"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams
24 - World History Major and Film/Media Studies Major at ASU - Usually can be located somewhere on Dagobah
I talk a lot about hockey, disney, sci-fi, comics, tv shows, movies, pop culture in general, drinking, hating everyone, and this awesome guy I'm seeing who may or may not be often referred to as Koala or Boyfriend. You have been warned.
It’s the birthday of one of my best friends in the world, @rawnyjean. I know all of October we celebrate your birthday…but happy birthday! I love you and miss you! Two more weeks until we are reunited!!!!
Surrounding the Magic Mirror are the twelve signs of the Zodiac, with a Disney touch.
Tarus the Bull - represented by “Bull” the bulldog from Lady and the Tramp Gemini the Twins - represented by Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee from Alice in Wonderland Cancer the Crab - represented by Sebastian the crab from The Little Mermaid Leo the Lion - represented by Simba from the Lion King Virgo the Virgin - represented by Snow White Libra the Scales - represented by Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast Scorpio the Scorpion - represented by the Levithan monster from Atlantis: The Lost Empire Sagittarius the Archer - represented by Robin Hood Capricorn the Goat - represented by Djali, Esmerelda’s goat from The Hunchback of Notre Dame Aquarius the Water Bearer - represented by King Triton from The Little Mermaid Pices the Fish - represented by Cleo the goldfish from Pinocchio Aries the Ram - represented by Phil the satyr (Philoctetes) from Hercules
No One Does It Better [Than The Birds of Prey] A mix for the fabulous ladies of the Birds of Prey who spend their nights kicking butt and taking names.
I. Trouble - Neon Jungle II. Fixin To Thrill - Dragonette III. Don’t Mess With Me - Brody Dalle IV. Search & Destroy - Peaches V. Man On a Wire - Garbage VI. Gun - CHVRCHES VII. The Wreckoning - Boomkat VIII. Because I’m Awesome - The Dollyrots IX - Break The Rules - Charli XCX X. Tigerlily - La Roux XI. Never Say Die - Sleigh Bells
"GamerGate also seems to have gained some steam, and some prominent support, from elements of the conservative political movement in the U.S. (including Adam Baldwin) who argue that the problems stem from the efforts of “social justice warriors” on the left, who want to destroy the rights of freedom-loving gamers. In that sense, it shares some DNA with the Tea Party or “birther” movements."
Anita Sarkeesian had to cancel a lecture at Utah State because some psychopath threatened to murder a bunch of people if she spoke because “feminists ruined his life” and other head-in-ass dribble like that. And apparently Utah’s open-carry policy prevented the police from doing firearm searches of the attendees. This is just so many levels of fucked up.
Actually, this is turning out to be a pretty great story, and Anita Sarkeesian is playing her hand beautifully.
Here’s the fucked up thing: Anita gets death threats all the time. As a woman trying to bring a feminist message into gamer culture, she’s a constant target for harassment, and she’s given any number of public lectures under threat of violence. What was different about today is Utah’s conceal-carry gun laws.
No matter how much USU or the police assured Sarkeesian of her safety, they still couldn’t prevent people from legally bringing concealed firearms to the venue, and after the overt threat of a mass shooting at the event, she was able to leverage her cancelation into a national story. It’s really quite impressive.
I’m glad that she canceled the event, and I’m glad that this story is getting so much attention. Up until today, only a handful of gamers and feminists even knew who Anita Sarkeesian was. This is going to elevate her profile to the national stage, freshly dipped in righteousness, with a galvanized message about how much we all need feminism in a culture so obviously steeped in misogynistic violence.
And the cowardly twerp who wrote the death threat? I’ll bet a thousand bucks right now that he’ll be spending the holidays (and likely the next few years) in federal prison. The FBI is damn good at finding little neckbearded fuckboys who think they know how to mask an IP address, especially when there’s the added pressure of national publicity.
It started out fucked-up, but I have a feeling this story will have a happy ending.
