An interesting article about the sex trade and the US’s “well-meaning” interference.

Well-meaning Interference

And for the link-phobic:

Someone choosing, of their own free will, to pose nude is supposed to bother me?

omg so my daughter poses nude on web sites and is bringing teh shame to my whole familee!1! omg porn is bad 4 wimminz right??

The only problem I have with the daughter’s decision is her signing that contract which allows the site owner to use her photos for whatever purpose. That sounds a little manipulative and dangerous. Other than that, if this were my child, I wouldn’t make a fuss if she were posing nude. I’d be more offended if my kid became a CEO.

I come back to this?

I’m in your environment, killin ur beez

D:

A more lengthy update (including that post about violence and catharsis!) later.

the internet is made of pr0n.

This is very, very strange. and potentially very, very bad. Not only is someone suspending pedophile communities (which I don’t care about, because ew child molesters), they’re suspending literary/slash/kink communities. And more and more are being suspended.

Please spread the word about this. This is incredibly weird.

ETA: more info here.

Music I like.

Stuff I like:

Cursive–The Recluse

Death Cab for Cutie–I Will Follow You Into the Dark

Desaparecidos–The Happiest Place on Earth

Fiona Apple–Extraordinary Machine

Hole–Doll Parts

Wheatus–Teenage Dirtbag

Mewithoutyou–Gentlemen

These are all uploaded onto various sites (I found them through a website that has a bunch of mp3s uploaded, so if you’re interested in a certain song or band, you can listen to it and decide if you like it, without downloading it onto your computer.) and they’re in mp3 format, so it should work on most browsers.

HAY GUYFS

Hey, I took a short break from blogging/commenting, but I’m back now, and I love love love this new blog:

http://sm-feminist.blogspot.com/

I’ll have more to talk about soon, including:
–the concept of violence in media as catharsis ( I was actually inspired by Trinity and her posts on BDSM and violence in entertainment)
–Women and immigration
–exceprts from one of bell hooks’ books: Killing Rage: Ending Racism

I’ve been really rushed/stressed out with AP exams, getting ready for prom, getting ready for finals, figuring summer plans…etc, etc, so that’s why I took a break. Plus I needed to put aside some spiritual time for myself. Now that I’m back in the saddle, I plan to post a lot more, especially since the summer is coming up and I’ll have TIMMMEEEE, PRECIOUS TIME!

I am in love with this song.

And all shall fade
The flowers of spring
The world and all the sorrow
At the heart of everything

But still it stays
The butterflies sings
And opens purple summer
With the flutter of its wings

The Earth will wave with corn
The gray-fly choir will mourn
And mares will neigh with
Stallions that they mate, foals they’ve borne

And all shall know the wonder of purple summer

And yet I wait
The swallow brings
A song too hard to follow
That no one else can sing

The fences sway
The porches swing
The clouds begin to thunder
Crickets wander, murmuring

The Earth will wave with corn
The gray-fly choir will mourn
And mares will neigh with
Stallions that they mate, foals they’ve borne

And all shall know the wonder
I will sing the song of purple summer
All shall know the wonder
I will sing the song of purple summer

All shall know the wonder of purple summer.

It’s from a new musical called Spring Awakening.