June 2012
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What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry: Why Spike? →
fozmeadows:
It’s been a fair few years now since I first watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and though my perception of the show, its themes and characters has changed a lot in that time, the one thing that’s remained constant is my appreciation of Spike. As a vampire, he’s done terrible things, not least of…
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Whee. Vacation has officially started. But wow do I hate packing. >_<
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“To be accused of a feminine style has haunted the psyches of women who write,...”
– Brownmiller, Susan. Femininity. Linden Press, New York. 1984. (pg. 125)
Less significant still sadly rings a bell!
(via sarahreesbrennan)
Unfortunately I think this—“readers felt it was less competent, less significant work”—is still going on to some degree. But more people are pushing back.
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Were they cloaked!?: Quick-n-Dirty Writing Tips... →
infiltratortits:
(What? At this point it needs a series title.)
So one thing most writers realize is that Redundancy Is Bad. What some writers don’t realize is that redundancy can be a lot more subtle than just repeating words or phrases. Sometimes it’s making explicit a concept that already exists in the…
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“If you find yourself imitating another writer, that doesn’t have to be a bad...”
– Poppy Z. Brite (via writingquotes)
“I really wish that anyone, anywhere, would stop reading a girl’s desire for...”
– ‘Brave’s Merida, and Why We Need to Stop Equating Gender Performance and Sexual Orientation | ThinkProgress (via lizlet)
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“But still, why is the Pixar movie with the female lead a movie solely about...”
– Richard Lawson’s review of Brave
(via shiphassailed)
YEAH WE NEED MORE MEN MOVIES LIKE MAYBE A BUDDY COMEDY ABOUT A COWBOY AND AN ASTRONAUT OR MAYBE A MOVIE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A FATHER FISH AND HIS SON OR ANOTHER BUDDY COMEDY ABOUT TWO MONSTERS OR ANOTHER MOVIE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP...
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Reblog if you want your followers to ask you...
jakface-stuff:
rocketcandycouture:
I have way too much fun answering stuff. :O
Why not? :D
“Ancient moon priestesses were called virgins. ‘Virgin’ meant not married, not...”
– Monica Sjoo and Barbara Mor, The Great Cosmic Mother - Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth (via rabbitinthemoon)
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