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red_satin_doll) wrote2014-06-20 11:02 am
red_satin_doll) wrote2014-06-20 11:02 am
Why yes there are meta & other icontests out there and here be necessary reminders
Your Madame Ambassador of Meta (according to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
punch_kicker15) and Patron Saint of Icons (per eilowyn, and when the heck did this happen anyway?) has been remiss in her duties. And is speaking of herself in third person. This cannot stand. So herewith:
** Foz Meadow's essay, Gender, Orphan Black and the Meta of Meta says everything I want to say, beautifully, cogently and eloquently, about our cultural aversion to supposedly "unlikeable" female characters, how we hold them to harsh judgements whether as protagonists/heros or villians, how we protect male characters and tend to forgive all their sins (Buffy gets a mention, of course, but so do Darla and Dru) Required and necessary reading for anyone who cares about the subject. Contains mild spoilers for all of S1 Orphan Black.
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"And the more I watched, the more I found myself thinking: why is this quality, the idea of likeability, considered so important for women, but so optional for men – not just in real life, but in narrative?"
** Entries for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
otherworldlyric Challenge #175 are due TONIGHT, Friday the 20th midnight EST US. dragonydreams says that they could use a couple more entries for this challenge. (My beta-muse-god wickedbish has thankfully NOT been remiss in his duties, quite the opposite, and so I may be able to pull one or two out of the hopper, we shall see. )
** Deadline forslayerstillness Challenge 26 "The Same but Different" is tomorrow night, Saturday the 21st, midnight in your respective time zones. There are four sets so far from three people, which isn't very much. Remember, you can enter two sets in this challenge! However, due to RL stuff and lack of reminders starry_night is willing to extend the deadline a week if folks ask.
And here be some icons, musings, prayers. verbiage and bonus questions for the final round of the home game version after the teaser and the cut:
Speaking of icons, I made some during the same session that produced "...by any other name..." and thank you everyone who stopped by to comment! Also thank you to everyone who responded to my silly Get it Done poster inspired byinfinitewhale's infinite wit, and turned my journal into a coffeehouse. Tis great fun!
01-03
04-05
(Can I get a job in this? Maybe at the Sears Photography Studio? Is Olan Mills still around?)
4 & 5 are *AHEM* not great, to say the least, *COUGH* but combining that light effect with the "snow" effect in ipiccy as fun and worth giving another try sometime.
Dear Powers that Don't Actually Be or At Least I Don't Believe You Be But How Would I Know, I Could Be Praying to a Bunch of SIngle-Celled Plankton or the Flying Spagetti Monster for All I Know:
Please don't let me look on this two months from now and only see the flaws and feel embarrassed, the way I now do about the Spuffy banner I made forcomlodge's birthday that I was so proud of at the time - and definitely the one I made for velvetwhip's birthday because gee whiz I thought that was decent?- and 98% of the icons I've ever made - but now I want to tear up and start from scratch because I can do better than that.
Please let my VampWillow set for Round 2 ofbtvsats20in20 be as good as my friends think it will be, and not in a "gee that's nice, you tried honey" kind of way.
And please don't remind me that moaning about how ashamed I am of an artwork whilst simultaneously linking to it and self-pimping is, well, definitely sending a mixed message and hypocritcal at best. Because I already know. And please don't take me too seriously when I pray that my ex-boss' product be half-rotten by the time he gets to the market. Or do, your choice. Thanks bunches!
PS: I'm already embarrassed by #4 & 5 above anyway. Do I need to pray harder? Do you want cake?
And now, questions for those of you playing along with the home version:
1) Don't I have the BEST f'listies? I do. My peeps totally rock. (So technically that was a statement disguised as a question. Moving on...)
2) Should there be a law against white, middle-aged, college-educated, working or middle class suburban women using phrases like "my peeps totally rock"? Or at least a stern warning?
3) New LJ feature I LOVE: I start typing in a friend's name and LJ now brings up options for me to chose from NIFTY! Feature I hate: The new friends feed page: the whole damn thing, basically. Anyone else agree with me? What are you lovin'/hatin'/mehin' on with the changes?
3) If the world actually had been created by single-celled plankton, do you think it would operate more efficiently?
4) If the Powers that May or May Not Exist actually exist, would they eat cake?
punch_kicker15) and Patron Saint of Icons (per eilowyn, and when the heck did this happen anyway?) has been remiss in her duties. And is speaking of herself in third person. This cannot stand. So herewith:** Foz Meadow's essay, Gender, Orphan Black and the Meta of Meta says everything I want to say, beautifully, cogently and eloquently, about our cultural aversion to supposedly "unlikeable" female characters, how we hold them to harsh judgements whether as protagonists/heros or villians, how we protect male characters and tend to forgive all their sins (Buffy gets a mention, of course, but so do Darla and Dru) Required and necessary reading for anyone who cares about the subject. Contains mild spoilers for all of S1 Orphan Black.
.
"And the more I watched, the more I found myself thinking: why is this quality, the idea of likeability, considered so important for women, but so optional for men – not just in real life, but in narrative?"
** Entries for
otherworldlyric Challenge #175 are due TONIGHT, Friday the 20th midnight EST US. dragonydreams says that they could use a couple more entries for this challenge. (My beta-muse-god wickedbish has thankfully NOT been remiss in his duties, quite the opposite, and so I may be able to pull one or two out of the hopper, we shall see. )** Deadline for
slayerstillness Challenge 26 "The Same but Different" is tomorrow night, Saturday the 21st, midnight in your respective time zones. There are four sets so far from three people, which isn't very much. Remember, you can enter two sets in this challenge! However, due to RL stuff and lack of reminders starry_night is willing to extend the deadline a week if folks ask. And here be some icons, musings, prayers. verbiage and bonus questions for the final round of the home game version after the teaser and the cut:
Speaking of icons, I made some during the same session that produced "...by any other name..." and thank you everyone who stopped by to comment! Also thank you to everyone who responded to my silly Get it Done poster inspired by
infinitewhale's infinite wit, and turned my journal into a coffeehouse. Tis great fun! 01-03 04-05(Can I get a job in this? Maybe at the Sears Photography Studio? Is Olan Mills still around?)
4 & 5 are *AHEM* not great, to say the least, *COUGH* but combining that light effect with the "snow" effect in ipiccy as fun and worth giving another try sometime.
Dear Powers that Don't Actually Be or At Least I Don't Believe You Be But How Would I Know, I Could Be Praying to a Bunch of SIngle-Celled Plankton or the Flying Spagetti Monster for All I Know:
Please don't let me look on this two months from now and only see the flaws and feel embarrassed, the way I now do about the Spuffy banner I made for
comlodge's birthday that I was so proud of at the time - and definitely the one I made for velvetwhip's birthday because gee whiz I thought that was decent?- and 98% of the icons I've ever made - but now I want to tear up and start from scratch because I can do better than that.Please let my VampWillow set for Round 2 of
btvsats20in20 be as good as my friends think it will be, and not in a "gee that's nice, you tried honey" kind of way.And please don't remind me that moaning about how ashamed I am of an artwork whilst simultaneously linking to it and self-pimping is, well, definitely sending a mixed message and hypocritcal at best. Because I already know.
PS: I'm already embarrassed by #4 & 5 above anyway. Do I need to pray harder? Do you want cake?
And now, questions for those of you playing along with the home version:
1) Don't I have the BEST f'listies? I do. My peeps totally rock. (So technically that was a statement disguised as a question. Moving on...)
2) Should there be a law against white, middle-aged, college-educated, working or middle class suburban women using phrases like "my peeps totally rock"? Or at least a stern warning?
3) New LJ feature I LOVE: I start typing in a friend's name and LJ now brings up options for me to chose from NIFTY! Feature I hate: The new friends feed page: the whole damn thing, basically. Anyone else agree with me? What are you lovin'/hatin'/mehin' on with the changes?
3) If the world actually had been created by single-celled plankton, do you think it would operate more efficiently?
4) If the Powers that May or May Not Exist actually exist, would they eat cake?
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1) FLIST PEOPLES DESERVE ALL THEIR DREAMS TO COME TRUE AND BE DELIVERED BY UNICORNS WHO SHIT RAINBOWS. Truth.
2) As someone who uses the phrase "ahoy there" in real life to greet people (and had absolutely nothing to do with childhood dreams of pirate life - have you read the stories about the badass lady pirates? ASPIRATIONS (what rape and pillaging? LALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU)) I have no right to judge you or your colloquial choices
3) Yes
4) I would be offended if they didn't. The true master if the universe is cake, and it should be worshipped as such. All that delicious, moist, crumbly tasty goodness...
what? who? huh?
cake. *dreamy sigh*
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what? who? huh?
cake. *dreamy sigh*
I'd reel you back in but I'm too busy eating chocolate- chocolate chip ice cream. I had a SHITTY day (or a good day and one shitty person giving me grief) I will eat ice cream.
Oh, what's your favorite type of cake? And do the English eat their cake with ice cream like Americans do?
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I don't think I've had that, is that a popular thing on your side of the pond?
I prefer it to custard, though my family might disagree.
Folks eat cake with custard over there? Do you mean genuine egg custard? (That's sort of a specialty thing here, you have to go to a place that makes fancy desserts to find the real stuff anymore.)
And is double cream the same as clotted cream or what is that?
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And custard is the common compliment for cake over here, the norm. I mean, yeah, powdered custard is used because it's cheaper, but genuine egg custard is still common as muck, nothing fancy.
And double cream isn't the same as clotted cream. Clotted is thicker, denser. Double cream is the same as regular cream - like for cooking - but with a deeper/richer taste that goes well with cakes but maybe better with pies.
Cake education is fun.
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Seriously?
goes well with cakes but maybe better with pies.
*eyes glaze over* And I love regular whipped cream (all we have here) dolloped all over pumpkin or sweet potato pie. (Do you have that variety there?
Pie education is also a needful thing. :D
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It's a shame, I love pie, especially with a healthy dollop of cream.
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We have all sorts of varieties of pies, but finding good ones when you're having a cravig is hard. My mom used to make a pecan pie but doubled the amount of pecans called for, and she also made a lightly spiced sour cream raisin pie I used to love. I've had wonderful coconut cream pies at a diner in North caroline piled high with whipped cream and full of coconut.
I;ve never had a mince pie though and I've always wanted to try one - mince pies are not a thing in the US.
especially with a healthy dollop of cream.
that's the only way to have it - unless it's apple pie, which is lovely warm with vanilla or cinnamon ice cream melting atop it. Yum.