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When I say I'm a cosplayer,that's a little bit of a lie. It's not like I cosplay a lot of characters or am into cosplaying in the abstract (I am, but in terms of looking at other people's costumes, not so much for me). Just sometimes a character in a fandom I'm in resonates with me and I cosplay it. So far, that's all of two. And they've both been male. That's not been intentional particularly, it just is what it is. But man, reading this makes me relieved I only seem to crossplay: A con costume contest goes wrong, in exactly the way you'd expect. via britgeekgrrl

Yesterday we saw Bright Star which was lovely, even if we were sitting in the front row in the worst movie theater for it ever and now I have a terrible headache that won't quit. Also, it was like ever goth kid I ever dated rolled into one movie: "I think with fondness only on you and the hour of my death."

Also: was super weird to hear songs I've danced to at balls and in classes plays by the band we used in the film (yay, Spare Parts).

Six current battles for equal marriage rights.

Letters in response to a recent New York Times series on teen runaways reminds us that an estimated 20 - 40% of these teens are LGBTQ.

While bigots on the Internet aren't anything new, bigots who somehow think homosexuals didn't exist 100 years ago... well, they probably aren't new either, but WTF!

So much of my understanding of my sexuality comes from history. And so many of the fights I've had about my sexuality have involved various academic battles to get permission to do papers on how modern queer culture references and revered and appropriates historical gay figures. It's a near and dear topic for me, so this punched all my angry making buttons.

ETA: oh, original comment now deleted, but, you'll get the jist from the responses.

I know several of you are comics artists. I have a friend with a comics project (he's a writer) that's been in development for years, but various artists have drifted in and out of the project. He's looking for someone new to collaborate with -- I'm not sure of the logistical and financial details of the situation now or in the future, but if you want me to put you in touch, drop me a line.

Time to get Interfictions 2. It's co-edited by deliasherman and features a number of LJ'ers including shadesong.

reannon links us to six reasons to watch the new V. Decent reasons, but honestly, I'm a little fucking sick of post-9/11 social commentary (most of it's done badly; BSG is an exception) and would have liked to keep the WWII allegory stuff. Sigh.

Last night, Patty and I discovered new editions of things like Wuthering Heights in B&N that are not only designed to look like the Twilight covers, but that actually say, "Bella and Edwards's favorite book!" on them. Well, if it makes people read something that's not utter crap I can't really argue. BUT WE WERE AFRAIDED.

Episode 2 of Girl Number 9 is tonight.

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[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

Oh my! No gays 100 years ago? Oscar Wilde would be shocked, just shocked! There ought to be a law about letting people that stupid reproduce.

That's the biggest problem with these asshats. They don't think, they don't learn, they don't read, they hear some pundit say something like that and take it as (pardon the expression) as gospel.

And to the poster of this little piece of genius: As a Jew, don't you dare tell me what MY bible says. You want to distort your testament, fine by me. But as far as I'm concerned if you're eating cheezburgers or shrimp, you are going to hell a lot faster than a gay person. Go read Leviticus - just how many of these rules are you (or me for that manner) following? You want to live by the letter of the law, fine, but that includes all of them, not just the ones you find convenient. Go back under your rock. Grrrrr!!

[graene.livejournal.com]

amen!

Since I've been teaching it and checking interpretations, I've been amazed how much of Jesus' "wisdom" and "claims to deity" are actually his blatantly quoting our holy books. Feh.

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

I think Jesus had a lot of interesting things to say. Even if they are many times derived from Torah.

Everytime I read one of these fucktards spouting off about gays, all I can think is 'He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone.'

Not a bad philosophy to live by.

[eandh99.livejournal.com]

Of course what Jesus said came from Torah, he was a devout and practicing Jew trying to reform what he saw as corruption in the Jewish establishment of his day. The split between Judaism and Christianity happened well after Jesus' death, largely fomented by Paul who had been a trained Jewish scholar himself, and who was the biggest promoter of the "selective use of the Torah" approach to making Christianity a Gentile religion. Good old selective literalism, giving Christianity a bad name since AD 70.