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[rm]

Made it to Ohio -- YAY. Flight was harrowing. We shall not be discussing it.

We saw Tangled and it was made of PURE AWESOME. I say this as someone who doesn't like animation and had two weird brain misfires during the film -- one, like Tron this has a major character named Flynn (crossover! crossover!); two, Flynn in this movie is a perfect animated rendering of.... a dude I used to fence with. It was kinda weird. BUT AWESOME. Will write about it on other blog later.

azn_jack_fiend highlights some of the Not Right happening in Torchwood fandom. Nothing new, but damn tiring and uncool.

Pakistani women start going to work. And it's not easy. I can't even IMAGINE the social pressures they are up against.

New York forgoes Civil War remembrance.

The UK is expunging the convictions of men who have had sex with another man over the age of 16 next year: "Consensual sex between two men over 21 was decriminalized in 1967, but it wasn't until 1994 that the homosexual age of consent was reduced to 18. In 2000 it was finally changed to 16, which is the same age of consent for heterosexuals."

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[dsmoen.livejournal.com]

Did you see this news tidbit about Afshan Azad (Harry Potter actress)?

Though it's in the UK, it also involves death threats by family members.

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/12/27/actress-from-harry-p.html

[rm.livejournal.com]

Ugh, again? I know there's been problems in the past for her and these sorts of matters have gone to court a few times.

[dsmoen.livejournal.com]

Her brother apparently pleaded guilty this month.