Ok, my prediction that I might get to a con report by Thursday? Way optimistic. But here goes. So. First I should mention I had the fabulous luck to spend Wiscon as roommates with sumanah and vogelein . Sumana was busy promoting and handing out copies of her new anthology Thoughtcrime Experiments , and getting to know other writers and editors. Jane was promoting her work, and doing...

The myth that "no one dies from US torture, so its not torture... http://jlassen.livejournal.com/699828.html It's not "just" about torture. It is about murder. How many were murdered by the Bush Regime, and its choice to use enhanced Interrogation/torture to illicit false confessions. Is Versed being used for torture? http://ideas.4brad.com/archives/000100.html There are drugs which erase...

I have so much to think about and to say that I don't even know where to begin! And so, the things that require less brain power on my part: I have been trying to convince an entire host of people to read Marjorie M. Liu and Joey Hill. Liu is the paranormal romance writers with wereleopards and weredolphins (but not together) and psychics and dragons and shapeshifters and Faerie and gargoyles...

troubleinchina asked for a picture of the alien seats on the local train here in Tahara, otherwise known as priority seats. Apparently around here if you are old, injured, pregnant, or have small children you are an ALIEN!!! Technically I'm an alien here too (I have the card to prove it) but I don't get a special seat. *pouts*

When I first heard about it, I thought, how does one blog against disablism? Being disabled isn't some grave injustice that can be fixed socially. So I used my brain a bit harder and realized they were really talking about the troubles the disabled face, whether or not their disability is visible. I suffer from mild depression, which in no way debilitates me nor affects my life adversely. However...

Linkspam from my Twitter feed . Feel free to follow me. Why rape kit processing is important: tinyurl.com/c6k8ru No, really, WHAT? The province of Alberta has decided to make education optional. twurl.nl/1iqh7k I'm for parents being allowed to exempt their kids from certain classes, but this really does beg the 'why not just home school' question RT @the_swine_flu "And YOU are...?"...

forthwritten: steampunk: my issues, let me show you them - In celebrating the figure of the adventurer and explorer, steampunk buys into certain assumptions. One: that there are places to explore and discover - the idea that a land can only be discovered by your culture, and has been previously unexplored even if people have been living there for centuries. - (tags: steampunk fandom race...

fiction_theory : Why yes, we are still talking about RaceFail09. - In fact, I think I may (for own purposes, I do not expect anyone to think anything I say is a good idea) construct a formula for a good apology. // Step One: Really mean it. If you blow this step, the others don't matter. - (tags: racefail09 race racism privilege ) livrelibre : After a weekend of RaceFail...

fiction_theory : Why yes, we are still talking about RaceFail09. - In fact, I think I may (for own purposes, I do not expect anyone to think anything I say is a good idea) construct a formula for a good apology. // Step One: Really mean it. If you blow this step, the others don't matter. - (tags: racefail09 race racism privilege ) livrelibre : After a weekend of...

Step 1:  Read troubleinchina and FRIDA on involuntary sterilization of PWD. Step 2:  Control outrage. Step 3:  Sign.