December 2, 2012

Anonymous asked: Captain America/Ironman?

I already did a Stony one, and whilst I might do more if people ask more (there are a lot of songs that fit them BECAUSE ANGSTY LOVE SONGS ARE LIKE THE #1 GENRE OF CHRISTMAS SONG) right now I’m taking to opportunity to do one song for each.

So. Tony Stark:

Christmas Jam - The Trans-Siberian Orchestra (<-download link) 

(instrumental)

And Steve Rogers:

Sing You To Sleep - Paper Route (<- download link)

You wouldn’t be up at night 
if it wasn’t for Christmas lights 
this year has moved in unexpected ways 
where the pillow should reach your head 
there’s a sorrow that comes instead 
and stays with you until the morning light 

dreams are hatching, no one’s watching 
days are endless, never finished 
(sing you to sleep, sing you to sleep) 
want the past, but you can’t have it 
silent blessing, finally resting 

they all try to search for you 
but there’s nowhere to send them to 
the family room is filled with empty space 
the television starts to sing 
but it doesn’t say anything 
and no one’s saying anything at all 

(sing you to sleep, sing you to sleep) 
dreams are hatching, no one’s watching 
days are endless, never finished 
want the past, but you can’t have it 
silent blessing, finally resting 

(sing you to sleep, sing you to sleep) 
burn the bridge that leads to places 
where ghosts from Christmas never left us 

each new year brings hope and meaning

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November 15, 2012

Anonymous asked: I see your queue-tip tag on almost every post of yours on my dash and I didn't get the joke until now. omg its like a whole new world and youre aladdin

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May 17, 2012

Anonymous asked: Saw your comment on penny arcade about rape jokes and I just want to say: Kudos. Probably the best comment I've ever seen on the internet. Ever.

So when the alert for this popped up in my email inbox, all I could see was your opening of “Saw your comment on penny arcade about rape jokes” and I thought Oh, great and braced myself for some awful privilege-denying devil’s advocate garbage that would tire me and make me want to just stay in my bed for the rest of time.

This was not what I was expecting.

Thank you. 

This is a good note to end my day on. 

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May 9, 2012

Anonymous asked: fatty

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May 4, 2012

Anonymous asked: Frankly, it blows my mind that Stranger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers were written by the same guy. Comments?

Starship Troopers is actually one of the few Heinlein books I haven’t ready (if you’d like to discuss Friday, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Lazarus Long as a series, or many others that all blur together at this point, we can talk). That being said, while I haven’t read Starship Troopers, I hear the film adaptation is an awful missing-the-point-by-lightyears version. So if you’re basing your opinions on the film version maybe read the book and it won’t be as bad. And if you have read the book and it does genuinely suck, um, that happens sometimes.

Heinlein is not without his problems. For one thing he seems to believe a large number of men would love to have sex with their mothers if given the chance. He was fairly open and accepting of homosexuality for his time period, but his few representations of it are more than a bit condescending and still leaves it at least somewhat condemned (his representation doesn’t age well, is what I’m saying). Also, white people. White people EVERYWHERE. 

Stranger in a Strange Land is a really good book that I think everyone should read once, if for no other reason than to grok the wonderfully useful word grok. 

But Robert A Heinlein wrote so many books. Like, a few dozen of them plus so many short stories it’s unbelievable. It doesn’t strike me as odd at all that some of them are awesome and some of them are, well, not. I mean, I’ve read a couple of his duds. He did write duds. They usually still had good dialogue, but still. 

Anyway, yes. Those are my comments.

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April 12, 2012

Anonymous asked: Are you sexually active? (As much as I hate that term.)

Nope. 

I’m actually (as much as I hate the term and think it’s pretty close to meaningless) a virgin. I’ve never done more than make out with anybody. I’ve never had a proper boyfriend, and while I’ve had a couple “it’s complicated” relationships that probably would have moved on to something more if they hadn’t been interrupted, they both were (by moving away suddenly on both occasions). 

I’m not opposed to becoming sexually active, though. It’s just a matter of finding a good someone because I’m not usually very interested in casual sexual experiences. And since I’m currently focused on 1) finding a better job and 2) looking after my mental health, romantic/sexual pursuits have taken a bit of a pause for the moment. 

Thanks for the ask! 

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April 5, 2012

Anonymous asked: π

παιδεία

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March 14, 2012

Anonymous asked: Hi, so I'm a high school student who's trying to get an international women's day (late, I know, but the assembly schedules are packed) presentation up and running. I was wondering if I could use your comment-thing about rape jokes (which was posted on shakesville), like read it aloud or something? I think that only a poop would argue it, and I don't think it COULD be argued. What decent guy wants to affirm a rapist's feelings? Thanks :)

Yes! Go for it! It would be an honor. In fact - 

http://mechalink.tumblr.com/post/11365097075/organon-to-all-those-men-who-dont-think-the-rape

There’s some citations in case anyone has more questions. 

Good luck!

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March 14, 2012

Anonymous asked: Part 2, same anon: I think the ideal in this circumstance can be described by Postel's Law. It's a computer science principle, but it works nicely here. In Wikipedia's words, it states that we should "Be liberal in what we accept, and conservative in what we send." In other words, we should not try to offend, obviously, but neither should we be easily offended. There's an argument to be made that offense is not a choice but a reaction, but we can definitely try to tone that down.

This is the “You are too sensitive” tack. To which my response is, “No. You are not sensitive enough.”

See, because taking time to think, essentially trying to become more “easily offended”, especially when it comes to being sensitive to experiences outside of our own makes it easier to, as you put it, “try not to offend” others.

Especially when it comes to standing up for other people. I am clever and observant, and I am going to notice when something someone says is potentially hurtful or problematic. Then the choice I have is how to react. Do I choose silence, letting people think I think that the behaviour is okay? Or do I choose to speak up, and stand up for people who might not be able to speak up right now? Like younger people who might not have the words for what they’re experiencing, or people who are not present but whose experiences are still valid?

I don’t want to tone down my reaction to harmful behaviours. I don’t see why I should try, except to make already privileged people around me comfortable, which I don’t have an interest in doing. 

I am interested in making people who have fewer spaces to be comfortable feel comfortable. 

Good luck with your life, anon.

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March 14, 2012

Anonymous asked: I don't think we'd really get along, if we ever met. I've always thought "I was just joking," is not so much an excuse for me to say offensive things as it is permission for you to not be offended. It is a way of saying, "No offense was intended. If you are hurt, that was not my desire." Either way, though, it's important to note that others DO have the right to say whatever they want to people, and YOU have the right to react however you want. Sadly, both of those powers are often misused.

I don’t think we’d really get along, if we ever met.

I’ve always thought “I was just joking,” is not so much an excuse for me to say offensive things as it is permission for you to not be offended.

As recent events demonstrate, people rarely need permission not to be offended. Rather, if they try to express any distate in someone’s “joke”, they get shot down. People do not have enough permission to be offended. 

And it’s not just about offense. It’s not that I’m offended. Lots of people will get offended by all sorts of things to which my response would be “Whatever.” (see: any time a Christian in America is upset by the words “Happy Holidays”). Because it’s not just about offense. It is about marginalization and perpetuating harmful social standards.

It is a way of saying, “No offense was intended. If you are hurt, that was not my desire.”

Intent isn’t magical. Whether you intended it or not, someone is still hurt. “I’m sorry” would be a much more reasonable response to hurting someone then “It was a joke.” It’s nice when there’s no ill intent, but taking time to learn and change behaviours is a much better sign of good faith than “It was a joke. GEEZE. What’s your problem?” Which is a silencing tactic that is far too familiar to anyone who bothers to speak up for better standards of human decency. 

Either way, though, it’s important to note that others DO have the right to say whatever they want to people, and YOU have the right to react however you want. Sadly, both of those powers are often misused.

LOL. Yeah, I feel so guilty for asking people not to make fun of each other based on looks. What a gross abuse of my tumblr powers. Especially given my so significant (lolnot) number of followers.

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