Via a bunch of people on my reading list(s):

rawles posted this: Along this same vein, deciding that you can defeat the misogyny of the source material/relationships in the source material by removing the women and replacing them with/focusing entirely dudes similarly reeks of bullshit. Because obviously the feminist way to deal with a misogynistic narrative is not to balance out relationships or illuminate and explore the female characters, but to ignore them! Riiiight.

The erasure of female characters from a narrative is never feminist. Period. The end.

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Cracked.com's "Six Adorable Cat Behaviors with Shockingly Evil Explanations cracked up both Sister K and me as I read it aloud to her.

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apocalyptothon is hosting an Apocalyptothon small fandom fic challenge without a deadline.

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viklikesfic has a post about fandom and kink: What is kink? It's interesting, whether I agree with everything or not.

fleete has a collection of kink links.

Femslash Kink Meme

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trobadora has an excellent meta post about Legend of the Seeker, bad guys, and sexuality: We'll Always Have Cara.