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virginia_fell just linked to this amazing piece on McCain and why the author is outraged at the way he uses and abuses his former-POW status.

The piece is about a lot of things.

War and rape and movies and the ways in which our parents will always be somewhat mysterious to us.

And for people who wanted to know a bit back when I posted my ten weird things list about why I get all tangled up over my feelings about war and reading and writing war stories. This touches on that too (and wow, do I love the movie that's at the crux of this piece).

Go read, right now:

http://entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com/2008/08/being-former-pow-is-no-excuse.html

this is good

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/fashion/24love.html

via ellen_kushner


Lovely little piece and I can't think of anyone who doesn't need to read it really. Because more than anything it's about how bloody murky and odd and delightful life is.

TW fic rec

http://alex51324.livejournal.com/112522.html

This is funny and terribly, terribly sweet and somehow still in character for everyone.

Ianto's pet project is a civilization in a jam jar. And they've just discovered flight. Owen is irritable. Gwen is a dork. Tosh likes science and Jack feels like he has a pack of squabbling children for a team. But everyone once in a while he stops and really _looks_ and it's a lovely small moment in counterpoint to the very large moments the very tiny civilization in the jar are having. Plus, miniature OCs and the sun, being a lightbulb, has writing on it.

DoV fashion show

some early pics via erratic0101: