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"It's important to remember that the vast majority of anime aren't made for adults, but for children, teenagers, and/or geeks. When anime wasn't as popular, it was considered very important to mark its territory to emphasize that Akira and Evangelion..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"A college math professor did a video response to these (part 1, part 2) that said all I wanted to say. It is really important for students to get a basic understanding of what's going on, a basic theoretical grounding, or they're going to come up..." [
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"All the presidents and VPs in US history have been white and male. That is guaranteed to change this January, barring some freak occurrence, and I think that's awesome.
But is the Christian right really going to accept a mother with a 5-month-old..." [
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"I would not worry too much about formal reading instruction at that age. The best thing you can do to challenge her reading skills is read to her and make sure she has a ton of books and time to read them.
If she is bored, if she is restless,..." [
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"There was a little hum of controversy last year when Scalzi was nominated for best fan writer when he's clearly a pro; the categories might be a little misnamed, because the award isn't really for best fan writer but for best fan writing. Clearly the..." [
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"I'm disgusted by puppy mills, but I'm a lot more disgusted at the demand end than the supply end. If you are planning on taking a living creature into your family for the next ten or fifteen years, you need to do at least enough research to realize..." [
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3 months ago
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"These exercises have been helpful for me in a similar situation.
Squats, not so much - they put a little too much pressure on the knees." [
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3 months ago
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"My cousin was one of those volunteering with the international Solidarity Movement and subverting the program. He blogs about his experience here.
(Which is not to say that I agree with his politics completely, but I am impressed by his convictions...." [
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3 months ago
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"If you have a good idea, people will say "That's a good idea" instead of pretending they don't hear it until a white male says it.
You may be interested in this list of privilege lists (able-bodied, average-sized, straight, male, and..." [
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3 months ago
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"Bojangle's is fast food, but I'd consider them a notch above Popeye's and KFC -- in Bushwick on Broadway a little west of Gates." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by roomthreeseventeen
4 months ago
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"The thing about kids is that they are still growing. They are supposed to be gaining weight; they are supposed to be getting taller. And the rates for height growth and weight growth don't necessarily match up. Some kids will go through a phase when..." [
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4 months ago
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"I'm a terribly easy crier. Whether I'm depressed, not depressed, it doesn't make much difference.
I'm embarrassed to admit that I could easily have cried during both those discussions. This is what I would've been thinking:
a) Why does..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by loiseau
5 months ago
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"I think it's incredibly responsible of the parent to let her 9-year-old take the subway home. As a proof of concept, if nothing else. Let's say that someday in the next year or two there's a family crisis and no one can pick the kid up from school -..." [
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5 months ago
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"I have recently come to the realization that I have been "self-medicating" my anxiety through a series of repetitive manual hobbies I've taken up since the age of seven: knitting, cross-stitch, studying Japanese (writing out Japanese..." [
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5 months ago
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"People don't write gothic novels any more, but Mary Stewart's "Nine Coaches Waiting" is reportedly one of the best. (I read it recently and found it highly entertaining but also very dated).
Georgette Heyer is probably the best writer..." [
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6 months ago
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"Let me refer you to my friend Marshall (hi Marshall!)'s account of Time Warner's services in Queens, NY.
I've had three, possibly four, service appointments with Time Warner since signing up for RoadRunner and cable TV, and all of them have been..." [
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6 months ago
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"People are throwing out a lot of "There must be SOMEWHERE that would love to have it," so:
I've just started a teen knitting club at the (Brooklyn!) library where I work.
The libraries are in a huge budget crunch right now.
I'm just..." [
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6 months ago
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"I think it's true that rich people have an easier time getting thin; I also think that thin people have an easier time getting rich not because of personality but because of size discrimination.
In a study conducted by Esther Rothblum, Ph.D.,..." [
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6 months ago
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"It's not just the French rolled r; it's the v-r combination. Vr doesn't work very well in English; I can think of a few names that start with Vr, and that's it. Plus, syllables tend to fit a certain sonority profile, going from low-sonority..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by klangklangston
6 months ago
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"As I see it, one of the big problems is that people expect the library to be all things to all people - which would take enormous amounts of money - but then they get upset when they're faced with the alternative of (a) raising taxes by an enormous..." [
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6 months ago
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"Pastabagel: absolutly agreed that the show itself is not subversive in any way. In no way would I expect subversion from a show on a major network, supported by advertising, whether that show's science fiction or not. Everything subversive is in the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bettafish
7 months ago
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"As a once and future Wiscon-goer and fan of some of the people mentioned in the article, I have to totally disagree that these fans are "acting and behaving and consuming products the way society dictates girls should."
Look at the..." [
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7 months ago
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"Kage Baker's Company series, dealing with a company that preserves cultural artifacts and endangered species using time travel and immortality technology, is great...." [
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7 months ago
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"How to Suppress Women's Writing by Joanna Russ is an essential book, I think, for some of the Boyzoney Metafilter discussions - it talks a lot about how it's very much sexist, albeit in an indirect way, to privilege some things as Worth Talking About..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DarlingBri
8 months ago
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"It's not that crime is rational; it's that working within the system is insufficiently rational if the system is working against you.
If you are born white, middle-class, in an educated family, you are likely to have
(a) the message, from your..." [
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8 months ago
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"There's a thread on Making Light where someone explained the medical cause of hiccups and the cure:
(direct link to the comment. Excerpting, as it's quite long.)
(Part 1:) Juli got this one right. Take a large spoonful of sugar, dry, in the..." [
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9 months ago
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"Do NOT buy any flea products from Hertz, under any circumstances; some cats have had extremely bad reactions, including death or permanent nerve damage...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JaySunSee
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"I work in a library, and most of the librarians I know are doing pretty well even though our salaries are... well, good public library salaries, but inspiring a certain amount of "I did six years of higher education for this?"
They're..." [
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"I am a public librarian in a neighborhood where many people don't have their own computers.
-Access point to computers/ internet for those who can't afford their own computers and internet connections; this is important for job searches, typing..." [
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"I just got a Mr. Bento for Christmas, and it is rocking my world--I can pack a lunch with last night's leftovers, some frozen veggies, and some fruit. I'd tried to break my fast food habit before, but it took a Mr. Bento to make it possible.
Lots..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ClanvidHorse
Last year
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"Why you are slapping each other:
'Reiko married Shunsuke, the oldest son of the noble ?Tsubaki-Kouji? house. The very next day, her husband drew his last breath. As the Tsubaki-Koujis continue to bully Reiko, the commoners' blood within her flares..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by analogue
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"I had mad crushes on all my favorite professors. Male more than female, but not to the exclusion of women entirely.
Did I want to have sex with them? Not really. Would I have thought it creepy and unacceptable for any of them to come on to me? Oh,..." [
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"It is possible that you're being played. It is also possible that these people genuinely are feeling deeply hurt about what seems like a small slight. Just because Dramaqueen's reaction may be disproportionate doesn't mean that contempt or mockery or..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by hannahq, Serena
Last year
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"What I wish from LibraryThing is a way to record the books I've read without marking that I own them, since I get about 95% of my books from the library these days-- Booktribes looks nice, but there are too many books it doesn't have, and so few..." [
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"For those who really hate budgeting, there are alternatives. My personal rule is to save 20% of whatever comes in, pay the bills as soon as they come in, leave enough of a cushion to deal with unexpected expenses, and don't sweat the details when it..." [
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