notes from around the femslash verse

[leavethesky]

Two of the links today are to thelastgoodname's LJ. If you haven't already friended her (I think there may be 2 of you left), you're missing out.

First thelastgoodname take on the recent 'bromance' girlsquee with Someone at metafandom has a wicked sense of humor and the ongoing 'erasure' of lesbians. Why is it that it's cool for women to be friends without sex, but when men are friends it really means they just want to be having sex? Bonus for reference to one of my fav fics, Boston Marriage, by jae_w which is Rory/Paris, Gilmore Girls.

Then libba_bray (yes, THE Libba Bray who wrote A Great and Terrible Beauty which is set in 1800s England girls' boarding school and one of the main characters is a lesbian) responding to California's now constitutionalized bigotry: There's nothing wrong with you, which is a line from Milk. Turns out, Libba Bray's father was a (closeted gay) minister who shared his secret life with his family. Wonderful stuff that needs to be said. Over and over again, apparently. Because this isn't just about us queers, but everyone we care about and who cares about us, which turns out to be pretty much everyone.

and last, but not least, in the 'file under crackverse' tag, thelastgoodname outlines the birth of Petrovsky/Miranda Priestley (Law and Order/Devil Wears Prada), which began (as almost all of these things do) with the diabolical genius of wizened_cynic, who will undoubtedly rule the world some day.

Also, if you guys aren't watching Pepa/Silvia, you are missing out on the hottest shit on TV. For reals. Via pepa_silvia and random_flores: And I had to remove the link because the video has been removed.I'm sure there's a world of appropriate meta regarding this, but I'm worn out.

eta links to the great and terrible Libba Bray

edited to change the link to Libba Bray's journal entry because the link I posted made it look like there was only one comment when there are, in fact, close to 200 already.

Comments

[ein-myria.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I'm not getting some (okay, most) of the references you refer to here, but glad you're still alive and kickin'. :D

[leavethesky.livejournal.com]

Sorry about that. A common complaint. I've edited the entry to (hopefully) clarify a few things and if you click through to thelastgoodname's post she has more links to the bromance boyslash flap.

I've been feeling pretty crappy and the semester is just ending. I hope to be around more. If I can :)