An article on a black family with a white adopted daughter. Fascinating stuff, though the narration is a bit skeevy – there are discussions at debunkingwhite and racism_101 that pull apart the worst of it.

Proposition 8: The Musical. Sing along! (Also, check out these vintage gay rights photos from the ’70s.)

Wisconsin has a new state slogan. It doesn’t involve cheese. I’m disappointed.

Pastafarians get a shoutout in this story about atheists starting to mobilize. (See, churchgoing folks? We can have picnics and ball games too!)

Pirates vs. aliens!

Check out Thoughtcrime Experiments, a just-released anthology of speculative fiction.

You may notice a familiar name in the table of contents…

This Week, 4/20-4/26

Bishoujo Kishi Sailor Hellsing
Master and Monster (art | Integra/Alucard | worksafe)

Family Guy
Pinup: Meg Griffin (art | Meg | worksafe)

Hellsing
The Monsters Are Coming (mix | Walter/Girlycard | worksafe)

Sailor Moon
Eternal Sailormoon (art | what it says on the tin | worksafe)

Next Week in Shine:
Integra and Ann explain to the Dandy just what he’s gotten himself into.

This Week, 4/13-4/19

Fake News
I’ll Be That Girl (fic | MtF!”Stephen”(/OC), Jon, Charlene, Sweetness | R)

Fake News/Strangers With Candy
Why Should I Care?, part eight, part 9 (fic | Seamus/George, Jerri, Clair, Chuck/Geoffrey, Jon/”Stephen” | PG-13)

United States of Tara
Chibi States of Tara (art | Alice, Gimme, Tara, Buck, T | worksafe)
Icon collection (icons | ditto | worksafe)

Next Week in Shine:
Seras has a drink and gets ready to throw down, while Ann, Integra, and Pip take on Alhambra.

My NZ$0.034 on Amazonfail

Darnit, Amazon.

Coverage is all over the blogosphere and the Twitterthing. Have a petition.

This Week, 4/6-4/12

Happy Easter! May you all enjoy much discount chocolate, and may the jelly beans flow in abundance.

Bishoujo Kishi Sailor Hellsing
Sailor Ghoul (art | Kim | worksafe)

Doctor Whoniverse
The Ace That Never Was (art | Ace/Martha | worksafe)

Fake News
Put That In Your Pipe And Smoke It (fic | liberal!”Stephen”, Jon | PG-13)
The Sweetest Thing (mix | “Stephen”/Sweetness | R)
Or You Could Show Him How To Work Your Nail Guns (double drabble | “Stephen”, Tad/Bobby | G)
The Pun Was Too Good T’Eschew (double drabble | “Stephen”, Meg | PG)
Nightmares & Lullabies (mix | Jon/”Stephen” (Stevie) | PG)

Next Week in Shine:
When the Warbucks building is under a joint attack, it’ll take all the brilliant strategy Integra and Seras can muster to mount a defense…

And we’ll get CA back too, just you wait

AND VERMONT.

That makes four states! Count ‘em! Four!

You can tell this was midterm week…

Fake News
JxS – Guro collection (April Fool’s joke | Stephen, Jon | worksafe)
Anger (ficlet | Jon, Stephen | PG-13)
The Interview (ficlet | Stephen(/Jon), Tracey(/Jon) | PG)

Hellsing
Pinup: Rip and Nina (art | Rip, Nina | worksafe)

Sailor Moon
Always The Moon (art | Sailormoon | worksafe)

Next Week in Shine:
Upstairs, our heroes are still breaking out the guns. Downstairs, someone’s breaking in…

Progress marches on~

WE GOT IOWA.

*dance party!*

Not in our town, you don’t.

A group of people from Westboro Baptist Church (that’s Fred Phelps’ “God hates gay people”, “let’s picket the funerals of fallen soldiers” hate machine) staged a protest at my brother’s high school on Monday.

The real story, though, is the 250-person counterprotest.

You can see my brother himself in picture #2. (Sort of. He’s the guy behind the car behind the guy behind the pole.) Mom was there too, waving a cape-sized rainbow flag on my behalf.

In short, the good guys have come out on top. I’m only sorry I wasn’t on the continent to join in.