Post of Random Things

[deelaundry]

I am feeling very "chicken with head cut off"/bored. It's an odd combination.

Three items:

1) Anybody want to talk about Remix? After the eye-stabbing frustration (TY, Huge, for the fish suggestion) that was me + BigBang*, Remix has gone surprisingly smoothly. How about you?

*BigBang itself was delightful; the problem was all me. Twelve wonderful long stories (plus mine) with awesome art will be going up Sunday morning on the website for house_bigbang.

2) Aftershocks is up for discussion at housefic_meta. If you want to ask a question or make a comment or bitch about the stupid OOC epilogues, go on over. You don't have to be a member of the comm to join the discussion.

3) I've finally calmed down a little bit about the crazy self-absorbed kooks giving feminism a very, very bad name. STEPHBASS, TICCY, and DAASGRRL, if any of you ever happen to run across those LOLstralians, would you slap them for me? TYVM

Comments

[nowadventuring.livejournal.com]

I haven't started my remix yet. It's... I'm not looking forward to it. I haven't found one story by my person that I like, and not just because they're House/Cameron, but because they're fucking (poorly written) epics.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

You don't have to remix the whole epic; you can pick one part. Any scenes at all that are interesting enough to remix? You can't change pairings, but I think you can make a story more gen.

Any subplots with other characters that are interesting?

[jdr1184.livejournal.com]

I could Mst it for you and then you could read the fic around porn. Only way to read bad!fic in my opinion is while surounded by porn. :)

[theninth.livejournal.com]

the crazy self-absorbed kooks giving feminism a very, very bad name.

I probably shouldn't have read this. I can't stop making little D: faces.

The whole "Joss Whedon Rapes His Wife (http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/1146668.html)" thing broke my brain initially, and I cannot form real sentences any longer.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Anamatics had posted about the Joss Whedon rant and I followed that through to their main site.

Oh, no, my rage is rising again...

THEY DELETE COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH THEM! THEY PROPOSE NO PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO INCREASE EQUALITY OR IMPROVE ANYONE'S LIFE!!!

Gah, crazy bitches.

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

I've finally calmed down a little bit about the crazy self-absorbed kooks giving feminism a very, very bad name.

Why yes, because anal penetration with a Popsicle is so worshipful. *eyeroll*

Remix. Ah yes, aka the fic I haven't started yet, though I have put Much Thought into it.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

It's worshipful if you enjoy being raped because you, as a woman, have been brainwashed into it by the phallocentric, male-controlled society we live in!!!

I'd kind of like to Remix that essay into something that comes from this world. Hmmm.

[inlaterdays.livejournal.com]

Are those the same "radical feminists" who said Joss Whedon rapes his wife? THEY HAVE THE BAD KIND OF CRAZY.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

THEY ARE BFF! I found the anti-slash rant by clicking through from the Joss rant.

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD:

LID, LID, LID, this kind of "feminism" is not what our sisters in shoulder pads fought for! D:

[starlingthefool.livejournal.com]

However, as radical feminists have long known, erotically charged homosocialism has always been a necessary fixture of male supremacist and heterosexual culture. Men can only view other men as human, and it is therefore perfectly logical for men to develop deep, complex and even erotic relationships with each other, whilst still being ‘heterosexual’ to maintain sexual and emotional dominance over women, since, under patriarchy, sexual relationships can only follow a dominance/submission model, and most men hardly want to give up their right to the position of dominance over women by ‘turning’ gay.

I would argue that this hasn't been a pervasive cultural belief since Roman times. And even then, it's was still causing a few raised eyebrows.
Also, it could be argued that women have likewise had deep and erotically-charged friendships, that men were never privy to. Such as in Boston Marriages. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_marriage) But she would probably argue that all girl-on-girl action also contributes to TEH PATRIARCHY, as it's been co-opted by the porn industry. Or something.

Also, that paragraph is terribly structured. IF YOU'RE GOING TO WRITE TREATISES ON WHY SLASH IS SUPPORTING TEH PATRIARCHY, LEARN TO USE SOME GODDAMM PUNCTUATION.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

See, you would argue that because you are a reasonable person capable of analysis and logic, and therefore anti-feminist and anti-woman. ANTI-WOMAN!

Punctuation is a tool of male dominance and patriarchy. Look at how phallic the exclamation point is, as if the only thing one could get excited about is the erect penis. And the colon obviously reflects the beautiul female nipples, givers of sustenance and comfort, but the only way they can be portrayed is on their side : because men cannot handle the awe-inspiring nuturing strength of women and must contort this symbol to their own ends.

...

Wow, radical feminisim is fun! If only they'd let me shave my armpits ):

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

I've ... almost started my remix? <3

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

YAY ALMOST STARTED!!!! ♥ ♥

Last year (my first time), I thought it was nerve-wracking. Are you finding it so, or just been focused on other things?

[hannahrorlove.livejournal.com]

I've picked my Remix story, and I need to set aside a couple of evenings to consult the original work, map out what I want, and write it. One thing college has been good for is teaching me how to write in a set time frame.

I admit my biggest sticking point with the idea is that, going by musical terminology, it should be a cover and not a remix.

Ah, BigBang. I would have put in my wingfic for that, but I'd already posted drafts to my journal, rendering it ineligible. I'm not working on it right now - personal worries over the Jewish content and other creative writing projects with deadlines - so I guess I'll pick it up again in summer.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I am a musical no-nothing: Why is it a cover and not a remix?

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

1) Not doing it. I was thinking about it very seriously because I would just love to see one of my stories remixed, until I suddenly realized that I might be put in a serotonin_storm position. That, and it's been decisively proven that I cannot write to a prompt.

2) Shut up. The epilogues are not OOC. ♥

3) Hee! I saw the Rapist!Whedon thing via another friend's post. Then I followed the links and saw the SLASH=EVIL post. Christ on a pony, those girls are absolute loons.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

1) Not-so-secret Secret: Getting my fixes re-mixed is the main reason I sign up. Although I am quite proud of what I wrote last year.

2) ♥

3) Absolute loons, and by extension, making women who believe in equality look bad. ) :

[hry2007.livejournal.com]

Silly me. I thought feminism was about equal pay, securing jobs, fighting domestic violence, and fucking who I please; not some yuppie hipster spoiled brats nitpicking because they don't have a clue about actual problems facing women that aren't white suburban and upper class.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Me, too. Who was it who said, "Feminism is the radical notion that women are people, too"? That's what it means to me -- increasing security, generating opportunities, and improving lives.

And then these gals come along and make feminists look like freaks.

[recrudescence.livejournal.com]

I get to remix the coolest fic every and it's actually starting to come together. This is exciting. I just hope it continues to come together.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Great work! I'm sure it'll go well -- you've got a beta on board for encouragement, right? Can't wait to see it.

*excited jittering*

[thedeadparrot.livejournal.com]

I have an awesome remix idea. I just need to write more than 200 words of it.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Ooh, hooray for an awesome remix idea. What's holding you back from writing more -- time, muse, something else?

[xaipw.livejournal.com]

Zoe calls Mal 'sir'

Umm...isn't that what one usually calls a captain? I feel to see how this means that Joss Whedon hates women. I think the "wimmen" who run that site are not only insane but are quite socially irresponsible themselves. Everything they don't like in our culture is "rape, rape, rape." Isn't that an insult to women who actually are victims of rape. Grrr! Those bitches piss me off.


Re: Remix -Has your fic been posted yet?

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

The other problem with saying that everything is rape is that it presumes women can never consent, thereby infantilizing them and removing choice. *shakes head* You know how mad they've made me. Grrr.

Remix fics don't get posted until mid-April. Somewhere between the 12th and the 19th.

The other story I was telling you about is BigBang, which goes up Sunday. (Email me about that if you'd like.)

[spoopy.livejournal.com]

re: remix - I've never done remix. The idea of mixing someone else's fic scares me a bit. a) what if the fic is really well written? how could I possibly come up to par with that? b) what if it's really badly written? c) what if it's a story I hate? d) etc etc.

I wish Sunday would get here, though, for the bigbang stuff to be revealed. Or Monday, in my case.

re: that LOLstralian twat that I want to set on fire: I can't stand radical feminism. I hate radical feminists just as much. She is the epitome of what I hate about both. And the fact that she's LOLstralian and lives in the Blue Mountains (I think this one does, anyway - I know the Joss Wheldon hater lives there), which is one of my favourite places in LOLstralia, makes me want to go to the Blue Mountains and - like I said - set her on fire. I want to do the same thing to Germaine Greer.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

On remix, you get to choose any story you want from your remixee, who has to have at least five stories in the matching fandom. I think it's actually more fun if the story you choose is very well written, more of a challenge that way. Certainly gave me a lot to live up to when I remixed Parrot's Singapore last year. There have been problems when slashers get matched with die-hard hetters, but last year a gen gal (roga) got my set, and did a very nice H/W remix.

BigBang: I think Zulu's aiming to put the fics up at midnight Pacific Time, which would be 3 AM on Sunday Eastern Time, so at least we won't have to wait until the end of the day (unlike when I submitted my drafts... damn, she's patient).

The LOLstralian is very slap- or fire-worthy.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

TYVM for reinforcing my point by saying you can't stand feminists. These idiots are getting all feminists tarred with the crazy brush, and it's both depressing and disturbing.

The batshitness of some House/Wilson fans fortunately does not have much effect in the real world. But some people are trying to work for things like safety, equal pay, and better child care, and these loony-tunes "radical feminists" are GETTING IN THE WAY.

[daisylily.livejournal.com]

Good god in heaven, what is WRONG with those women? I had to stop reading or I'd have got very, very, very, very angry... That's not feminism, it's idiocy. *grinds teeth angrily*

And how could we miss that all men are hideous misogynists who are just waiting for the chance to rape us all? GAH.

OK, now I need to go and read some rape-inducing man-centred woman-hating lovely juicy slash, to clear my head.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

They are self-absorbed twits, is their problem. I would've blown them off completely and not thought of them again if the the anti-slash gal didn't explicitly state that she was deleting comments that disagreed with her and only keeping those that agreed.

They're obviously not interested in changing anything or making any improvements, only in bitching and ego-masturbation. BOO THEM.

[savemoony.livejournal.com]

*Sigh* You know, jackass like that make us misogynists look bad. :P

akjghkasjdgklajdgkakjkaksfk remix cries *cries* Cries cries cries i'm going to have a mental breakdown in the next two weeks.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Yep, they suck.

Remix: you can do it! I promise! Feel free to comment again or email me if you want to talk about it.