Hey guys, One last post as a quick reminder about the meet up next week! For those who've missed it it's 27th February-1st March & for anyone who hasn't seen it the proposed itinerary is here . Just a quick list of people who're coming - if you're not on the list & are coming or are on the list & can't make it, let us know! Also; if you haven't already said what days you'll be there could you...

Total comments: 2037 1 fullmetal_cute 621 2 kazukorin49 166 3 colt_walker 78 4 scarab_dynasty 75 5 clayin 74 6 solar_cat 71 7 lovessacrifice 68 8 akayalovesyaoi 53 9 taito_kisses 50 10 crazedwolf 48 11 devilc 44...

Editor's Note: If I didn't link to your post today it's because there wasn't enough information in your header. For an example of what a good header is for fanfiction, please see our user info. If there's anything I've missed, please leave a comment so it can be added or put in tomorrow's. Off-LJ Chicago Reader: Giving FanFiction its Head - The BBC's Torchwood, where everyone's bi and hot guys...

Having taking a step into the abyss of Torchwood fandom (and being not in the least bit sorry) I've been waffling over posting here for fear of boring people with another 'hello, here I am! post'. But now I'm taking the plunge, for I have things to say! First of all, I posted an all purpose Torchwood post on my lj with a bunch of links to recs, vids, scans and all sorts of odd conversations. Secondly...

blinkytree frog's LJ has some clips from a 1951 book, "On becoming a Woman." It's a now-unbelievable tract warning of the perils of masturbation for girls (you'll get sick, lose your energy and become apathetic and depressed!), why it's wrong to read fiction (just like day-dreaming, it's a way to shut-out reality), the benefits of female circumcision and how girls don't really want sex anyway,...

On Becoming Woman. I found this blog entry through a round about means. It is an overview of a rather terrifying book from the 50's. I am just trying to imagine my mom being given this at some point. I expect she was old enough by the time she was a teenager that she would have missed this sort of stuff.

I was totally with this until that last, cursed sentence. From blinkytreefrog , we learn about the wonderful world awaiting women in the 1950s . A world where cherished day dreams can come true, as long as you never touch your naughty bits. Because never forget, "To every healthy young woman is given the sacred responsibility of potential motherhood.  She should guard it as a God-given...

You'll have seen this elsewhere by now, but (via james_nicoll ) On Becoming a Woman . It is everything you expected it to be, and more.

New concepts in book marketing A review of "Dreams With Sharp Teeth" — Everything you wanted to know about Harlan Ellison but were afraid to ask. (From a writer's mailing list I'm on.) The Miller High Life Cruiser — :: wants :: Shorpy with a haunting photo of the collecting of war dead at Cold Harbor — Note the elapsed time between the battle and the date of the photo, per the caption...

http://blinkytreefrog.livejournal.com/80660.html (From 2005, so old news for some. Nicked from James.)