seperis | oh, so this why breaks are bad

Now that I am not exclusively locked in a panic cycle about surgery....

So I missed apparently a new discussion on ableism at VVC. I saw the original discussions about the wording of the original policy and the public apology immediately after and the start of revisions, but was there something specifically in the last couple of days that happened that is leading to more discussion after that? As I'll be really honest; I stopped reading my flist days ago when I realized that yeah, this entire surgery thing was becoming real.

Due to the fact I don't have disabilities that need accommodating--ADHD doesn't count, and the occasional outbreak of claustrophobia during occasional vid shows is thankfully rare and usually just requires walking it off outside--I'm just mostly engaged in reading catch-up to see what's happening.

On that note: *hugs* to

amireal,

milly, and

fan_eunice. I'm not sure what else to say; I'm so sorry for what you are going through right now, and I wish I could do something to help. I'm online tonight. I'm pretty sure the joy of my textual presence is not what anyone sane would call consolation, but if you need to talk, or you know, rant! I am here for you.

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That's why he goes bad, you know -- all the good people hit him on the head or try to shoot him and constantly mistrust him, while there's this vast cohort of minions saying, We wouldn't hurt you, Lex, and we'll give you power and greatness and oh so much sex...
Wow. That was scary. Lex is like Jesus in the desert.
-- pricklyelf, on why Lex goes bad
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Obi-Wan has a sort of desperate, pathetic patience in this movie. You can just see it in his eyes: "My padawan is a psychopath, and no one will believe me; I'm barely keeping him under control and expect to wake up any night now to find him standing over my bed with a knife!"
-- Teague, reviewing "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones"
LJ
Beth: god, why do i have so many beads?
Jenn: Because you are an addict.
Jenn: There are twelve step programs for this.
Beth: i dunno they'd work, might have to go straight for the electroshock.
Jenn: I'm not sure that helps with bead addiction.
Beth: i was thinking more to demagnitize my credit card.
-- hwmitzy and seperis, on bead addiction
AIM, 12/24/2003
I could rape a goat and it will DIE PRETTIER than they write.
-- anonymous, on terrible writing
AIM, 2/17/2004
In medical billing there is a diagnosis code for someone who commits suicide by sea anenemoe.
-- silverkyst, on wtf
AIM, 3/25/2004
Anonymous: sorry. i just wanted to tell you how much i liked you. i'd like to take this to a higher level if you're willing
Eleveninches: By higher level I hope you mean email.
-- eleveninches and anonymous, on things that are disturbing
LJ, 4/2/2004
silverkyst: I need to not be taking molecular genetics.
silverkyst: though, as a sidenote, I did learn how to eviscerate a fruit fly larvae by pulling it's mouth out by it's mouthparts today.
silverkyst: I'm just nowhere near competent in the subject material to be taking it.
Jenn: I'd like to thank you for that image.
-- silverkyst and seperis, on more wtf
AIM, 1/25/2005
You know, if obi-wan had just disciplined the boy *properly* we wouldn't be having these problems. Can't you just see yoda? "Take him in hand, you must. The true Force, you must show him."
-- Issaro, on spanking Anakin in his formative years
LJ, 3/15/2005
Aside from the fact that one person should never go near another with a penis, a bottle of body wash, and a hopeful expression...
-- Summerfling, on shower sex
LJ, 7/22/2005
It's weird, after you get used to the affection you get from a rabbit, it's like any other BDSM relationship. Only without the sex and hot chicks in leather corsets wielding floggers. You'll grow to like it.
-- revelininsanity, on my relationship with my rabbit
LJ, 2/7/2006
Smudged upon the near horizon, lapine shadows in the mist. Like a doomsday vision from Watership Down, the bunny intervention approaches.
-- cpt_untouchable, on my addition of The Fourth Bunny
LJ, 4/13/2006
Rule 3. Chemistry is kind of like bondage. Some people like it, some people like reading about or watching other people doing it, and a large number of people's reaction to actually doing the serious stuff is to recoil in horror.
-- deadlychameleon, on class
LJ, 9/1/2007
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Fan Fiction is John Cusack standing outside your house with a boombox.
-- JRDSkinner, on fanfiction
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-- Michael Sheen, on Good Omens fanfic
Twitter, 6/19/2019
Adding for Mastodon.
-- Jenn, traceback
Fosstodon, 11/6/2022

jenn a bunch of us have been at irc.sff.net #vidding

including milly, becca left sometime ago and she said she wasn't going to be watching comments or checking her email anymore. ^^

I hit enter too quick and I can't edit posts anymore)

IM me next time you're in chat? I'll so be there.

*sends hugs and support*

*hugs*

*hugs back* I wish I had something better than this to offer; if there's anything I can do, please feel free to email or contact or whatever. That was--what I saw was painful to read, so I can't imagine how any of you must have felt.

Argh. I'm so bad at this. *hugs a lot*

Seriously, hugs are very welcome and awesome right now. I'm at the '*shakes head* whatever' point right now. I've gotten a lot of emails of support, some of well known people in the community who feel as though they're not allowed to speak up, which just makes me... incredibly sad. When did this Omerta climate happen?

I don't know what to say to any of it--or to you involved in it that felt silenced.

I'm still going through the posts I was linked to. This is why I should never take even a short hiatus from reading.

As soon as the debate shifts to: "my position is a moral one and therefore those who disagrees with me = immoral" then people tend to step back and start making kitten icons.

Not that I have anything against kitten icons. the worlds need more kitten icons.

I'm interested in the discussion, although I have no particular opinion on warnings-

The big change from last time is that suddenly A03 is being held up as the gold standard of trigger warnings. Which, is not a bad thing, but is interesting as it was previously a contentious fight of it's own.

Which, is not a bad thing, but is interesting as it was previously a contentious fight of it's own.

I'd go with ironic but yes, definitely not a bad thing.

Nope. Still really fucking mad.

Er, not at you. *sigh*

edited at: Date: 2010-07-02 02:26 pm (UTC)

*grins* I knew that. *hugs* *offers cookie*

All I've seen was the apology, and I'd love links to the discussion, if you accumulating them.

I think someone did a gathering of links? Somewhere.

http://laurashapiro.dreamwidth.org/303799.html#comments

Oh! Found the one I saw this morning!

http://wistfuljane.dreamwidth.org/45348.html#comments

Here's a few of the links.

Thanks!

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