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Patty has a cold. :(

Also, Buffy and Angel? Not here yet.

Finished my WIAD story.

Can we talk about Lady Gaga's new video? Because I could. All day. Not only is it a response to a certain era of Madonna, but it also goes to a lot of strange, strange uncomfortable places, the fascist references in its physical language being close to the top of the list. It's incredibly cool, smart stuff. There needs to be a Gaga Studies Journal, that's all I'm saying.

From all of my friendslist to all of yours: liljacks_corner is a community that has been set up for fan creators to make G-rated stuff for an eight-year-old boy named Jack who has just lost his legs; one of the only things that cheers him up right now is Doctor Who. He's only seen the first two seasons of the New series. What's being requested is a story about a little boy, much like the one it's for, going on an adventure with the Doctor and Rose. Details at the community.

Ready to start hollering? Daring to discuss women in science.

The Century Athletic Club.

New York now has an AllStaints Spitalfields.

Does anyone know more about this: is Judy Shepard's book homophobic? Accusations vague, scenario murky. Bwah? Anyone read it?

Didn't know this: Stephanie Flores, the Peruvian woman van der Sloot has reportedly confessed to killing, was a lesbian.

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Deleted comment about Bad Romance because you mentioned you have seen it. Totally creepifying. More so than this one was I think.

Or maybe it was the human sexual exploitation angle in Bad Romance that was creepifying me...

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There was a lot of discussion about this with xtricks and I think it depends on what your sensitivities are and what things are big hallmarks of "fiction" for you.

"Bad Romance" doesn't particularly bug me, because, I think it feels like a very alien world to me. And where it doesn't -- sexual commerce, Leigh Bowery, etc -- *shrug*

On the other hand "Alejandro" is very challenging for me, because I'm very sensitive about the iconography I'm not supposed to find interesting as a nominally Jewish female-type -- the Catholic and fascist imagery in the piece are what make it intellectually interesting to me, but they are also what cause me to retreat into my recurring fear that my intelligence is a moral failing.