This here's a recipe for unpleasantness.

Mal ,'Objects In Space'


Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Shir - May 16, 2011 9:46:13 am PDT #21459 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

I'm sorry to interrupt the crucial grammar discussion, but I need to squee! for a moment:

There's a good chance that after weeks of careful hinting and passing-the-word on my side, I will manage to create a rape crisis center training designed especially for leftist demonstrations organizers and activists (where a lot of sexual harassments are taking place and they're clueless about what to do about it. Arabs' rights first, women's last. I wish I was kidding). They took a lot of fire on this for almost a year now - mostly after asking from women to come in more modest dress for demonstrations - and did next to nothing to show they care about women's rights other than the basic "but we have women leaders in our demonstrations! Which means no one is harassed here!" speech.

Enter moi. It took almost two months of asking from leftists men to spread the word to the demonstration organizers (and a lot had to do with one feminist leftist man that actually helped and didn't just nod his head with "yeah, good idea"), but I just received an email via that one great men saying that they're ready to listen. Right now, I'm trying to get them a good deal for (or free) that training at the rape crisis center.

In my book, I call it a win. They were so goddamn persistent with they "we don't know what you mean by sexual harassment" answers. I really hope they'll take it seriously and won't back off at the last minute.

Edit: ehh, spell check, you bitca.


Polter-Cow - May 16, 2011 9:48:25 am PDT #21460 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Shir, you are a rock star. Seriously, you are doing Something Important, and that's amazing.


Burrell - May 16, 2011 9:49:35 am PDT #21461 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I think you are missing my point ita. I should have specified from the outset that I teach academic writing, not fiction. My point is that, if you are making an academic argument and don't want to use a gendered third person pronoun, generally it's going to be easier and neater to use a plural subject.


erikaj - May 16, 2011 9:49:54 am PDT #21462 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

Good for you. For real.


Shir - May 16, 2011 9:49:57 am PDT #21463 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Wedding pictures! Wedding pictures! Wedding pictures!

explodes with joy

not literally


§ ita § - May 16, 2011 9:50:04 am PDT #21464 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Ah, Burrell, I thought you were saying you hated the usage in general.

Shir--I fixed your tag.

People? I can't recommend quickedit highly enough. That way, if other people's posts get borked? It's my fault, not yours.


P.M. Marc - May 16, 2011 9:52:58 am PDT #21465 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Wedding pics, anyone? The first official batch came in (no fewer than *four* of our friends are professional photographers, so there are more to come - we are very lucky). TG's the slightly shorter one with the darker hair. [link]

You both look so lovely and happy! I am grinning for you.


amyth - May 16, 2011 9:54:15 am PDT #21466 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Seska, those pictures are so gorgeous! You and TG are so gorgeous! The whole thing. A beautiful, wonderful ceremony, all around. I'm so happy for both of you!

Shir, that is AMAZING. You really are a rock star.


Shir - May 16, 2011 9:54:56 am PDT #21467 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Thanks, ita - you did it so fast I didn't even have (had?) the time to notice it.


Trudy Booth - May 16, 2011 9:56:27 am PDT #21468 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart