. The cock-and-balls caucus. The personal-is-political philosophy become flesh. To my way of thinking, the fact that Eliot Spitzer is running for comptroller…