March 2012
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George R.R. Martin on writing women
George Stroumboulopoulos: There's one thing that's interesting about your books. I noticed that you write women really well and really different. Where does that come from?
George R.R. Martin: You know, I've always considered women to be people.
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AV Club: Why did you decide to make the KGB and Russia such a big threat? It almost feels like the Cold War never ended in the show.
Adam Reed: It does. Part of that was just my personal weariness with real life, especially. But also, in thriller fiction these days, everything is always about terror. I get enough of that on the news, so I didn’t want to deal with fundamentalists or any sort of thing like that. I just wanted to keep it as lighthearted as the Cold War was, which obviously it was a fun time for everybody.
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“Every time I read an article about conservatives being “pro- life” I am reminded...”
– The ‘Safe, Legal, Rare’ Illusion - NYTimes.com
YES.
(via golden-notebook)
Might be a rerun on my blog, and if it is, it’s worth repeating.
(via timekiller-s)
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capeinhand:
Wowwww, Watson has now beaten Kalinda Sharma, CJ Cregg, AND Mary Crawley in FMM. That is some commitment to boring white dudes you have there, fandom. I hope you and boring white dudes are very happy together.
Wow, that’s, uh, really special. Not only are all those women more awesome than Watson, they are on shows that are better than Sherlock.
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“Everyone is trying to save the Muslim woman; Western society must save her from...”
– Nadia El Awady (via egyptiansoapbox)
There was a great article at the hockey blog Puck Daddy, of all places, on linking the tolerance supported by the ‘You Can Play’ ad campaign against homophobia and Canadian hockey commenter Don Cherry’s recent complaint that the Toronto Maple...
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