A friend of mine was recently cornered in her building doorway, late at night, by a total stranger who “just wanted to take her out for a drink”. She said “No” several times, in increasing alarm, and finally he grabbed her arm and asked “Why not?”. She said, “Because you’re obviously not listening when I say no right now, so I can’t expect you to listen to anything else I say no to.”

To her total shock, he looked appalled, let go of her, apologized, and left. As far as she could tell, it had not occurred to him that cornering a stranger, grabbing her arm, and insisting she go get a drink with him might be seen as the sort of thing a rapist would do.
from the comments @ #481: My parents acquired a friend for me (with a gross, moldy congealed side of stalking). | CaptainAwkward.com

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John Scalzi weighs in on Kindle Worlds

So, on one hand it offers people who write fan fiction a chance to get paid for their writing in a way that doesn’t make the rightsholders angry, which is nice for the fan ficcers. On the other hand, as a writer, there are a number of things about the deal Amazon/Alloy are offering that raise red flags for me. Number one among these is this bit:

“We will also give the World Licensor a license to use your new elements and incorporate them into other works without further compensation to you.”

i.e., that really cool creative idea you put in your story, or that awesome new character you made? If Alloy Entertainment likes it, they can take it and use it for their own purposes without paying you — which is to say they make money off your idea, lots of money, even, and all you get is the knowledge they liked your idea.

Star Trek Into Darkness: The Spoiler FAQ

And did you say Spock was in the volcano? Why the hell didn’t they just beam the bomb in there?

Um, something about the planet’s magnetic field. Although they do beam Spock out of the volcano just a few minutes later, so…

And why did Spock have to go with the bomb to set it off? Are you telling me in the 23rd century that people don’t have a way to detonate bombs remotely? That’s stupid.

Well —

And why the fuck is the Enterprise just carrying around a cold fusion suitcase bomb anyways?

Look, you’re getting very upset, and this is just the first scene of the movie.

So when a trans woman goes to the washroom, does Roseanne actually assume she is there to wave her genitalia around? If so, based on what evidence? And does Roseanne expect she should know another woman’s genital configuration before that woman goes to the same bathroom? Cause I gotta say, that’s kinda weird. And frankly, I’m not sure I would be comfortable sharing the same washroom with Roseanne Barr under those circumstances.

roseanne barr for trans-misogynist-in-chief | leftytgirl

I had no idea about this shit until ouyangdan pointed it out. What the fuck, Roseanne.

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Cameron Esposito: Tell your rape jokes. Expect to be challenged on them.

cameronesposito:

Seems like every 6 months or so - maybe once a year - there is a debate about rape jokes. Here’s how it goes:

A dude tells jokes about rape or deals with hecklers in way that includes rape. A woman hears these jokes or is the heckler. She publicly states that she is upset or didn’t like the joke…

*applause*

worthyourweightinfanfiction: “What’s Wrong With Stephen Moffat?”Rebloggable by request When asked about Rose, he literally says the words “You have to hand it to the Doctor for dumping a slightly needy girlfriend by palming her off on a copy of himself. He tried leaving her in a parallel universe, and that didn’t work.” So at first when I saw this I was outraged, but then I realized Moffat was just making a lot of “hand” puns so it’s okay. No just kidding, still outraged.
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worthyourweightinfanfiction: “What’s Wrong With Stephen Moffat?”Rebloggable by request When asked about Rose, he literally says the words “You have to hand it to the Doctor for dumping a slightly needy girlfriend by palming her off on a copy of himself. He tried leaving her in a parallel universe, and that didn’t work.” So at first when I saw this I was outraged, but then I realized Moffat was just making a lot of “hand” puns so it’s okay. No just kidding, still outraged.
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worthyourweightinfanfiction: “What’s Wrong With Stephen Moffat?”Rebloggable by request When asked about Rose, he literally says the words “You have to hand it to the Doctor for dumping a slightly needy girlfriend by palming her off on a copy of himself. He tried leaving her in a parallel universe, and that didn’t work.” So at first when I saw this I was outraged, but then I realized Moffat was just making a lot of “hand” puns so it’s okay. No just kidding, still outraged.
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worthyourweightinfanfiction: “What’s Wrong With Stephen Moffat?”Rebloggable by request When asked about Rose, he literally says the words “You have to hand it to the Doctor for dumping a slightly needy girlfriend by palming her off on a copy of himself. He tried leaving her in a parallel universe, and that didn’t work.” So at first when I saw this I was outraged, but then I realized Moffat was just making a lot of “hand” puns so it’s okay. No just kidding, still outraged.
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worthyourweightinfanfiction: “What’s Wrong With Stephen Moffat?”Rebloggable by request When asked about Rose, he literally says the words “You have to hand it to the Doctor for dumping a slightly needy girlfriend by palming her off on a copy of himself. He tried leaving her in a parallel universe, and that didn’t work.” So at first when I saw this I was outraged, but then I realized Moffat was just making a lot of “hand” puns so it’s okay. No just kidding, still outraged.
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worthyourweightinfanfiction: “What’s Wrong With Stephen Moffat?”Rebloggable by request When asked about Rose, he literally says the words “You have to hand it to the Doctor for dumping a slightly needy girlfriend by palming her off on a copy of himself. He tried leaving her in a parallel universe, and that didn’t work.” So at first when I saw this I was outraged, but then I realized Moffat was just making a lot of “hand” puns so it’s okay. No just kidding, still outraged.
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worthyourweightinfanfiction: “What’s Wrong With Stephen Moffat?”Rebloggable by request When asked about Rose, he literally says the words “You have to hand it to the Doctor for dumping a slightly needy girlfriend by palming her off on a copy of himself. He tried leaving her in a parallel universe, and that didn’t work.” So at first when I saw this I was outraged, but then I realized Moffat was just making a lot of “hand” puns so it’s okay. No just kidding, still outraged.
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worthyourweightinfanfiction: “What’s Wrong With Stephen Moffat?”Rebloggable by request When asked about Rose, he literally says the words “You have to hand it to the Doctor for dumping a slightly needy girlfriend by palming her off on a copy of himself. He tried leaving her in a parallel universe, and that didn’t work.” So at first when I saw this I was outraged, but then I realized Moffat was just making a lot of “hand” puns so it’s okay. No just kidding, still outraged.
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worthyourweightinfanfiction: “What’s Wrong With Stephen Moffat?”Rebloggable by request When asked about Rose, he literally says the words “You have to hand it to the Doctor for dumping a slightly needy girlfriend by palming her off on a copy of himself. He tried leaving her in a parallel universe, and that didn’t work.” So at first when I saw this I was outraged, but then I realized Moffat was just making a lot of “hand” puns so it’s okay. No just kidding, still outraged.
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worthyourweightinfanfiction:

“What’s Wrong With Stephen Moffat?”
Rebloggable by request

When asked about Rose, he literally says the words “You have to hand it to the Doctor for dumping a slightly needy girlfriend by palming her off on a copy of himself. He tried leaving her in a parallel universe, and that didn’t work.”

So at first when I saw this I was outraged, but then I realized Moffat was just making a lot of “hand” puns so it’s okay.

No just kidding, still outraged.

A Valediction Forbidding Moffat

uncleoakenshield:

In response and elaboration to this post which critiqued Moffat and his handling of Doctor Who - for all of you who disagree with it, and continue to idolise Moffat, here is a much more general overview of why you really shouldn’t, with illustrative evidence from Doctor Who and Sherlock.

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all of this

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