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April 1, 2013
The World’s Best Mom
I’m not your run of the mill feminist, most times feminism and I are at loggerheads, because I am a professed “equalist” or egalitarian if you will. I consider both genders at the same value. How could I do differently, housing so clearly both of them within myself. Should I start hating my male side? [...]
March 23, 2013
The Times They Are A-Changing…
I’ve been reading another WWI-diary, and a modern book (fiction) about WWI-soldiers. The reason for that is that I committed to writing a short (see photo and caption for the prompt!) for the “Love Has No Boundaries” challenge of the Goodreads m/m-group about two military medics, and I accepted the prompt intending to write a [...]
December 25, 2012
December 14, 2012
PayPal and Censorship... AGAIN
Reblogged from The fiction of Amelia C. Gormley: So, apparently PayPal is incapable of learning their lesson. I hadn’t entered this crazy genre last spring when PayPal attempted to strong-arm booksellers like SmashWords into censoring the content they sell or face losing their accounts. After a couple weeks of furor, PayPal rescinded that ban. Kinda. [...]
December 11, 2012
A Slippery Topic – To Lube or Not to Lube
I recently came–again–across something which shows just how much urban legends and fanfiction tropes can run away with reality. As a result people criticise or demand things which are actually needless in many cases or even detrimental. Here are the two passages I’m talking about: LUBE! Please, for God’s sake, use the fucking lube every [...]
November 11, 2012
Remembrance Day
Survivors No doubt they’ll soon get well; the shock and strain Have caused their stammering, disconnected talk. Of course they’re “longing to go out again,”– These boys with old, scared faces, learning to walk, They’ll soon forget their haunted nights; their cowed Subjection to the ghosts of friends who died,– Their dreams that drip with [...]
October 20, 2012
What a truly remarkable, great blog post series on BDSM and abuse/rape!
I’m referring to this series of blog posts: There’s a War on Part 1 There’s a War on Part 2 There’s a War on Part 3 There’s a War on Part 4 There’s a War on Part 5 There’s a War on Part 6 There’s a War on Part 7 But also to this salon.com [...]
September 25, 2012
Familiarity and Intimacy
I’m reading quite a bit currently, it’s a chequered lot, including some historical romances, m/m and contemporary romance, and I’ve noticed something which leaves me slightly puzzled. Quite a few authors seem to have no or a lax handle on intimacy. This is particularly galling when it comes to British characters in historical settings. Diffidence [...]
September 4, 2012
To NaNo or not to NaNo
I participated last year and felt pretty stressed out by it. Directly afterwards I concluded this isn’t for me, that my pace isn’t the required 1650 words per day. Later I realised I practically boycotted myself by trying to write a novel A to Z, whereas those who made it easily and with time to [...]
July 25, 2012
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 by Adam Hochschild My rating: 5 of 5 stars A refreshing book! I’ve read too much WWI-revisionism lately, so it is heartening to see someone pick up diligently that contrary to what so many revisionist historians want to tell us, the British public and [...]
