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[cicer]

Some non-fannish, quasi-political links that some of you may find interesting. Feel free to skip if you aren't in a political mood!

Apropos of nothing, I've just realized that though I love this new icon it presents me with a problem, because everytime I use it I end up staring at it for about five minutes, my eyes glazing over, and completely losing my train of thought. Oh, Rabi and Kanda. Why you gotta be so pretty.


Some amusing and rather thought-provoking quotes about homosexuality found via hungryworm. I think I got this as an e-mail forward once. I love it, though, and it always makes me smile.

The Irresponsible Woman by naamah_darling. This is an incredibly article on not only the dangers of restricting acess to abortion, but how society's prejudices toward women complicate things and the damage that sexism does.

Joss Whedon has some fantastic commentary on a recent clip of an honor killing that's been uploaded to the internet. The whole thing is stomach-churningly awful, but I think the best thing that we can do is talk about these things and raise our voices in protest, and he does that very eloquently.

Also, satora_chan pointed out this link about hate crime legislation, inspired by a particularly brutal assault. This is so awful that it defies words, but it should unquestionaly be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Comments

[satora-chan.livejournal.com]

The first link was hilarious. Also, Joss Whedon's commentary was fascinating. Even just the question, "What's wrong with women?", is thought-provoking in itself.

Hey, Cicer, may I ask a favor? Could you add this to your list? It's about a hate crime.

[cicer.livejournal.com]

Added! Thanks for pointing that out. Lord, how appalling.