Love Post!

Why am I engaging this misogynist circle-jerk on reddit? Fun as it is to gape in awe at all the Poor Oppressed Menfolk comments (I think my favourite was along the lines of "We've been raised by a misandrist generation, what do you expect?"), I really shouldn't be trying to school these people. I am relieved that the top-level comment on the post is calling people out, but the replies are just cringe-inducing. Who knew that a website populated mainly by (and I'm generalizing a lot, here) socially awkward gamers with little to no experience around or respect for women could be so misogynistic?

(This has been another episode of "eponymous_rose Discovers Water Is Wet". Also, I just got called a "feminist harpy", which made me giggle.)

I think it's time for a love post. Anyone have any fic/vid/music/whatever recs centered on awesome ladies being awesome? I could use a chaser for this mess.

Oh! I should say that I am halfway through st_aurafina's amazing The Persistence of Memory, which is a Emma Frost/Moira McTaggert fic of amazingness. I didn't particularly like X-Men: First Class despite adoring the verse in general, but this wonderful spy AU is doing a lot to get me excited about X-Men again. Do check it out!

Awesome eyeball science and the holiday love meme (together at last!)

Last post for today, honest.

This is ridiculously cool. Learn about how the retina's backwards, why we have a blind spot in each eye, and how to trick your brain into letting you see the blood vessels crisscrossed across your vision.

Also, the Anonymous Holiday Love Meme is up and running again! My thread's over here. I'm having fun hunting through the comments for familiar names - go add yours to the mix! ♥