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Stephen Moyer: Vampires are real men, which is to say RAPISTS, and women love it!

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In an interview with Nylon, Stephen Moyer, currently playing dead cheeseface vampire Bill in True Blood, expounds upon the appeal of vampire characters to a female audience:

The thing about vampirism is that it taps into a female point of view – you have an old-fashioned gentleman with manners who is a fucking killer… it’s an interesting duality, because in our present society it would be an odd thing for a woman to say, ‘I want my man to be physical with me.’ How, as a modern man, can you fucking work that? It’s one thing to be polite and gentle… But when do you know it’s OK to crawl out of the mud and rape her [as Bill does in one scene]?… It’s difficult stuff for a bloke, but a vampire gets away with it…. I think that’s the attraction of the show – it’s looking back at a romantic time when men were men, but they were still charming.

Let’s look at his claims, shall we? First, Moyer thinks that he knows "a female point of view." He, as a man, now speaks for what women want. He, a white heterosexual male, has authority on what women want! We need no input from actual women to determine what those strange feminine creatures desire. Let the authoritative man tell us. He’s an expert because he’s not a vampire, but he plays one on TV.

Moyer believes that women desire "an old-fashioned gentleman…who is a fucking killer." Yes yes, polite murderers! They’re really sexy! They hearken back, claims Moyer, to a "romantic time when men were men, but they were still charming." Yet what were men doing during this time? Crawling "out of the mud and [raping] their partners," as his character Bill does to Sookie in one scene apparently.

Have you got that? There was a time, in Moyer’s dim, ahistorical, misogynist view of things, when men raped women, and women liked it. It was a "romantic" time, so lovey-dovey. Women didn’t have to do anything so difficult as saying what they wanted. They could just count on men to screw them against their will…politely, though, and with manners.

Moyer may be talking about vampires as vectors of rape fantasies, which have nothing to do with real non-consensual sex and everything to do with the fantasizer forcing herself to let go and experience pleasure, something she may have a hard time doing outside of her head. I acknowledge that these fantasies of masterful, sweep-you-off-your feet sex partners exist. I acknowledge that these fantasies may be framed as non-consensual. I acknowledge that part of the allure of vampires as portrayed in True Blood and other modern media is their masterful, sweeping-off-feet tendencies. I do not dispute the existence of these things.

I do object, however, to Moyer’s characterization of feminine desires. Whether he’s referring to sweep-you-off-your-feet fantasies or not, he’s doing so inaccurately and misogynistically. By calling rape "romantic" and claiming that "men were men," he’s confusing an observation about vampire as sexual fantasy with some stupid essentialist drivel about masculine aggression, not to mention the misogynist bullshit idea about women secretly yearning to be raped. Therefore, instead of providing an insight into the popularity of the vampire figure [as other actors who have played vampires have demonstrated that they can do with intelligence and humor and WITHOUT misogyny], Moyer ends up providing insight into how much he loathes both men and women. I’ve just lost all respect for him. D:

Strapya strikes again: small wooden toys

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Strapya, home of 1:6 blood bags, also sells other useful 1:6 accessories, such as these wooden toys, including colored wooden building blocks. I could stock an entire toy room with 1:6 toys, dolls, stuffed animals, vehicles, balls, robots, horses, pull toys, child-sized furniture, all sorts of enjoyable things for young kids!

Kitchen tools from Val

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Val gave me some obnoxiously neon kitchen and cleaning tools from a mysterious source ["The Excellence Designer! Special For You Of Children Design!"] for my dollses. You can see them between one of my Juku Girls and Anneka. As you may notice, they are closer to 1:8 than 1:6, but they’ll still work!  Continue reading Kitchen tools from Val

Sources for fiction writing prompts online

Sources for fiction writing prompts online published on 3 Comments on Sources for fiction writing prompts online

Because why should you pay for something when you can get it for free?

http://www.creativewritingprompts.com/
329 prompts for creative writing, just like it says in the URL. Sample: "What story can you come up with that has this quick plot: cancer comes back after three years of remission?"

http://www.writersdigest.com/WritingPrompts/ 10 pages of prompts from Writer’s Digest. Sample: "You wake up in jail and have no memory of how you got there. As you pace around the cell, you find five items in your pocket from the night before. As you look at each piece, the night slowly comes back to you. Write about your night, why you have these five items and how you ended up in jail."

http://www.creativity-portal.com/prompts/imagination.prompt.html
The Imagination Prompt Generator randomly generates writing prompts for personal non-fiction writing. Sample: "My 10 favorite movies."

http://www.creative-writing-solutions.com/creative-writing-prompts.html A page of creative writing prompts from Creative Writing Solutions. Sample: "A jewel-encrusted box is found in an ancient abandoned temple. Describe the box, what is in the box, and the temple. See where it takes you."

http://www.writingfix.com/right_brain.htm WritingFix’s collection of generators for prompts. Sample: "An intimidating snail was slipping past my ice cream."

http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/892558 51 prompts collected by a writer. Sample: "Read the following line and create a short story or poem using it as the opening line. And then she died. (Thanks to the Muse’s Alley for providing the line.)."

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2006/5/4wiencek.html 13 Suggestions from mcsweeneys.net. Sample: "Write a short scene set at a lake, with trees and shit. Throw some birds in there, too.."

http://www.fifteenminutesoffiction.com/prompts.asp
Fifteen Minutes of Fiction’s index of weekly writing prompts. Sample:
"Write the events or conversations you imagine might happen if two famous people from different centuries were able to meet."

I don’t like high-fructose corn syrup.

I don’t like high-fructose corn syrup. published on 4 Comments on I don’t like high-fructose corn syrup.

It makes sweets taste foamy and insubstantial in a bad way, and it makes my knees feel brittle. I much prefer my sweets with cane sugar, maple syrup, fruit juice and other sweeteners not made by torturing corn. That said, I do consume some HFCS, such as in today’s candy bar [Milky Way], which, much like fast food, I immediately regretted eating after I finished the last bite. People in my cohort, class and income bracket can be so conditioned to consume junk food without thinking about it that we’re sometimes startled when we realize, Hey, this tastes bad.

Very Little Anneka has arrived!

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Her included outfit makes her look about 2, instead of 4 or 5, like I want her to be, but, as soon as she gets her pants, she’ll be good.

To make VLA’s eyes look less droopy, I erased her default lower eyelashes and eyebrows, then placed new brows in a quizzical, semi-raised position further up on her forehead [covered up by bangs]. Such a cutie! I can’t wait for her to star in some LHF side plot. Continue reading Very Little Anneka has arrived!

Jakks Pacific Juku Couture Girls, lightly modified

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Today I got 2 Jakks Pacific Juku Couture Girls at Target for $10.00 each. They are 9" high cuties with rooted hair, inset eyes and a high level of articulation. They compare favorably to the 23cm Obitsu bodies, only of cheaper materials, more robust build and slightly less articulation [no double joints]. Best of all, their mix-and-match outfits have a definite eye-bleeding LHF flavor to them. See?

All I did was swap bits of their clothes around and repaint their eyebrows, which were originally very high on their foreheads. They don’t have names yet, but I already like the redhead best, even though I originally wanted the brunette for her elaborate hairstyle. Continue reading Jakks Pacific Juku Couture Girls, lightly modified

Very Little Anneka

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I currently have a regular Anneka doll and a Little Anneka doll, portraying her somewhere between 12 and 15. In new developments, I’m getting another small BJD, a Serendipity Aga Fairy Candy, and repurposing it as a Very Little Anneka between 4 and 6. My Dollmore Banji, which never had a character in the first place, is leaving to make room for Very Little Anneka. I even have a side plot in mind for Very Little Anneka, about her first occasion of activism when her family goes to a restaurant that is not accessible to her dad. ^_^   ^_^

It has been remarkably unforthcoming about itself (Dollmore Banji).

It has been remarkably unforthcoming about itself (Dollmore Banji). published on 1 Comment on It has been remarkably unforthcoming about itself (Dollmore Banji).

I bought this doll on a whim because it was [comparatively] cheap and pretty cute. It had no assigned character and, for the longest time, no clothes. Then it finally got the motley outfit shown below, but it was still without form and void without hair and personality. Today I finally gave it some hair, which certain gives it some more personality, but I still have no idea of a character. I even have no idea whether it’s a person or a doll, although Anneka and Will seem unconvinced that it is a doll.

Wait…wait…it just informed me that its name is V

elo. That’s VAY low, French for "bike."  Continue reading It has been remarkably unforthcoming about itself (Dollmore Banji).

The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide

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What fresh poop is this? [Answer: It’s actually stale poop.] Stephenie Meyer is writing an "official guide" to four books of whingeing and sparkling, complete with "genealogical charts," in case you haven’t already figured out that the books are the bastard children of the worst romance novels ever. My favorite comments on this book come from this Amazon.com customer discussion: "Cash cow says moo" and "I’m pretty sure it’s just Spackle for the plot holes."

Fuss about pus

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Quiz: What comes out of a suppurating wound? More precisely, how do you spell it?

PUS.

P-U-S.

Not P-U-S-S.

Two Ses mean a cat, while one S means purulent liquid indicated an infected wound. [It’s also that white gunk inside zits.] Stop confusing them, people.

And for God’s sakes, don’t ever think that the adjectival form is "pussy," because that gets us into even more disgusting confusions. Acceptable adjectives meaning "full of pus" include suppurative, pyogenic and purulent.

Let The Right One In: an awesome vampire movie!!

Let The Right One In: an awesome vampire movie!! published on 2 Comments on Let The Right One In: an awesome vampire movie!!

In a country where it’s always snowing, 12-year-old Oskar, a boy as pale as the sun, meets an enigmatic girl one night, Eli, with her dark intense gaze. The two couldn’t be more different — he a scared, passive kid on the young side, she a solemn old soul — but they’re both lonely, and they both want to do violence to the people who threaten them, so that brings them together.

As Oskar struggles with bullying at school, he becomes friends with Eli, who solves Rubik’s cubes instantly, but doesn’t remember her birthday. About them swirl two mysteries. First, who is killing young boys around Vallingby, the suburb where the two live, and draining their blood? Second, what kind of creature is Eli, who must be formally invited in and who licks blood drops off the floor? Continue reading Let The Right One In: an awesome vampire movie!!

Cold chili glop II

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Pictures of ingredients and results below. Note: I only used one of the containers of yogurt, but, even with all the rice, the glop was definitely gloppy and a bit on the runny side. I could probably cut the yogurt down to 2/3 of what I used. In any case, it's a mild, filling meal. It should last me at least 4, if not 5, lunches.Continue reading Cold chili glop II

Cold chili glop

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Anyone who knows me knows that I can cook, but think it a waste of time. I am, however, perfectly willing to mix things up and assemble food. In fact, if I can put my major source of dinner in one bowl [e.g., bowl of pasta with veggies, bowl of salad, bowl of soup], I consider in a triumph. These tendencies inspire my cold chili glop, detailed below. Continue reading Cold chili glop

Shokshokeh, shakshuka, chakchouka: whatever it is, it’s good!

Shokshokeh, shakshuka, chakchouka: whatever it is, it’s good! published on 1 Comment on Shokshokeh, shakshuka, chakchouka: whatever it is, it’s good!

There is a yummy concoction common to many countries in southwest Asia ["the Middle East"] and far northern Africa in which stewed tomatoes, sauteed onions, peppers and garlic are put on brown rice with loosely poached eggs on top. Andala Coffee House, right near my apartment, calls it shokshokeh, but the dish is also spelled shakshuka, chakchouka, etc. Since I first tasted shokshokeh at Andala, I will spell it Andala’s way and tell you about Andala’s ingredients.

Now shokshokeh is a recipe that varies depending on what you put in it. The only constants are eggs and tomatoes. The Andala version has stewed tomatoes, sauteed onions and garlic on top of fluffy brown rice. On top of the tomato sauce are two poached eggs seeping into the tomatoes [but not too much]. I could eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner because it’s a good amount of food, neither too heavy nor too filling.

As I mentioned, recipes for shokshokeh vary. Here’s one from Jewlicious that eschews onions. The one from MoTV calls for scrambled, not poached, eggs. The one from Mediterrasian.com has a lot of fiery red spices in it, but the version I have experience with is mild and savory. Maybe I will try to get the recipe from Andala!

Little dudes: my LHF BJDs under 9″

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From left to right: Geordie (Orientdoll So Ye, 12cm), unassigned DollMore Banji (14.5cm), Waverley (Elfdoll Kai, 15cm), Submit (Elfdoll Kathlen, 20cm), Susie (NotDoll Lucy, 20cm), Little Will (NotDoll Miriam head/Elfdoll Kathlen body, 20cm). Not shown are Little Anneka (Soom Uyoo head/Planetdoll Mini Riz body) and Absinthe (Elfdoll Kathlen head/Soom Uyoo body).

Continue reading Little dudes: my LHF BJDs under 9″

Introducing Waverley Parker

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Here’s Waverley, who arrived today! She’s an Elfdoll tiny Kai with default faceup, eyes and wig. Her shirt is from a mini Bratz boy. Her shorts are from a Tommy doll. I wired her legs with a pipe cleaner and her arms with half of an unwound pipe cleaner. [Pipe cleaners are made of two slender wires twined together with fuzz in between the twines. I used one slender wire from a pipe cleaner to wire her arms.]

During hot weather, most of us like to relax with a cool drink. Waverley’s beverage of choice is beer. Just a few sips! Continue reading Introducing Waverley Parker

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