The Blogaround
This week Ana Mardoll posted:
Twilight: Rape Narratives, Good and Bad
(Trigger Warning: Rape, Victim Blaming, Profanity)
Twilight Recap: Bella and Edward are having dinner in Port Angeles.
Ana Mardoll arrives at the last day of the Chapter 8 posts: You've no idea how dull and repetitive I feel over here. Oh, look, Edward is victim blaming Bella for her own near-rape. Oh, look, Bella is ignoring her own near-rape and Edward's crappy behavior to focus on her personal self-loathing and to slut-shame the waitress for doing her job. Oh, look, these are terrible people and they richly deserve each other and their dull, passive-aggressive romance. *YAWN*
So, there you go, these are terrible people and they richly deserve each other.
Twilight: Rape Narratives, Good and Bad
(Trigger Warning: Rape, Victim Blaming, Profanity)
Twilight Recap: Bella and Edward are having dinner in Port Angeles.
Ana Mardoll arrives at the last day of the Chapter 8 posts: You've no idea how dull and repetitive I feel over here. Oh, look, Edward is victim blaming Bella for her own near-rape. Oh, look, Bella is ignoring her own near-rape and Edward's crappy behavior to focus on her personal self-loathing and to slut-shame the waitress for doing her job. Oh, look, these are terrible people and they richly deserve each other and their dull, passive-aggressive romance. *YAWN*
So, there you go, these are terrible people and they richly deserve each other.
This week Ana Mardoll posted:
Deconstruction: Callous Helpfulness
(Trigger Warning: Medical Issues, Surgery, Fat Hatred, Dieting)
Ana's trip to a new dermatologist results in a a Fat Acceptance 202 post.
Deconstruction: Callous Helpfulness
(Trigger Warning: Medical Issues, Surgery, Fat Hatred, Dieting)
Ana's trip to a new dermatologist results in a a Fat Acceptance 202 post.
This week Ana Mardoll posted:
Narnia: Good Hair, Bad Hair
(Trigger Warning: Racism, Murder, Rape, Domestic Violence, Violent Deities, Animal Attacks )
Narnia Recap: Prince Caspian has been told (in flashback form!) about the peoples of Narnia.
Ana posts about racism in the context of (among other things) hair texture.
Narnia: Good Hair, Bad Hair
(Trigger Warning: Racism, Murder, Rape, Domestic Violence, Violent Deities, Animal Attacks )
Narnia Recap: Prince Caspian has been told (in flashback form!) about the peoples of Narnia.
Ana posts about racism in the context of (among other things) hair texture.
Laiima writes: This week I posted about my design process unfolding, interpersonal boundaries - complexity, boundaries & learning to trust myself and
artmaking, boundaries and energy, part 1 & part 2.
chris the cynic writes: This week in a post called Quicksave, Cheating, and the Sanctity of Singleplayer I talked about a phenomenon in the gaming community that I don't understand where people can't be happy unless they know everyone is playing in a way that matches their particular beliefs about the correct way to play. I also rewrote a section of Twilight such that Jessica stood up to Edward for Bella.
After taking a tour of a unique local site that's closed to the public in Washington, D.C., Storiteller wrote about it in McMillan Reservoir Park - An Unpolished Jewel. As the commercial / residential development she describes is quite controversial on both sides, there's some debate in the comments. Then, inspired by a particularly inane column in the local conservative newspaper mocking the city's bikeshare scheme, she considers how programs that set up shared resources can have huge benefits in I Am a Communal Enthusiast, Thank You Very Much.
Coleslaw reports: I'm Back after a week off of blogging for reasons explained in the post. A Twitter Exchange of views led me to write about why young people, and not just young people, might prefer giving to secular charities rather than faith based ones. I posted a recipe for Chicken the Way My Mama Made It, which can be made gluten free with a minor tweak.
Michael Mock reports: Over at Mock Ramblings, Mock Ramblings,the week began with the second installment of Into The Game, and followed up with a bit of mopish navel-gazing regarding the effects of exhaustion on the writing process. For Wednesday, I posted a bit of filler: a youtube video of the Zombie Apocalypse, done in legos. Also on Wednesday, there was a mysterious message that seems to indicate the return of the Deranged Cultist.
For Thursday, I pulled a question from the site analytics, and talked about how I (as an atheist) would feel about Religion As A Way Of Finding Meaning In Life. Finally, on Friday I posted the next installment of Pimp My Art Friends: Trinlay Khadro.
Also... last week I mentioned a Facebook group for Christian parents of atheist or agnostic children. There is now a companion group for atheist or agnostic children of Christian parents. If you know anybody who might be interested, please pass the word.
For Thursday, I pulled a question from the site analytics, and talked about how I (as an atheist) would feel about Religion As A Way Of Finding Meaning In Life. Finally, on Friday I posted the next installment of Pimp My Art Friends: Trinlay Khadro.
Also... last week I mentioned a Facebook group for Christian parents of atheist or agnostic children. There is now a companion group for atheist or agnostic children of Christian parents. If you know anybody who might be interested, please pass the word.
Last week Ana Mardoll posted:
Twilight: Painted Waitresses
(Trigger Warning: Rape, Surgery, Cancer, Choice, reference to BDSM)
Bella is sitting in the car with Edward while Edward calms down after rescuing Bella from a situation of possible gang rape.
Twilight: Painted Waitresses
(Trigger Warning: Rape, Surgery, Cancer, Choice, reference to BDSM)
Bella is sitting in the car with Edward while Edward calms down after rescuing Bella from a situation of possible gang rape.
Last week Ana Mardoll posted:
Hunger Games: A Question of Agency
(Trigger Warning: Death, Agency, Reproductive Rights)
I've decided to run a Hunger Games deconstruction to post on a non-regular basis. This will not be a line-by-line deconstruction like Twilight and will not precisely be a read-a-long like Narnia; it will be a thematic deconstruction by chapter with the assumption that everyone is already familiar with the books. Spoilers lurk herein.
Hunger Games: A Question of Agency
(Trigger Warning: Death, Agency, Reproductive Rights)
I've decided to run a Hunger Games deconstruction to post on a non-regular basis. This will not be a line-by-line deconstruction like Twilight and will not precisely be a read-a-long like Narnia; it will be a thematic deconstruction by chapter with the assumption that everyone is already familiar with the books. Spoilers lurk herein.
Last week Ana Mardoll posted:
Narnia: Savior White, Savior Bright
(Trigger Warning: Genocide, Othering through Romanticization, Nazis)
The Pevensie children have rescued a dwarf.
Narnia: Savior White, Savior Bright
(Trigger Warning: Genocide, Othering through Romanticization, Nazis)
The Pevensie children have rescued a dwarf.
In case you missed this
SpaceX Dragon Returns to Earth from ISS: The first commercial visitor to the ISS splashed down successfully in the Pacific after a supply run. [From Scientific American, May 31, 2012.]
Milestone in an epic journey as Aung San Suu Kyi leaves Burma at last: Almost quarter of century since she last left Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in Bangkok last night as part of a busy schedule of international travel that would have been unimaginable two years ago. [From The Independent, May 30 2012.]
Things you can do
[From Demand Progress]: Senate: Don't Legalize Propaganda:
An amendment legalizing the use of mass propaganda campaigns on American audiences has been inserted into the latest defense authorization bill — and that bill just passed the House.
The NDAA amendment lifts bans on propaganda that have been around since the 1940s, neutralizing laws put in place to protect the American people from its government’s own “misinformation” campaigns.
“It removes the protection for Americans,” a Pentagon official told Buzzfeed, who broke the story. "There are no checks and balances. No one knows if the information is accurate, partially accurate, or entirely false.”
The amendment would remove all distinction between a hostile foreign audience and American one, turning the massive information operation apparatus within the federal government against its own people.
Click here to send an email to the Senate. .
An amendment legalizing the use of mass propaganda campaigns on American audiences has been inserted into the latest defense authorization bill — and that bill just passed the House.
The NDAA amendment lifts bans on propaganda that have been around since the 1940s, neutralizing laws put in place to protect the American people from its government’s own “misinformation” campaigns.
“It removes the protection for Americans,” a Pentagon official told Buzzfeed, who broke the story. "There are no checks and balances. No one knows if the information is accurate, partially accurate, or entirely false.”
The amendment would remove all distinction between a hostile foreign audience and American one, turning the massive information operation apparatus within the federal government against its own people.
Click here to send an email to the Senate. .
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