sundries

A study shows children of lesbians are well-adjusted and have fewer behavioral problems than their peers. Meanwhile, various anti-gay groups flip out; maybe they needed some lesbian parenting themselves?

Long lost silent films being returned to America.

Essay from a country village brothel keeper in the UK.

Rumour has it that Lady Gaga will be appearing on Doctor Who and that it's all Gareth Roberts's fault. Of course, those in the know also blame redstapler who appeared at this years Gallifrey One in a "Lady Gaga as the TARDIS" costume. Hot shit, weird.

Bus changes coming for NYC, but I'm unclear if this means we can still use our unlimited metro cards on surface transport since now we'll need a bus ticket from a kiosk?

gwyd links us to neo_prodigy's list of (I'm paraphrasing here) obnoxious shit not to do when writing gay characters. Jack and Ianto and Tara and Willow get mentioned. As happens when these two couples get mentioned, controversy ensues. I'm pretty much on a page with neo_prodigy on this one, but that's besides the point. Don't let your possibly differing opinion on those two sentences -- especially if you're a straight person who writes queer characters -- get in the way of reading and hearing the rest of the post. Please.

I've written about Sei Shonagon and her relationship to how I read. Today Tiger Beatdown talks about her relationship to blogging.

My stomach hates me.

I am really, really enjoying writing for kink_bingo. ( Read more... )

Last night we finished S6 of Buffy, ( Read more... )

fuck yeah, sharks!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/torchwood_new_series/