The Blogaround
chris the cynic posted a new piece this weekend:
.hack//Sign: It's all ice cream and lollypops ... and dead people
Tuskasa is in Aura's domain wondering what will happen if he imbues her with his own color as he's been told to. DVL promises Tsukasa that a wondrous future awaits the three of them and then makes a very false claim as to her identity. I quote "Me and Bobby McGee" and talk about my intense dislike of "You should (already) know," statements.
.hack//Sign: It's all ice cream and lollypops ... and dead people
Tuskasa is in Aura's domain wondering what will happen if he imbues her with his own color as he's been told to. DVL promises Tsukasa that a wondrous future awaits the three of them and then makes a very false claim as to her identity. I quote "Me and Bobby McGee" and talk about my intense dislike of "You should (already) know," statements.
This week Ana Mardoll posted:
Twilight: Cloudy With A Chance of Rape Culture
(Content Note: Rape Culture, Examples of Misogynistic Language)
Rape culture isn't just that I instinctively blame Bella for things that are not her fault. Rape culture is that Bella instinctively blames Bella for things that are not her fault.
Twilight: Cloudy With A Chance of Rape Culture
(Content Note: Rape Culture, Examples of Misogynistic Language)
Rape culture isn't just that I instinctively blame Bella for things that are not her fault. Rape culture is that Bella instinctively blames Bella for things that are not her fault.
This week Ana Mardoll posted:
Deconstruction: Your Inevitable Buffy Thread
(Content Note: Rape, Rape Culture, Gender Essentialism, Ableist Language)
These characters were written to cover up sexual assault, to erase it from history, because it made them uncomfortable. I get that; I understand it. But it probably makes Buffy and Willow uncomfortable too. And instead of giving them the tools to make it better according to their needs, the male characters were written such that they applied social pressure to convince the girls to erase history and smile and pretend it never happened whether that was beneficial to them or not.
Deconstruction: Your Inevitable Buffy Thread
(Content Note: Rape, Rape Culture, Gender Essentialism, Ableist Language)
These characters were written to cover up sexual assault, to erase it from history, because it made them uncomfortable. I get that; I understand it. But it probably makes Buffy and Willow uncomfortable too. And instead of giving them the tools to make it better according to their needs, the male characters were written such that they applied social pressure to convince the girls to erase history and smile and pretend it never happened whether that was beneficial to them or not.
This week Ana Mardoll posted:
Narnia: Nikabrikian Heresies
(Content Note: Nazis, Violence, Discussion of the terms "Anger" and "Hate" in the comments)
So we have the curious situation where Trufflehunter has repeatedly and aggressively verbally attacked Nikabrik, accused him of being an information leak, interrupted him, and really -- no pun intended -- badgered him to the point where he raises his voice. And in response to this, Prince Caspian draws his sword at council.
Narnia: Nikabrikian Heresies
(Content Note: Nazis, Violence, Discussion of the terms "Anger" and "Hate" in the comments)
So we have the curious situation where Trufflehunter has repeatedly and aggressively verbally attacked Nikabrik, accused him of being an information leak, interrupted him, and really -- no pun intended -- badgered him to the point where he raises his voice. And in response to this, Prince Caspian draws his sword at council.
chris the cynic reports: This week I returned to university as a full time student. Didn't get a whole lot written. (Content Note: discussion of depression.) The one post I did write was about depression. I talked about the aggravation of invisible illness and a metaphor that a non-depressed person has used to inform how she thinks of depression which has helped her be the single best ally I've had in my real-world life.
Storiteller led the way to great food by bike last week in a Progressive Dinner ride for her local bicycle advocacy group that she describes in Ride Report: Three Courses, Two Wheels. After visiting the local County Agricultural Fair, she thinks about how it already works to promote sustainable agriculture in the area and how it could contribute even more to the foodshed in Sew It, Grow It, Show It - Sell It, Teach It?.
Michael Mock writes: This week at Mock Ramblings: What was supposed to be a restful three-day weekend got off to a bad start when Secondborn fell off his bed and smacked his left eye. This was neither life- nor vision-threatening, but prompted a trip to the emergency room: Did I say No Disasters?, Disastrous Follow-up, and Disastrous Pics. Other content included The Caffeine Apocalypse Part III, The President Of All Zombie Dreams, a prediction from Nostradamus that rather speaks for itself, and some unfocused reflections on Generational Mortality.
This week TRiG asked: What harm is caused by the ingrained cultural assumption that all men are paedophiles? (Content Note: discussion of paedophilia, possible harm to children and the impact of paedophilia fears on men)
Last week chris the cynic posted:
.hack//Sign: Rumors, Truth, and Digital Ducks
Episode 4 begins with Mimiru encountering the beginnings of the rumor mill soon to surround Tsukasa, and me quoting a couple of movies. Then Subaru meets Bear and we see her reaction to learning some of the facts of Tsukasa's case and Bear continue in his belief that the investigation needs to be taken offline and into the real world.
.hack//Sign: Rumors, Truth, and Digital Ducks
Episode 4 begins with Mimiru encountering the beginnings of the rumor mill soon to surround Tsukasa, and me quoting a couple of movies. Then Subaru meets Bear and we see her reaction to learning some of the facts of Tsukasa's case and Bear continue in his belief that the investigation needs to be taken offline and into the real world.
Last week Ana Mardoll posted:
Twilight: Nothing Further To Ask
(Content Note: Abusive Relationships, Ableist Language)
It strikes me as interesting that these sessions are not conversations in the classical give-and-take sense, with both persons contributing and each learning about the other. Instead, they're almost one-sided info-dumps; Bella provides insight into her mind, while Edward shares bits and pieces of what it's like to be a vampire.
Twilight: Nothing Further To Ask
(Content Note: Abusive Relationships, Ableist Language)
It strikes me as interesting that these sessions are not conversations in the classical give-and-take sense, with both persons contributing and each learning about the other. Instead, they're almost one-sided info-dumps; Bella provides insight into her mind, while Edward shares bits and pieces of what it's like to be a vampire.
Last week Ana Mardoll posted:
Deconstruction: Being Dana Scully
(Content Note: Conservative Christian Upbringing, Rape, Sexual Violence, Death, Hate Crimes, Child Molestation, Swearing)
When you're Dana Scully, you have moments when you can keep things together and moments when you can't. You don't get a vacation from being a survivor. You don't get forewarning before you're triggered or even just before you remember something about your experience in a moment when you don't want to remember something about that experience.
Deconstruction: Being Dana Scully
(Content Note: Conservative Christian Upbringing, Rape, Sexual Violence, Death, Hate Crimes, Child Molestation, Swearing)
When you're Dana Scully, you have moments when you can keep things together and moments when you can't. You don't get a vacation from being a survivor. You don't get forewarning before you're triggered or even just before you remember something about your experience in a moment when you don't want to remember something about that experience.
Last week Ana Mardoll posted:
Narnia: Wild Gods
(Content Note: Physical Abuse, Religious Abuse, Hazing, Swearing, Gender Policing)
Trumpkin is an atheist or an aLionist or whatever you wish to call him -- him, not it -- because he's never seen one. It's as simple as that. Not because he's evil or because he knows he's wrong and doesn't care or any ridiculousness like that. No, he simply doesn't believe in that which he doesn't see. As philosophies go, it's a cautious one, but not -- in my opinion -- a bad or unreasonable position.
Narnia: Wild Gods
(Content Note: Physical Abuse, Religious Abuse, Hazing, Swearing, Gender Policing)
Trumpkin is an atheist or an aLionist or whatever you wish to call him -- him, not it -- because he's never seen one. It's as simple as that. Not because he's evil or because he knows he's wrong and doesn't care or any ridiculousness like that. No, he simply doesn't believe in that which he doesn't see. As philosophies go, it's a cautious one, but not -- in my opinion -- a bad or unreasonable position.
In case you missed this
Tax avoidance is a moral issue and a political issue. Large-scale tax avoidance undermines public trust in the fairness of politics, and thereby breaks down the whole system. Joseph Stiglitz in The Guardian writes about the effects of Mitt Romney's tax avoidance on the political system. It's good reading.
On the 3rd of September, Dublin City Council passed two motions in support of marriage equality. Other councils in Dublin (South Dublin County Council and Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council) also have motions on marriage equality coming up.
TRiG asks:
In slightly older news, Which country will be the next to allow same-sex marriage? Serious contenders are the United Kingdom (quite likely Scotland first, with the rest playing catch-up later), France, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, and Nepal.
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On the issue of large-scale tax avoidance, Christian Aid is running a campaign right now on stopping corporations from acting as tax cheats in developing countries. Although they have "Christian" right in the name, they're very ecumenical and do a lot of good in tackling not just development projects, but the large-scale global forces working to keep countries in poverty.
Posted by: storiteller | Sep 08, 2012 at 11:43 PM
I've heard good things of Christian Aid, actually.
TRiG.
Posted by: Timothy (TRiG) | Sep 09, 2012 at 06:57 PM
Christian Aid has the slogan "we believe in life before death", which says quite a lot.
Posted by: Julie paradox | Sep 14, 2012 at 06:35 PM