Entertaining in a Disturbing Way

1. I have thoughts on things I need to think about more (mostly, it was something I said to aj about St. Trinian's and Afterlife never apologizing for being FEMALE, and that... disturbs me on some level--not that they should, but that it makes me wonder how many female characters are written with some sort of 'I'm sorry I'm a chick and not a guy' thing going on, which is an odd thing to think, I think??--like, Eastwick and Fringe don't do it; and now I don't even know if that's the flavor/words I'm looking for, meh).

2. Just for the record, if you've never read any good femslash, and you say (or agree with) things like "I've read a lot and it all seems emotionless" etc., etc., it makes those of us who write it less likely to bother doing so again. So fuck you very much. (shockingly, I've never read any good boyslash, but you don't see me going around claiming it's all shit and unemotional porn OH WAIT.) [also, I'm sure I've made this point before. hrm] eta3: in the cold light of morning, my sarcasm is back to normal, and may I say that this sort of attitude actually makes me want to write femslash more, just to clog up the internets.

3. Avoiding metafandom keeps me from punching people over the internet.

4: eta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKeA3-n27t8 <--if this doesn't make you O.o or giggle, I don't know what will.

5. eta2. Sophie Deveraux was head girl at St. Trinian's in 19-mumble-mumble. Trufax.

Fuck, I hate the 'Ironic' song. I keep trying to blast it out with Born Slippy, but it's not working--I could not sleep last night, I made lists in my head. I wrote meta. I had Travis voiced by Clive Owen telling Cally and Jenna that they were blown and then Soolin and Dayna joined them as they ran in heels for the car and piled in. Breaking Monte Carlo might not be so easy.

1. The next person to say "There are no interesting female characters" is getting punched in the face. (this is not a result of someone actually saying it, ftr)

2. I need to sit down and spill out my thought about why a woman is not anymore interesting when she's 'breaking gender roles' and that this idea is so fucked up and is WHY so many female characters are boring. The issues isn't breaking them, it's variety, dammit. It's not limiting women to babies, victims, love interests, little sisters and hookers.

3. I had a thought about the gritty realities and dark underbellies of society and how Blake's 7 was doing that before anyone else and Twin Peaks did it (with more emphasis on "WOMEN ARE VICTIMS" but it was brutal and harsh) and how Dollhouse is now doing it with titillation and "aren't women pretty dolls while they're being raped?" And how none of that is going to change, because the media likes its victimized women, and the trope is never going away and that is possibly the most depressing thing ever. (this is not a condemnation of people liking any of those shows, it's just frustration)

4. Thank god for winamp.

5. I am making a list. I am going to make a goddamn list and talk about how the shows and the fandoms are crap at this, that and the other thing, but HERE ARE THOSE WOMEN YOU CLAIM DON'T EXIST. Here is the original list.

6. I should maybe eat breakfast.

7. Incidentally, Crossfade is the Shinedown of 200....er, 4, wasn't it?

This trolly secret got posted to f!s today, and I'm... a bit annoyed. Sure, it's a troll. But the underlying message: that it's ok to celebrate a female character's death because she dumped your whoobie is... pissing me off.

Link to said secret, full of BSG fail: http://i36.tinypic.com/icl5cz.jpg

So. What did Dee do to Billy?
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1. The worst thing about having a Katy Perry song running through your head is not having actually heard it for at least two weeks. wtf, brain. Also, I think Waking up in Vegas is at least better than Leaving Las Vegas, but neither song is exactly what I want bouncing through my brains.

2. One of the weirder things about being on the outskirts of Torchwood fandom is coming across statements like "Gwen gets people killed and doesn't care". I find that a baffling sentiment. It took me a while to even come up with a time Gwen got someone killed, and the only one is inadvertently setting the sex monster free in 'Day One'. Really? Gwen caused all that, all on her lonesome? Oh, wait. Owen was being an asshole. Hrm. Shared blame, then.
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spoilers, obvsly.
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Don't like the sexism in Marvel comics? Don't read!

(you'll have to scroll down a bit to his comments on the new Marvel "for women" book with sexy chicks on the cover who spend the time complaining about boys and buying makeup. BEING A SUPERHERO IS SO HARD FOR WOMEN, YOU GUYS)

It's called Marvel Divas. *snaps fingers*

There are about to be spoilers in this post for the last episode. It's, in the grand scheme, actually pretty minor a spoiler. But it is one, nonetheless.
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1. femme_fic has opened sign-ups for 2009. I had a blast, last time.

2. thelittlebang is also open for business. It's a femslash writing (and art) challenge -- 15,000 words. For reference, 'On the Painted Desert' was just about that. It's just a small chunk. Really. ;] And they're looking for artists, too, to create pieces to go with each story.

3. halfamoon is also back, for the next two weeks. Go! Be woman and girl-happy, and spread the love of female characters. Now I totally have an excuse to finish the Spooks/Touching Evil crossover with Ruth and Taylor

eta: note to self. Typing ability nil. Go to bed.

There's been lots of meta regarding femslash, recently. Here, here, here, and here. If not more places I haven't seen yet. (also, to derail a moment, Femme_fic is hosting a poll about which fandoms to include this year)

And there's been a few bits and pieces I ended up chewing over at work, and thus, felt the need to then regurgitate (*murders analogy*). It's long. And possibly pointless.
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Dirk has apparently felt unloved in recent months, and decided to re-publish his opus magnum (pardon for the rape of Latin there) on a conservative blog.

Poor man. Still can't get over the fact that a giggly schoolgirl can act rings around him.