I think I joined right on the tail end of the "never, ever, ever tell anyone anything beyond maybe the continent you live on, if even that" phase? I do have the requisite LinkedIn and FaceBook etc to communicate with people who don't use IRC for whatever reason, but I certainly don't do anything fannish with them.
same tired debates about whether women deserve to write what they want without being cross-examined by outsiders with a list full of pre-drawn conclusions Umm, yeah, about that... You might want to stay off Tumblr. :P I think a lot of it's born of internalised misogyny - on tumblr especially, it looks like young teens who haven't had the time to examine their assumptions come across SJ and then end up being rather misogynistic in their anti-racism/pro-trans representation/anti-fetishization/etc crusade. (Also occasionally homophobic.) A lot of people have said it better than me and made better points; I'll see if I can dig up any in the evening. I'm also pondering doing a thing on the US-centrism of internet SJ and the rise of Winterfox.
IIRC caffeinated drinks do dehydrate their drinkers mildly, since caffeine is a diuretic? In any case, I'm a firm proponent of people having different optimal intakes. And wouldn't the water in stashed bottles, like, go stale? (My primary beef with that sort of thing is how infantilizing it is - I already know that I should consume some baseline amount of water! I've known that since I was six!)
Ooh, reaction gif meta. I don't actually mind the text references, but the actual gifs are annoying. Constant movement! Half the time, I have no idea what it's supposed to represent! #Aspie problems
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same tired debates about whether women deserve to write what they want without being cross-examined by outsiders with a list full of pre-drawn conclusions
Umm, yeah, about that... You might want to stay off Tumblr. :P
I think a lot of it's born of internalised misogyny - on tumblr especially, it looks like young teens who haven't had the time to examine their assumptions come across SJ and then end up being rather misogynistic in their anti-racism/pro-trans representation/anti-fetishization/etc crusade. (Also occasionally homophobic.) A lot of people have said it better than me and made better points; I'll see if I can dig up any in the evening.
I'm also pondering doing a thing on the US-centrism of internet SJ and the rise of Winterfox.
IIRC caffeinated drinks do dehydrate their drinkers mildly, since caffeine is a diuretic? In any case, I'm a firm proponent of people having different optimal intakes. And wouldn't the water in stashed bottles, like, go stale? (My primary beef with that sort of thing is how infantilizing it is - I already know that I should consume some baseline amount of water! I've known that since I was six!)
Ooh, reaction gif meta. I don't actually mind the text references, but the actual gifs are annoying. Constant movement! Half the time, I have no idea what it's supposed to represent! #Aspie problems