Inspiration Rediscovered

It’s been a month since my last post and I thought I’d explain my absence. It’s a confluence of a couple of factors, planning the immediate future has taken a lot of my time and energy, RaceFail ‘09 has made me bitter, angry and apathetic and finally my second semester of Grad School is kicking [...]

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Late 90’s/Early 00’s Music Vid Post

So my iPod is currently being fixed so I’ve had to fall back onto a cd player and my 500 strong CD collection. So the snag if I haven’t actually bought a physical CD in about three or four years so I’m listening to stuff that are flashbacks to younger days and my musical tastes [...]

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3 Links for Tuesday

Some things of interest on this Tuesday afternoon:
1. My latest Stargate Atlantis column is up at Fantasy Magazine – Crossing Lines: Stargate Atlantis — There’s No “I” In Team. Check it out, it’s full of snark and bitterness. If this weren’t the last season of the show I’d be breaking up with it. Now another [...]

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This is what we won’t forget.

When you look at old school movements and social organization when a particular proposition or push failed within a community the reaction was to go into the community and forge alliances and find out exactly why these groups voted this way.
The mainstream LGBT community has gone straight to hate. Pam’s House Blend, Rod 2.0 and [...]

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“Prop. 8 It Passed ‘Cause of Black People!” …. Yeeeeeeah, no.

So the new screed for the No on Prop. 8 people is that it’s the fault of black people that the proposition passed. So let’s break the numbers down, black people make up 6.7% of California and 52% of people voted yes on Prop. 8! Even if every black person in CA voted Yes on Prop. 8 it does not equal even [...]

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Newest Crossing Lines

My latest column is up over at Fantasy Magazine as of today – Crossing Lines: Deconstructing Black Superheroes. Check it out and elt me know what you think.

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Terminology – Metrosexual

I heard someone called a metrosexual on the street yesterday, in a joking laughing matter and remembered why I hate the term so much. Metrosexual is a supremely gendered term that just goes to reinforce gender roles.
A “metrosexual” is what exactly?

You might be “metrosexual” if:
1. You just can’t walk past a Banana Republic store without [...]

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Int’l Blog Against Racism Week 3 is This Week!

By way of oyceter:
For 2008, IBARW will take place between August 4 through August 10.
If you would like to participate, here’s what to do:
1. Announce the week in your blog.
2. If you use a blogging system that allows post icons/pictures, switch your default icon to either an official IBARW icon, or one which you feel [...]

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Media Friday! 7-18-2008

Thank Jebus it’s Friday y’all, ’cause this week has been the longest ever. It felt like a month. I suspect some sort of warp in the fabric of space-time. So I’m thinking of making my Friday posts all about the media where I post videos or pictures or whatever.
Now many here may not now it but [...]

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One of the things…

I’ve been busy with was an interview with the wonderful, funny, talented, award-winning Nancy Kress which is now up at Feminist SF – The Blog! Check it out!

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