sundries

[rm]

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.

Comments

[chaos-by-design.livejournal.com]

The tone of that article about women in the sciences was interesting to contrast to other articles talking about how girls are outpacing boys in certain aspects of academia. While the tone of this article seemed to be, "well, maybe we should just accept it, it's biology, it's hard-wired", the ones about girls doing better than boys always seem so worried.

Reminds me of how when the original IQ test was developed, girls initially did better than boys and the test was adjusted so that that boys scored equally as a result. When boys aren't doing good enough, it seems like we change the rules, and when girls aren't good enough, society seems to want us to accept it as our destiny.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

When boys aren't doing good enough, it seems like we change the rules, and when girls aren't good enough, society seems to want us to accept it as our destiny.

WOW.

This is so true, and so succinctly put. Thank you.

[chaos-by-design.livejournal.com]

Glad it worked for you. :)