much ado about nothing

I am quasi-migrating to talibusorabat (which is why you may have received a friend-add notify). I'll be using that journal to talk about fannish stuff and writing and other public-appropriate things, while this journal will be for mental health, family, & work bullshit - basically, stuff I don't want in the public eye.

While this does not necessarily affect your life, I just wanted to say that if you don't want to keep up with the negative crap in my life but don't care to dump me completely, please feel free to friend remove esotaria and friend add talibusorabat. There will be no hurt feelings. If you rather like keeping up with my darker, more self-pitying moments, then no action is required.

Not sure yet whether I'll be commenting from talibusorabat too. On one hand, consistency. On the other hand, this journal has 214 icons, and I am an icon fiend. Dilemma.

Anyway, that is all. Please resume your normal business. ♥

Better late than never! If you would like to receive some sort of celebratory card sometime in late December or early January, please fill out the information below. Included in your card will be a 3 sentence fic for any characters of your choosing (that I'm familiar with being an important qualifier).



Have no fear - comments are screened. If you're still nervous and/or would prefer an e-card, just leave your email and note that in Additional Notes.

It's that time of the month!

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ROFL this month is so busy, Imma need plotting to remember what the hell I'm doing.

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Ideas? Suggestions? Hit me up!

Hello lovely people who said they'd join me in digital caroling good times. Quick reminder to please get me your recordings by this Friday so I have the weekend to do magic and upload them to YouTube so we can all carol our flists.

Also, for anyone who wants to join me in singing Jingle Bell Rock, here's the promised video so that we can more or less sing at the same tempo. It even provides the lyrics! Aren't I helpful?



Questions? Concerns? Whispered secrets? Lemme know! :D

Okay, so here's how I envision it:

There are two parts, and you can participate in either one or both (or neither, but if you're doing neither, then this post is not relevant to your interests)

PART A
Comment here with the song you want to sing. (If you need a partner for said song, this would also be the post to find one)

Record the song and send it to me. I can clean up the audio if necessary (not, like, out of tuneness or anything, but if there's background noise, I might be able to filter that out. I can also combine two separate recordings so that if you and a partner need to have your audio mixed together, I can do that) and put it to some kind of adorable video.

PART B
Let me know if you want to participate in the group song Jingle Bell Rock. I'll send you a recording that will kind of act as the conductor, so that we all sing in a tempo that's in the same ballpark. Record the song, send it to me, I'll mix it together with the other recordings and put it to an adorable video. (Right now I'm envisioning taking a picture of people caroling and replacing the heads with the default userpics of everyone singing. We'll see how far my time, talent, and energy takes me)


Send me your recordings by Friday, December 17 and I'll spend that weekend doing the necessary magic. I'll upload the resulting videos to YouTube by Monday, December 20th and then you can go around your flist, embedding the videos in comments and spreading some holiday cheer!

QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED
I can't sing!
THAT'S OKAY! This isn't about being talented -- this is about having fun and holiday cheer!

No, really, I CAN'T sing
Can you play an instrument? Send a recording of you playing! The awesome thing about an LJ carol is you don't have to worry about things like lugging a piano out in the snow.

I don't have a microphone!
If you make an LJ voice post, I can download that file and use it. If you have a cellphone and an LJ account, you have a lawyer a microphone!


Any other questions? Ask 'em here!

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yinza: MAYBE
Sound like fun? I think it does! PLEASE JOIN ME SO I'M NOT ALONE IN THE MADNESS! XDDDD ♥

All you need is an envelop, a stamp, and a pen. Well, and a printer.

Help Jane Doe in five easy steps.

Step one: Print this letter

To Whom It May Concern:

I am writing to encourage you to take up the case of Jane Doe, who recently lost her case against Girls Gone Wild. Despite the fact that she did not sign a release, that she said “No” when asked to show her breasts, and that someone else pulled down her top for the camera, the St. Louis jury ruled that she had given implied consent by being in that bar. Patrick O’Brien, the jury foreman, told reporters: “Through her actions, she gave her implied consent. She was really playing to the camera. She knew what she was doing.”

This ruling sets a dangerous precedent. In cases of sexual assault, it is hard for women to prove that they did not consent. It is never a case of a simple “yes” or “no.” If a woman is raped, she is interrogated. Did she say “no” out loud? Repeatedly? The entire time? Did she physically resist? Had she given the rapist any reason to believe his actions would be welcome? How was she dressed? What was her sexual history? These are all questions rape victims are asked, either by the police or by lawyers in front of judge and jury. Answer any of them wrong – say that you didn’t fight back, or you were wearing a mini-skirt in a bar, or the rapist was your boyfriend – and you can no longer prove you did not consent. How much harder will it be to prove lack of consent when even saying “No” on tape means nothing?

Jane Doe deserves a retrial. This ruling cannot be allowed to stand, both for her sake and for the sake of sexual assault victims and survivors everywhere.


Thank you for taking up her case and supporting the right of American women to own their bodies.

Step two: Sign it

Step three: Stick it in an envelop and address it to:

American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri
454 Whittier Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63108


Step four: Put on a stamp

Step five: Put it in the mailbox



Feel free to repost this on your own journals, or to link this entry -- I will be making this post public. In fact, please do either or both. The more letters sent, the more likely the ACLU is to take action.

This journal is friends only, but I'm always game for making more friends. Pick which filters you want to be on with the poll, and then comment so I'll know you voted. That way I don't have to periodically check, because I = lazy bum.

What show(s) in the past decade or so would you consider cutting edge/defining feminist? As in, as a culture we have hyped it up to be feminist?

I'm looking for shows that have been obscenely popular and received critical acclaim, such as Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Sex and the City, Ugly Betty.

Answer and pimp?

WGA and United Artists have made a deal!