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WTF, Superbowl.

February 8, 2010

Another year of lackluster Super Bowl commercials, punctuated by a surprising number along the theme of Our Product Will Help You Reclaim Your Manliness From Those Emasculating Women. (“I will hold your lip balm…but I will drive the car I want to drive!”)

By way of an antidote, therefore, have some text from Julia Serrano’s Whipping Girl.

Hey, girls, did you hear the news? It’s just been scientifically proven that barrettes are dangerous! So are bracelets and bric-a-brac. It’s a fact. And don’t be fooled by thick-necked macho men who pretend that “girl stuff” is boring or frivolous, because that’s just an act. Because as soon as you ask that guy to hold your purse for a minute, he will start to squirm, as if your handbag were full of worms, as he holds it as far away from his rugged body as possible. Because “girl stuff” is made with the gender equivalent of Kryptonite!

…So here’s the deal: If you want your boyfriend to treat you with respect, then tell him that you won’t sleep with him until he starts putting barrettes in his hair. And I’m not talking about secret bedroom kinky shit. Make him wear them to work!

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This Week, 2/1-2/7

February 7, 2010

Doctor Who
Let’s make a TARDIS wave throughout DW! (meme/picspam with Ace, Leela, and Romana)

Fake News
Colbert Stamp – Acts 6:8 (DeviantArt stamp)
Castle Down, chapter 6 (fic | Jon/c!Stephen, Larry/John-O, John Hodgman, Mrs. Jonatha Strangedirt | R)
Castle Down illustration collection (art | Jon/c!Stephen | worksafe)
Needs Met, Happyverse Style (comic | happy!Stephen/Jon, l!Stephen, c!Stephen | PG)
How Can You Resist That Face? (art | c!Stephen | worksafe)

Fake News/Calvin and Hobbes
Colbert and Hobbes (comic | Susie!Jon, Hobbes!Junior, Calvin!Stephen | G)

Hellsing
Wolf Charmer (art | Rip, wolf!Captain | worksafe)
Harkonnen II – Vladimir (art | Seras, her giant gun | worksafe)

Bishoujo Kishi Sailor Hellsing
The Sailors Iscariot (art | sailor!Heinkel/sailor!Yumie | worksafe)

Next Week in Shine:
Zorin’s balloon descends, and Seras is More Awesome Than You.

Website Updates
New additions to the seventh page of YKYLHTMWs.

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The Daily Recs 02/06/2010

February 6, 2010

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Recs – Narnia, Doctor Who, Buffy, Hellsing, others

February 5, 2010

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Gives me chills.

February 2, 2010

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The Daily Recs 02/02/2010

February 2, 2010

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Do go on.

February 1, 2010

“Did men and women both feel interested in the female body, and even (though it sounded ridiculous) in almost the same way?”

No, no, C. S. Lewis, it doesn’t sound ridiculous at all. Please, let your female protagonist continue her bicurious narration.

(From That Hideous Strength, which I am about a quarter of the way through, and which as of this point I can best summarize as “He’s a space-traveling thinly-disguised stand-in for J.R.R. Tolkien. She’s an apparently-bicurious disgruntled housewife who’s just found out she’s psychic. They fight Merlin!”)

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This Week, 1/25-1/31

January 31, 2010

Fake News/Punditry
Day Late Friends (Jon’n'r!Stephen epic-unrequited-love-story mix)
Snow White Syndrome (comic | Keith Olbermann, Anderson Cooper, friendly forest animals | G)
The Search for Elle Woods (comic | Keith, Anderson, cameo!Stephen | G)
Castle Down, chapter 5 (fic | Jon/”Stephen”, Rob, Ed, Larry/John-O, O’Reilly, Kristen | PG-13)

Hellsing
CANNONBALL (art | young!Integra, young!Seras, young!Pip | worksafe)
The Death of Pipuff (art | puff!Seras, puff!Pip | worksafe)
Chow Time for Alupuppy (photos | Puppycard | possibly NSFW for blood)

Sasameki Koto
ABSOLUTE TERRITORY (art | Sumika | worksafe)

General/Miscellaneous
Sketchdump of WTF (OCs, FAKE: Berkeley, VeggieTales: ensemble, Good Omens: Anathema Device, Newt Pulsifer)
Thoughts On Yaoi Genderswap (meta discussing SM, Hellsing, fake news, and a whole bunch of other series)

Next Week in Shine:
Enter Zorin, zeppelin and all. Plus some familiar cameos…

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Technology marches on

January 29, 2010

Best comment yet on Apple’s new creation:

“The interesting thing is that you can use an iPad even if you have a Wii.”

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This Week, 1/18-1/24

January 24, 2010

Fake News
Accost (old art | Jon/Stephen | worksafe)
Out Of The Bag (fic | Jon, Stephen, BriWi, Meg, Bobby, Tad | PG)
Castle Down, chapter 3, chapter four (fic | Jon/c!Stephen, Aasif, John Hodgman, Larry/John-O, Jason, Lewis, Kristen | R, warnings)
It’s A Cenac Attack (art | Wyatt, Stephen | worksafe)
Muse (fic | Jon/real!Stephen/Allison | NC-17, warnings)
Most Trusted Chibi In News (art | chibi!BriWi | worksafe)
Schoolgirls (art | Joan/c!Stephanie | mildly NSFW)
Princesses (art | Princess!Jon, Raven | mildly NSFW)

Hellsing
Section XIII Art Meme (meme | HeinkelxYumie/ko, Alex, Enrico/Integra | worksafe)
Hellsingpuff Volume 10 (art | puff!Integra/puff!Renaldo | worksafe)
Integrapuff and Alupuppy (art | puff!Integra, puff!Puppycard | worksafe)

Sailor Hellsing
Sailor Huntress (art | Rip, Doc | worksafe)

Madeline de Paris
The Smallest One (sketches | Madeline, Miss Clavel | worksafe)

Sailor Moon
A Walk Through Elysion (art | Pegasus, Timothy | worksafe)
Sailor Makaiju (art | otaku senshi | worksafe)

General/Miscellaneous
Alien Landscape (nifty photomanip)
Cat Girl (self-sketch)
Exercise Ball (old self-sketch)

Next Week in Shine:
Integra needs to know whether she can trust Joker. Also: bombs!