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i have written a lot!! ok not a lot a lot, but i hadn't written more than 1k since like, 2009, so i'm pleased with how much i wrote last year.
yuri on ice also got me writing stuff i had never written before lmao (puppy play, footjobs, [fem]daddy kink...). it's been fun! i have some more yoi fics in the works, too, at least one of which should be finished this week.
previously not posted here:
dearer than rain to the earth (1944 words)
Fandom: Merlin (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Additional Tags: Background Femslash, Bottom Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Butt Plugs, Riding, Merlin being snarky at Arthur even during sex, Smut, Fluff and Smut, Porn with Feelings, Merlin treating Aithusa like their child, Aithusa is on here because she does the creepy cat staring and then leaves
Series: Part 2 of always been the tower
Summary: While Morgana and Gwen are away, Merlin and Arthur will play. Purely post-boring-meetings smut with a dash of feelings. Takes place right after "always been the tower."
bigmouth strikes again (i was only joking) (1847 words)
Fandom: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky, background Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov
Additional Tags: Rated Mature due to Yurio's mouth, implied BDSM, Implied Daddy Kink, Implied Rimming, none of this actually happens, Crack, Crack Treated Seriously, as in it's mostly crack but a lil more serious towards the end, Fluff and Humor
Summary: Yuri gets annoyed with Victor teasing him about his relationship with Otabek, so he decides to fight fire with TMI. The catch: eventually Victor wants to have a Stern Talk with Otabek, who has no clue his boyfriend is making up these stories to tell.
call me peaches when we get this nasty (1832 words)
Fandom: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Phichit Chulanont/Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov, Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov
Additional Tags: Threesome - M/M/M, Puppy Play, Pet Play, Foot Jobs, Victor's Foot Thing, Service Submission, Dom/sub Undertones, Service Sub Victor, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Porn with Feelings, it's not super sappy but there are feelings because husbands, give Phichit more love!!!, Dom Katsuki Yuuri, Sub Victor Nikiforov, POV Phichit Chulanont
Summary: Phichit had heard a soft whine, and he laughed. "You didn't tell me you and Victor got a new puppy."
Fandom: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky
Additional Tags: Genderswap, Female Otabek Altin, female yuri plisetsky, Strap-Ons, Daddy Kink, Butch/Femme, Lesbians, Established Relationship, it's fluffy daddy kink, beka is a butch sub daddy it's great
Summary: "Beka," Yulia repeats. She curls her face into Beka's shoulder; she's giggly, but doesn't seem like she’s had more than those small sips from the other girl's lips. "My new friend was just telling me about her Daddy."
yuri on ice also got me writing stuff i had never written before lmao (puppy play, footjobs, [fem]daddy kink...). it's been fun! i have some more yoi fics in the works, too, at least one of which should be finished this week.
previously not posted here:
dearer than rain to the earth (1944 words)
Fandom: Merlin (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Additional Tags: Background Femslash, Bottom Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Butt Plugs, Riding, Merlin being snarky at Arthur even during sex, Smut, Fluff and Smut, Porn with Feelings, Merlin treating Aithusa like their child, Aithusa is on here because she does the creepy cat staring and then leaves
Series: Part 2 of always been the tower
Summary: While Morgana and Gwen are away, Merlin and Arthur will play. Purely post-boring-meetings smut with a dash of feelings. Takes place right after "always been the tower."
bigmouth strikes again (i was only joking) (1847 words)
Fandom: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky, background Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov
Additional Tags: Rated Mature due to Yurio's mouth, implied BDSM, Implied Daddy Kink, Implied Rimming, none of this actually happens, Crack, Crack Treated Seriously, as in it's mostly crack but a lil more serious towards the end, Fluff and Humor
Summary: Yuri gets annoyed with Victor teasing him about his relationship with Otabek, so he decides to fight fire with TMI. The catch: eventually Victor wants to have a Stern Talk with Otabek, who has no clue his boyfriend is making up these stories to tell.
call me peaches when we get this nasty (1832 words)
Fandom: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Phichit Chulanont/Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov, Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov
Additional Tags: Threesome - M/M/M, Puppy Play, Pet Play, Foot Jobs, Victor's Foot Thing, Service Submission, Dom/sub Undertones, Service Sub Victor, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Porn with Feelings, it's not super sappy but there are feelings because husbands, give Phichit more love!!!, Dom Katsuki Yuuri, Sub Victor Nikiforov, POV Phichit Chulanont
Summary: Phichit had heard a soft whine, and he laughed. "You didn't tell me you and Victor got a new puppy."
"Oh," Yuuri hummed, "we didn't. Vityusha just usually isn't naughty enough he needs correcting while we're talking."
He had said it so casually, and Russian has so many diminutives he can’t keep track of them--it took Phichit a second to catch up. "Yuuri, oh my god," he had hissed with scandalized delight. "Are you doing what I think you are."
daddy lessons (1840 words)Fandom: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky
Additional Tags: Genderswap, Female Otabek Altin, female yuri plisetsky, Strap-Ons, Daddy Kink, Butch/Femme, Lesbians, Established Relationship, it's fluffy daddy kink, beka is a butch sub daddy it's great
Summary: "Beka," Yulia repeats. She curls her face into Beka's shoulder; she's giggly, but doesn't seem like she’s had more than those small sips from the other girl's lips. "My new friend was just telling me about her Daddy."
Oh, thinks Beka, as her breath hitches. The green-haired girl, sporting a sweet coy smile, is now talking with another woman, a taller butch with short blond hair and a leather jacket. The club she's just played is usually mostly gay men, but trust Yulia to find the only leatherdyke and her femme in the place.
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heyyyy. i sort of got behind on everything while i was in the hospital and just...never picked dreamwidth back up. (i have an unanswered email from july still, too. ugh.) i want to get back into this, so i'm going to be pruning who i follow. no hard feelings if i take anyone off, feel free to still subscribe / hang around for any public posts <3
i want to join more and i'm sure other people do too!
in the comments, post communities that either are currently active and people should join, OR dead ones you want to be active and so you need to recruit people to help you make it active.
in the comments, post communities that either are currently active and people should join, OR dead ones you want to be active and so you need to recruit people to help you make it active.
lots of links, so i'm only posting excerpts where it's not 100% obvious what the article is about.
Non-Political and Light-Hearted
This Indonesian All-Girl Heavy Metal Band Is Many Kinds Of Awesome
Two Disney Lovers Got Married And The Pics Are Positively Enchanting
What Your Favorite Fictional TV Couples Would Be Like in Bed
None of my interviewees would comment on the obviously perfect romantic pairing of Lenny Briscoe and Reynaldo Curtis from Law & Order, but Pasciucco felt that SVU's Benson and Stabler could have really popped off. "They are both passionate, intense, and drawn to excitement. I believe they would be an amazing sexual match," she says.
We Can't Stop Looking at These Extremely Sexual Photos of Fruit
'I Was Going to Stab Him': People Tell Us the Evil Things They Did as Kids
[sidenote: for the most part, this is not actually dark/violent, it's more like "evil asshole kid things"]
Feminism/LGBT
How to Really Help Gay Teens
[sidenote: what i've found in my own research supports this article; teens with a broader lgbt community are not just emotionally healthier, but also physically healthier.]
Our Cultural Obsession With ‘Pretty Dead Girls’ Began Long Before ‘Twin Peaks’
In a Country Where Widows are Witches
What It's Really Like to Work with Rapists in Prison
'Mattress Girl' Emma Sulkowicz Is Back—And Channeling Her Rage Through BDSM
[sidenote: this addresses, i guess the best way to put it is, complicity in abuse and rape through staged performance art, which includes but is not limited to master/slave punishment scenes. it made me uncomfortable and may be triggering.]
Other social-justicey articles
How Alcoholics Anonymous Psychologically Abuses The Marginalized
Grocery Stores: An American Miracle
Countering class-based food stigma with a “hierarchy of food needs”
Talking with a Child Soldier and the Young Man He Refused to Kill
Continued responses to "My Family's Slave"
Growing Up as a Witness to Violence
Some readers saw parallels between Alex Tizon’s story and domestic violence they’d witnessed within their own families.
The Social Conditions That Shaped Lola’s Story
Lola and Her Tormentor
Modern-Day Slaves: Filipina Labor Trafficking Survivors Tell Their Own Stories
Non-Political and Light-Hearted
This Indonesian All-Girl Heavy Metal Band Is Many Kinds Of Awesome
Two Disney Lovers Got Married And The Pics Are Positively Enchanting
What Your Favorite Fictional TV Couples Would Be Like in Bed
None of my interviewees would comment on the obviously perfect romantic pairing of Lenny Briscoe and Reynaldo Curtis from Law & Order, but Pasciucco felt that SVU's Benson and Stabler could have really popped off. "They are both passionate, intense, and drawn to excitement. I believe they would be an amazing sexual match," she says.
We Can't Stop Looking at These Extremely Sexual Photos of Fruit
'I Was Going to Stab Him': People Tell Us the Evil Things They Did as Kids
[sidenote: for the most part, this is not actually dark/violent, it's more like "evil asshole kid things"]
Feminism/LGBT
How to Really Help Gay Teens
[sidenote: what i've found in my own research supports this article; teens with a broader lgbt community are not just emotionally healthier, but also physically healthier.]
Our Cultural Obsession With ‘Pretty Dead Girls’ Began Long Before ‘Twin Peaks’
In a Country Where Widows are Witches
What It's Really Like to Work with Rapists in Prison
'Mattress Girl' Emma Sulkowicz Is Back—And Channeling Her Rage Through BDSM
[sidenote: this addresses, i guess the best way to put it is, complicity in abuse and rape through staged performance art, which includes but is not limited to master/slave punishment scenes. it made me uncomfortable and may be triggering.]
Other social-justicey articles
How Alcoholics Anonymous Psychologically Abuses The Marginalized
Grocery Stores: An American Miracle
Countering class-based food stigma with a “hierarchy of food needs”
Talking with a Child Soldier and the Young Man He Refused to Kill
Continued responses to "My Family's Slave"
Growing Up as a Witness to Violence
Some readers saw parallels between Alex Tizon’s story and domestic violence they’d witnessed within their own families.
The Social Conditions That Shaped Lola’s Story
Lola and Her Tormentor
Modern-Day Slaves: Filipina Labor Trafficking Survivors Tell Their Own Stories
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real post coming later today, but i wanted to share these:
The Atlantic's 'My Family's Slave' should not end with a feast
Perhaps it wouldn't be fair to cast so much judgment on Tizon and his family. We do not know their circumstances. However, when he decided to write the piece, he had given us – the readers – the right to his story. It is no longer just his.
And as parts of the story, it is just right, even necessary, that we ask questions.
"Why did you wait that long to help?"
"Did you not earn enough to pay Lola yourself?"
"How far did you go – other than teaching her to drive a car – to try to help her?"
"Did you say sorry to Lola's relatives when you met them?"
The Slavemaster's Son
a comic examining his role and the way he shaped the story.
The Enslaved Woman They Called Lola
The sad truth is that he could never fully release her, try as he might. Although my ability to understand the Filipino katulong structure that Tizon describes is clouded by my own cultural and familial context of American slavery, one thing is clear to me about all systems of bondage: emancipation is a process. Enslaved people are not so much set free as they are made free, a long and hard process of reconciliation and reparation that can span years, if not generations, if not centuries. Power, wealth, and labor transferred from one person to another are not so easily reconciled, and most often simply aren’t.
a twitter thread from @LeahPSK
"Katulong lang" = just a maid/servant. This [calling Eudocia a katulong] is the same mentality of re-labeling slaves as "laborers" as if their situation was voluntary
The Slavemaster's Son
a comic examining his role and the way he shaped the story.
The Enslaved Woman They Called Lola
The sad truth is that he could never fully release her, try as he might. Although my ability to understand the Filipino katulong structure that Tizon describes is clouded by my own cultural and familial context of American slavery, one thing is clear to me about all systems of bondage: emancipation is a process. Enslaved people are not so much set free as they are made free, a long and hard process of reconciliation and reparation that can span years, if not generations, if not centuries. Power, wealth, and labor transferred from one person to another are not so easily reconciled, and most often simply aren’t.
a twitter thread from @LeahPSK
"Katulong lang" = just a maid/servant. This [calling Eudocia a katulong] is the same mentality of re-labeling slaves as "laborers" as if their situation was voluntary
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as i'm writing, i'm keeping in mind some dos/don'ts (like do describe everyone's skintone, not just those who are non-white) and also my own pet peeves and i'm curious what yours are! besides obvious things like constantly in distress damsels, or bad writing, or constant sexual assault, or insta-love, love triangles, etc, what threatens to make you stop reading or throw a book across the room?
or even vice versa--what's something you've seen authors warned against but that you like? for me, i actually like prologues, as long as they serve an actual purpose and are interesting.
or even vice versa--what's something you've seen authors warned against but that you like? for me, i actually like prologues, as long as they serve an actual purpose and are interesting.
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got quite a few today so they get their own (public) post!
We Need to Talk About Women Who Regret Motherhood
And what matters even more than that is giving women the resources to cope with whatever their experience is, and the space to sort through the complex feelings that accompany it, a way for a woman to be a mother and still human, still flawed, still something other than merely an endless vessel of giving. Because as in everything, what we think we "want" is but a sliver of the picture.
Protecting Women Starts at Home - Not in Public Bathrooms
These were just a few of the more than 40 women and children whom the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence catalogued as having been shot, beaten, strangled, stabbed or run over allegedly by a husband, boyfriend, fiancé, father or stepfather during the year that North Carolina legislators began “protecting” women and children from transgender people (or from the many fakers whom we were told would materialize) in our public bathrooms. They ranged in age from just 2 up to 84.
Why does sugar in cornbread divide races in the South?
La’Wan’s corn muffin and Lupie’s cornbread are humble things. But they represent something deeper: The dividing line between black Southerners and white ones. As examples of one of the defining staples of Southern food, they also are a marker of food history that speaks volumes about origins and identity, about family and what we hold dear.
We Need to Talk About Women Who Regret Motherhood
And what matters even more than that is giving women the resources to cope with whatever their experience is, and the space to sort through the complex feelings that accompany it, a way for a woman to be a mother and still human, still flawed, still something other than merely an endless vessel of giving. Because as in everything, what we think we "want" is but a sliver of the picture.
Protecting Women Starts at Home - Not in Public Bathrooms
These were just a few of the more than 40 women and children whom the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence catalogued as having been shot, beaten, strangled, stabbed or run over allegedly by a husband, boyfriend, fiancé, father or stepfather during the year that North Carolina legislators began “protecting” women and children from transgender people (or from the many fakers whom we were told would materialize) in our public bathrooms. They ranged in age from just 2 up to 84.
Why does sugar in cornbread divide races in the South?
La’Wan’s corn muffin and Lupie’s cornbread are humble things. But they represent something deeper: The dividing line between black Southerners and white ones. As examples of one of the defining staples of Southern food, they also are a marker of food history that speaks volumes about origins and identity, about family and what we hold dear.
[i like sweet but not overly sweet cornbread. preferably from a skillet, sweet like creamed corn with honey on top. leftovers go in a bowl of milk.]
How were lesbians affected by the anti-LGBT Lavender Scare?
More gay men than lesbians lost their jobs and had their lives ruined because of their sexual orientation in this period, but that’s only because there were more men working the types of jobs that were targeted. Lesbians were hunted with just as much zeal. ... Even the American Civil Liberties Union did not oppose the federal government’s firing of gay and lesbian employees.
This tool will help you clean up your online footprints
This week, Poynter's Ren LaForme is focusing on a tool that will help you find which information about you is on the internet, what you may want to clean up and what you can discover about sources.
Trump Protest Signs that Also Work as Mom's-New-Boyfriend-Lance Protest Signs
How were lesbians affected by the anti-LGBT Lavender Scare?
More gay men than lesbians lost their jobs and had their lives ruined because of their sexual orientation in this period, but that’s only because there were more men working the types of jobs that were targeted. Lesbians were hunted with just as much zeal. ... Even the American Civil Liberties Union did not oppose the federal government’s firing of gay and lesbian employees.
This tool will help you clean up your online footprints
This week, Poynter's Ren LaForme is focusing on a tool that will help you find which information about you is on the internet, what you may want to clean up and what you can discover about sources.
Trump Protest Signs that Also Work as Mom's-New-Boyfriend-Lance Protest Signs
“You Can’t Buy My Silence”
Donald Trump claims a spotless record as a businessman. Lance says that he loves you and just wants to make your mom happy. These are assertions founded on lies!
Witch Emojis Are Here For All Of Your Magical Texting Needs
what it says on the tin.
27 Tweets That Sum Up What It’s Like To Live With A Cat
You can always count on them to find the perfect place to puke.
These Butterfly Hair Ornaments Were The Flower Crowns Of The Victorian Era
can we bring these back??
Witch Emojis Are Here For All Of Your Magical Texting Needs
what it says on the tin.
27 Tweets That Sum Up What It’s Like To Live With A Cat
You can always count on them to find the perfect place to puke.
These Butterfly Hair Ornaments Were The Flower Crowns Of The Victorian Era
can we bring these back??
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a trove of anime icons this time.
per usual, please let me know if you're taking any and credit if you do! ♥
# 1-15 sailor moon crystal
# 16-20 sailor moon original
# 21-26 puella magi madoka magica
# 27-28 shelter (short)
# 29-34 princess jellyfish
# 35-46 makoto shinkai (multiple)
# 47 magic knights rayearth
# 48-49 long live the queen
preview:
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per usual, please let me know if you're taking any and credit if you do! ♥
# 1-15 sailor moon crystal
# 16-20 sailor moon original
# 21-26 puella magi madoka magica
# 27-28 shelter (short)
# 29-34 princess jellyfish
# 35-46 makoto shinkai (multiple)
# 47 magic knights rayearth
# 48-49 long live the queen
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icons! free for the taking--some are older ones i don't plan on using anymore, and others are new. if you have any suggestions/requests of things i should icon, lmk! if you use any of these, please just put a lil credit in the comment of the icon. :)
1 rihanna
2-3 christina aguilera
4-5 giselle/enchanted
6 kahlan (legend of the seeker)
7 tituba (salem)
8 ruby (ouat)
9-10 mulan
11 leverage
12-39 stock images
sample:
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1 rihanna
2-3 christina aguilera
4-5 giselle/enchanted
6 kahlan (legend of the seeker)
7 tituba (salem)
8 ruby (ouat)
9-10 mulan
11 leverage
12-39 stock images
sample:
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well, with the news of there being concentration camps for gay men in chechnya, i'm deleting my lj tonight. the hardest part is going to be the communities! it seems like communities on dreamwidth are so DEAD.
i created![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
actuallylesbians just now! (idk if people still do this, but the name comes from a tag people used on tumblr to designated stuff that was actually by/about/for lesbians and not just... porn). any other active communities out there?
in other news, i think i'm getting into an argument with meghan murphy over here in a stupid thread where women complain about how married women are dumb, basically. and by which they mean straight married women, btw, but they don't specify that because they love to forget that lesbians exist. this is such a MASSIVE frustration of mine with (straight) feminists, and i saw it a lot in academic studies too! they'll come up with elaborate arguments or studies and just assume everyone is straight and don't think for a second how sexual orientation might impact things like, oh i don't know, marriage, orgasms, self esteem, medical health.....etc.
i created
actuallylesbians just now! (idk if people still do this, but the name comes from a tag people used on tumblr to designated stuff that was actually by/about/for lesbians and not just... porn). any other active communities out there?in other news, i think i'm getting into an argument with meghan murphy over here in a stupid thread where women complain about how married women are dumb, basically. and by which they mean straight married women, btw, but they don't specify that because they love to forget that lesbians exist. this is such a MASSIVE frustration of mine with (straight) feminists, and i saw it a lot in academic studies too! they'll come up with elaborate arguments or studies and just assume everyone is straight and don't think for a second how sexual orientation might impact things like, oh i don't know, marriage, orgasms, self esteem, medical health.....etc.
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always be the tower
pairing: morgana/gwen, side merlin/arthur
rating: explicit (for two scenes)
word count: 14,945
summary: One night, meaning to confront Gaius, Morgana gets the truth from Merlin instead. From there, she explores her magic and her feelings, wrestles with a darkness inside her and with what kind of power she really desires. Along the way, she gets to harass Arthur about his relationship with his manservant. (Diverges from 2x3, “The Nightmare Begins”)
pairing: morgana/gwen, side merlin/arthur
rating: explicit (for two scenes)
word count: 14,945
summary: One night, meaning to confront Gaius, Morgana gets the truth from Merlin instead. From there, she explores her magic and her feelings, wrestles with a darkness inside her and with what kind of power she really desires. Along the way, she gets to harass Arthur about his relationship with his manservant. (Diverges from 2x3, “The Nightmare Begins”)
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The Real Reason Women Love Witches
Beneath all that glossy packaging hums the same idea that has tantalized girls for millennia: the fact that to be a witch is to be a woman with power in a world where women are often otherwise powerless.
Why We Must Dismantle the Intersex Closet
This brings me to the other, more daunting reason that it’s been hard to spread awareness about what being intersex means: Many of us have had the possibility of knowing what it’s like stolen from us. I’m referring to the fact that intersex people are routinely subjected to what have been called “normalizing” or “corrective” cosmetic genital surgeries as babies or young children, in an effort to make us … not intersex.
We Need To Talk About The Homophobia In This Trump/Putin Street Art
And at the end of the day, this outdated belief is rooted in homophobic notions of how men should act with one another.
In Connecticut, Calling for Help Carries Risks for Victims of Domestic Violence
How US History is Taught Around the World
For instance, Herman noted, while Western textbooks tend to focus on the attackers' Muslim identities, their religious affiliations and identities go largely unmentioned in majority-Muslim countries. Turkish textbooks specifically omit the attackers' Muslim identities, while a Pakistani textbook, as quoted by Herman, simply reads, "On September 11, 2001, American Trade Center and other strategic positions were attacked by unidentified terrorists."
Should We Die?
He knew he’d lose, of course, but he wanted his candidacy to promote the cause of transhumanism—the idea that technology will allow humans to break free of their physical and mental limitations. ... He implanted a chip in his hand so he could wave himself through his front door, and he wants to get his kids chipped, too. He’d be surprised, he told me, if soon “we don’t start merging our children with machines.”
Bonus: Sort the Court, a free game (in-browser available) in which you play a king or a queen, and grow your kingdom, keep them happy, and keep your treasury full, by simply answering yes or no to requests.
Beneath all that glossy packaging hums the same idea that has tantalized girls for millennia: the fact that to be a witch is to be a woman with power in a world where women are often otherwise powerless.
Why We Must Dismantle the Intersex Closet
This brings me to the other, more daunting reason that it’s been hard to spread awareness about what being intersex means: Many of us have had the possibility of knowing what it’s like stolen from us. I’m referring to the fact that intersex people are routinely subjected to what have been called “normalizing” or “corrective” cosmetic genital surgeries as babies or young children, in an effort to make us … not intersex.
We Need To Talk About The Homophobia In This Trump/Putin Street Art
And at the end of the day, this outdated belief is rooted in homophobic notions of how men should act with one another.
In Connecticut, Calling for Help Carries Risks for Victims of Domestic Violence
She told the police everything that had happened, including that she fought back...The officer took photos: a bleeding ear; a swollen jaw; broken glasses. Then the officer told Dilawar she was under arrest, along with her husband.
How US History is Taught Around the World
For instance, Herman noted, while Western textbooks tend to focus on the attackers' Muslim identities, their religious affiliations and identities go largely unmentioned in majority-Muslim countries. Turkish textbooks specifically omit the attackers' Muslim identities, while a Pakistani textbook, as quoted by Herman, simply reads, "On September 11, 2001, American Trade Center and other strategic positions were attacked by unidentified terrorists."
Should We Die?
He knew he’d lose, of course, but he wanted his candidacy to promote the cause of transhumanism—the idea that technology will allow humans to break free of their physical and mental limitations. ... He implanted a chip in his hand so he could wave himself through his front door, and he wants to get his kids chipped, too. He’d be surprised, he told me, if soon “we don’t start merging our children with machines.”
Bonus: Sort the Court, a free game (in-browser available) in which you play a king or a queen, and grow your kingdom, keep them happy, and keep your treasury full, by simply answering yes or no to requests.
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read any of these? make sure to comment with your thoughts!
How ‘Pussy Hats’ Made Me Feel Excluded — And Then Welcomed — At The Women’s March
As tears clung to the corners of my eyes, I took in the scene around me, with the pink hat and the pussy rhetoric, and began to reflect on what solidarity in protest means.
Florida Bill Letting Women Sue Doctors for Terminating Their Pregnancies Passes Out of Subcommittee
The bill initially states that only those physicians who are negligent, or fail to “obtain the informed consent” required by Florida law, may be held liable. But it then adds that “the signing of a consent form by the woman”—the proof that both doctor and patient followed Florida’s byzantine consent procedures—“does not negate the cause of action.” Instead, it only “reduce[s] the recovery of damages.” The upshot of this strange caveat is that even if a doctor complies with Florida’s “informed consent” requirements, and has proof of this compliance signed by the patient herself, the patient can still sue if she feels she did not really have the information she was owed.
4 Must-Read Books for Your February Book Club from Elle Magazine, including Why I Am Not a Feminist by Jessa Crispin
If you're ready to reexamine some cherished tenets of so-called second-wave (1960s–'70s) feminism, you'll embrace Why I Am Not a Feminist (Melville House), by Bookslut founder and editor Jessa Crispin. She argues against the current brand of feminism that equates progress with buying into the status quo, and calls for a reinvestment in radical, even revolutionary thinking about what feminism can mean, and do.
This May Be the Most Exhaustive Study of Manspreading Ever Conducted
A feminist photographer examines 5,000 images of men and women exhibiting body language that plays a role in reproducing unequal gender relations.
Due to Amount of Unpaid Labor, Experts Say Women Should Have Shorter Work Weeks
The research, conducted by the Australian National University, shows that the healthy work limit for women is just 34 hours per week versus up to 47 hours per week for men—thanks to the time women lose on domestic and care duties.
New 'Polish Cannibal Mermaid Musical' Is a Story About Immigration and Girlhood
"The Lure" is a lurid, dazzling retelling of the Little Mermaid fable, set in a strip club and featuring a pair of mermaids with cannibalistic tendencies. We spoke to director Agnieszka Smoczyńska about the film, a "fairy tale for adults" whose glitz and gore belies a deeper story about gender and national identity.
How to Process the Tide of Trump News
But not every single thing that happened this week was in the OMG SHOCKER UNPRECEDENTED category. And that's important to remember—because people who care about democracy have never needed clear heads more than now. We need to retain the ability to pick out signal from noise, Defcon One from Defcon Five.
How ‘Pussy Hats’ Made Me Feel Excluded — And Then Welcomed — At The Women’s March
As tears clung to the corners of my eyes, I took in the scene around me, with the pink hat and the pussy rhetoric, and began to reflect on what solidarity in protest means.
Florida Bill Letting Women Sue Doctors for Terminating Their Pregnancies Passes Out of Subcommittee
The bill initially states that only those physicians who are negligent, or fail to “obtain the informed consent” required by Florida law, may be held liable. But it then adds that “the signing of a consent form by the woman”—the proof that both doctor and patient followed Florida’s byzantine consent procedures—“does not negate the cause of action.” Instead, it only “reduce[s] the recovery of damages.” The upshot of this strange caveat is that even if a doctor complies with Florida’s “informed consent” requirements, and has proof of this compliance signed by the patient herself, the patient can still sue if she feels she did not really have the information she was owed.
4 Must-Read Books for Your February Book Club from Elle Magazine, including Why I Am Not a Feminist by Jessa Crispin
If you're ready to reexamine some cherished tenets of so-called second-wave (1960s–'70s) feminism, you'll embrace Why I Am Not a Feminist (Melville House), by Bookslut founder and editor Jessa Crispin. She argues against the current brand of feminism that equates progress with buying into the status quo, and calls for a reinvestment in radical, even revolutionary thinking about what feminism can mean, and do.
This May Be the Most Exhaustive Study of Manspreading Ever Conducted
A feminist photographer examines 5,000 images of men and women exhibiting body language that plays a role in reproducing unequal gender relations.
Due to Amount of Unpaid Labor, Experts Say Women Should Have Shorter Work Weeks
The research, conducted by the Australian National University, shows that the healthy work limit for women is just 34 hours per week versus up to 47 hours per week for men—thanks to the time women lose on domestic and care duties.
New 'Polish Cannibal Mermaid Musical' Is a Story About Immigration and Girlhood
"The Lure" is a lurid, dazzling retelling of the Little Mermaid fable, set in a strip club and featuring a pair of mermaids with cannibalistic tendencies. We spoke to director Agnieszka Smoczyńska about the film, a "fairy tale for adults" whose glitz and gore belies a deeper story about gender and national identity.
How to Process the Tide of Trump News
But not every single thing that happened this week was in the OMG SHOCKER UNPRECEDENTED category. And that's important to remember—because people who care about democracy have never needed clear heads more than now. We need to retain the ability to pick out signal from noise, Defcon One from Defcon Five.
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