tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-26:124905worryingly jolly batmanworryingly jolly batmanworryingly jolly batman2012-05-10T07:25:10Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-26:124905:361593fucking politics2012-05-10T07:25:10Z2012-05-10T07:25:10Zpublic21. There's a really interesting discussion in <a href="http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/32864.html?thread=149268832&#t149268832">this thread</a> on ffa about some Black Widow scenes in the Avengers (being circuitous so I don't have to cut this for spoilers). I'm linking to the whole thread but I found the top subthread most interesting, particularly <a href="http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/32864.html?thread=149300064#t149300064">this comment</a> and <a href="http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/32864.html?thread=149326688#t149326688">this one</a>. (I'm not in this thread at all so you don't need to strain yourself trying to figure out who is me, which I always do when I get linked to an anon meme thread).<br /><br />2. That really annoying thing where I had something perfect to post about at work this morning, it was like, a witty observation even, and I didn't write it down and I've completely forgotten it. Rarr. It was either about hockey or Barack Obama. Or just possibly David Shearer. <br /><br />3. Relatedly, there's something about straight people getting on Grant Robertson's case about marriage equality that really sets my teeth on edge. No one could agree more than I that it would have been nice to get marriage equality rather than civil unions during the recent Labour Government, but does anyone actually remember the climate around the civil union debate? (I seriously think a lot of the people I follow on Twitter don't.) It was fucking unpleasant and it wasn't exactly something the Labour Party expended 0 political capital on in an easy appeasing mood, which seems like a lot of the attitude. Oh, civil unions are the easy slimy separate but equal option - well, that's true, they are, but I don't think at the time there was room for the hard option. <br /><br />4. Hey, can we not give, like, Bill English and John Key a hard time for their record on same-sex marriage? Hey, while Opposition parties are really important, why aren't we giving the fucking government a hard time about their lack of movement on reforming the Adoption Act and introducing same-sex marriage? This is supposed to be the new Tories, innit? Hip and socially liberal and down with the kids?<br /><br />5. Also, eugenics. Don't let the beneficiaries breed, sez John.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=labellementeuse&ditemid=361593" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-26:124905:350387g/t fireworks?2011-11-01T04:36:01Z2011-11-01T04:36:01Zpublic21. So get_together is taking place on Guy Fawkes weekend, y'all. Who would walk up Mt Vic with me at 8 on Saturday? Are we likely to still be eating then? <br /><br />2. My bitter, apolitical boss (politics self-described as right-wing fascist) was reading the PREFU today and – I shouldn't find it amusing but sadly I do – getting absolutely riled. Particularly, spending on Health and Education – the two biggest areas of expenditure - is predicted to <i>not increase at all</i> (in 2011 dollars) over the next five years. No changes at all. This is effectively (apparently) something like an 8 – 10% cut in teachers', nurses', doctors' salaries. This means health and education is becoming a smaller proportion of the budget (which does get larger) – i.e. health and education are lower priorities over the next five years. It's all sort of astounding and frustrating and it's added to my increasing feeling of desperation, fury, and incapacity. I just don't see what I can do about it and it's stressing me out.<br /><br />3. Relatedly, <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://hazel.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://hazel.dreamwidth.org/'><b>hazel</b></a></span> has been incandescent in classy political rage lately, highly recommended.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=labellementeuse&ditemid=350387" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-26:124905:321559labellementeuse @ 2010-06-30T15:37:002010-06-30T03:53:52Z2010-06-30T03:53:52Zpublic0<span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://labellementeuse.dreamwidth.org/321559.html#cutid1">last week I read my 65th new book of the year!</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />Today I'm reading <i>Skulduggery Pleasant</i>, by Derek Landy (thank you <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://caramarie.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://caramarie.dreamwidth.org/'><b>caramarie</b></a></span>, who lent it to me). Towards the end of the novel, but I hope non-spoilery, is a quote that I'm pulling out and sharing because I think it exemplifies the concept of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_refrigerators">women in refrigerators</a>, why it's bad, and what creators can do to guard against it. (Names have been excised so it's not spoilery. Bold emphasis mine, italic his..)<br /><br /><blockquote>"He used my wife and child as a weapon against me. In order to do so, he had to kill them. <b>He took my family's death and he made it about me.</b> When you die, it will be <i>your</i> death and yours alone. Let it come to you on your own terms."<br />-- Derek Landy, <i>Skulduggery Pleasant</i> (HarperCollins: London 2007), p 344</blockquote><br /><br />That can pretty much stand as is, I think. I just wanted to shout out to what I think is a very good, very simple analysis of the problem.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=labellementeuse&ditemid=321559" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-26:124905:5806labellementeuse @ 2009-08-01T00:12:002009-07-31T12:17:54Z2009-07-31T12:17:54Zpublic10ALSO, deliberately making this a separate post to be an asshole but also because THIS IS IMPORTANT: <br /><br /><a href="http://yesvote.org.nz/">Please</a> <a href="http://thehandmirror.blogspot.com/search/label/Yes%20Vote%20campaign">vote</a> <a href="http://publicaddress.net/default,5897.sm#post5897">YES</a> <a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0907/S00362.htm">this</a> <a href="http://norightturn.blogspot.com/search/label/Section%2059">week</a>.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=labellementeuse&ditemid=5806" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments