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Homeless man needs help finding his stolen cat.

Transatlantic taxi swap. When I was a kid my father insisted on checker cabs only, because they had more room, and my mother and I weren't allowed to sit in the jump seats because we were ladies.

Same-sex valentine's day cards debut in India. Includes card designs targeted at both gay men and lesbians as well as a gender-neutral card design.

yuki_onna is back with some thoughts about the messages of most Superbowl ads. The piece gets into some interesting stuff about how so much of heteronormative society seems to be about convincing men and women to hate each other and yet then freaks out when people turn to their homosocial groups for sex and interpersonal connection.

A decorated pilot in the Canadian military has been charged with the murders of two women and the assault of two more with further charges expected.

ebonypearl writes about dealing with food fraud in response to a Newsweek article. Also, check out the comments. It seems the dude who was selling regular bread as gluten-free has been arrested on felony charges.

Mumps on the march.

Controversy over seven-year-old samba queen.

Creative philanthropy, $100 at a time.

ellen_kushner answers some questions about "The Man with the Knives."

Last night was Buffy-free as Patty wasn't feeling well. Hopefully she will be full recovered today and that whatever it was was non-contagious, because NOT FUN, most especially for her.

Apparently the snow IS coming for NYC this time. Well, at least it'll make Cold Spring pretty this weekend or something.

A guy who used to shoot art nudes of me saw the suit photo and said "you look like a London banker." Yes. Thank you.

Comments

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

From my perspective, heteronormative society doesn't freak out when people turn to homosocial groups for interpersonal connection. It *only* freaks out about the sex. It's a little more complicated than that, of course, esp. around gender roles (and of course heteronormative society freaks out about those, too) and the definition of sex, but for the most part, basically if you're not touching (and even if you are, if you're female), it's all good.

But yes, it's deeply weird and conflicted.