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my_partner_doug found this amusing cartoon about the Idiot in Chief. my_partner_doug also identified a beneficial side effect of the Head Illiterate: more people are reading.
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alexseanchai, who wanted the 'click' moment of seeing The Matrix. It also fills the "extra-sensory perception" square in my 9-11-14 card for the Halloween Bingo Fest. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles. It belongs to the Polychrome Heroics setting, and is a direct sequel to "Look Both Ways." There has been a shooting at a Sikh temple, likely a hate crime. This closely follows the Batman shooting in Colorado. We live in a society that condones a lot of violent ideas. There are thriller movies and militaristic toys and tough-talking politicians. It should not be surprising that people surrounded by violent ideas come to think of violence as an acceptable way to solve problems.
Conversely, we do very little to teach people the skills of peace and tolerance. That's seen as weak, or unimportant, or a frill to be cut first at budget time. But lack of these skills costs us a great deal when families have a hard time holding together, and society is full of people attacking each other's basic rights and safety.
Does it bother you when people go berserk like this? Let's work on making the world a better place so that happens less often. You can ...
There has been a shooting at a Sikh temple, likely a hate crime. This closely follows the Batman shooting in Colorado. We live in a society that condones a lot of violent ideas. There are thriller movies and militaristic toys and tough-talking politicians. It should not be surprising that people surrounded by violent ideas come to think of violence as an acceptable way to solve problems.
Conversely, we do very little to teach people the skills of peace and tolerance. That's seen as weak, or unimportant, or a frill to be cut first at budget time. But lack of these skills costs us a great deal when families have a hard time holding together, and society is full of people attacking each other's basic rights and safety.
Does it bother you when people go berserk like this? Let's work on making the world a better place so that happens less often. You can ...
There has been a shooting at a Sikh temple, likely a hate crime. This closely follows the Batman shooting in Colorado. We live in a society that condones a lot of violent ideas. There are thriller movies and militaristic toys and tough-talking politicians. It should not be surprising that people surrounded by violent ideas come to think of violence as an acceptable way to solve problems.
Conversely, we do very little to teach people the skills of peace and tolerance. That's seen as weak, or unimportant, or a frill to be cut first at budget time. But lack of these skills costs us a great deal when families have a hard time holding together, and society is full of people attacking each other's basic rights and safety.
Does it bother you when people go berserk like this? Let's work on making the world a better place so that happens less often. You can ...
There has been a shooting at a Sikh temple, likely a hate crime. This closely follows the Batman shooting in Colorado. We live in a society that condones a lot of violent ideas. There are thriller movies and militaristic toys and tough-talking politicians. It should not be surprising that people surrounded by violent ideas come to think of violence as an acceptable way to solve problems.
Conversely, we do very little to teach people the skills of peace and tolerance. That's seen as weak, or unimportant, or a frill to be cut first at budget time. But lack of these skills costs us a great deal when families have a hard time holding together, and society is full of people attacking each other's basic rights and safety.
Does it bother you when people go berserk like this? Let's work on making the world a better place so that happens less often. You can ...
kajones_writing has Nadia, a vampire who prefers female partners; in this project characters may be adopted, stories requested, stories sponsored, etc. ("Morgan - First Feed Part 1" is a Nadia story waiting for sponsorship to become public.) Looking for a sweet male romance? Check out "The Less Than Epic Adventures of T.J. and Amal," currently in the running for a Rose & Bay Award in the Webcomic category. Over in Torn World we have various options including the adorable series about Dini and Lalya by wyld_dandelyon (most of which are public, one waiting for sponsorship) and my story "Owlheart" about Tekura and Osro (also waiting for sponsorship). There's plenty of romance in alllll combinations in the crowdsource fandom Schrodinger's Heroes. Feel free to play with any of the characters. "French Military Victories" has male/male romance; it's a crossover fanfic and thus not fundable, but you can read it and giggle. wonder_city has all kinds of queer characters spanning various superhero soap opera plot threads.![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
asexual_fandom is running an asexual romance fest for Valentine's Day, spanning Feb. 7-21; if you like queer romance for its own sake, without expectation of sex, there's an opportunity to celebrate it. My Poetry Fishbowl this month has a theme of "wild animals" and I'm open to covering any of the thousand or so species that are homoactive. I want to talk about an activism technique that I call "Poke a Bigot in the Eye." Recently there has been a flurry of obnoxious, failtastic incidents including:
* "straightening" gay characters in young adult fiction
* sexism in comic books
* homophobia in Orson Scott Card's rewrite of Hamlet
I also got to talking with xjenavivex about an article she's developing on Internet trolls, a topic closely related to bigotry and oppression. It seems like a good idea to describe the technique for general reference.
( Poke ... poke ... poke! )
I want to talk about an activism technique that I call "Poke a Bigot in the Eye." Recently there has been a flurry of obnoxious, failtastic incidents including:
* "straightening" gay characters in young adult fiction
* sexism in comic books
* homophobia in Orson Scott Card's rewrite of Hamlet
I also got to talking with xjenavivex about an article she's developing on Internet trolls, a topic closely related to bigotry and oppression. It seems like a good idea to describe the technique for general reference.
( Poke ... poke ... poke! )
I want to talk about an activism technique that I call "Poke a Bigot in the Eye." Recently there has been a flurry of obnoxious, failtastic incidents including:
* "straightening" gay characters in young adult fiction
* sexism in comic books
* homophobia in Orson Scott Card's rewrite of Hamlet
I also got to talking with xjenavivex about an article she's developing on Internet trolls, a topic closely related to bigotry and oppression. It seems like a good idea to describe the technique for general reference.
( Poke ... poke ... poke! )
I want to talk about an activism technique that I call "Poke a Bigot in the Eye." Recently there has been a flurry of obnoxious, failtastic incidents including:
* "straightening" gay characters in young adult fiction
* sexism in comic books
* homophobia in Orson Scott Card's rewrite of Hamlet
I also got to talking with xjenavivex about an article she's developing on Internet trolls, a topic closely related to bigotry and oppression. It seems like a good idea to describe the technique for general reference.
( Poke ... poke ... poke! )
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