| My Fic |
[Nov. 3rd, 2020|12:51 am] |
In one handy place, here is all my fic. Warnings: flowery language, pretentiousness, folklore references, incest, juvenile humor.
( Harry Potter )
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[May. 14th, 2009|10:45 pm] |
Am HOME from London, where I got LOTS of work done, and didn't get to spend as much time with friends as I would have liked, but AWESOME nonetheless. *smooches ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) lazy_daze and kay_taylor* Update later.
Oh yeah, there was that show I kinda like that was on tonight:
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[Apr. 27th, 2009|10:01 pm] |
Yesterday lazy_daze and I spent TWELVE HOURS wandering London and squeeing about a) Sam and Dean and their passionate love affair, b) J2 and their teeth-hurtingly adorable love affair, and c) the GENIUS that is Misha Collins. TWELVE HOURS! It was SPECTACULARLY AWESOME and she is adorable and hilarious and brilliant and eeeeeeee!!! *insert KEYSMASH here*
Clearly, I need to move to London, so she can entertain me more often! WITH AWESOME J2 PROPOSAL FIC, EVEN. |
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| Powells.com, here I come |
[Apr. 12th, 2009|05:57 pm] |
Amazon Rank. Googlebombs away!
Also, there's a petition. And if you want to send a letter straight to the horse's mouth, ETA: according to bookshop, who spoke with someone at Amazon: "She asked instead that we log into our Amazon accounts and send over any links and info that we have through the "Help" link on the Amazon front page. Click "Contact Us," then "Send an Email" and choose "Other" from the dropdown link." Apparently, the "connect=help" email goes to publishing, which is the wrong department.
This is the letter I sent:
To whom it may concern:
I am writing in concern about Amazon.com's recent decision to eliminate from its sales rankings material classified as "Adult" -- which, in practice, appears to be primarily targeted at material with gay or lesbian content. Your sweep has included classic works of literary fiction, such as "Giovanni's Room" by James Baldwin and "Maurice" by E.M. Forster, neither of which can be called "explicit" by any stretch of the imagination; likewise, works by Alex Sanchez, one of the most important writers of gay fiction for young adults has also been targeted. This is offensive enough, but the fact that you have likewise chosen to eliminate non-fiction works, including scholarship, from your rankings is unconscionable. Perusing a list of works that have been eliminated, I noticed several biographies of Oscar Wilde, academic histories of gay and lesbian culture, and autobiographies by notable queer folk such as Kate Bornstein and Stephen Fry. Moreover, Michel Foucault's "History of Sexuality: Volume 1" has also been dropped: this is one of the most important works of critical theory of the twentieth century, and is a staple in university classrooms.
Since there appears to be no corresponding elimination of works that contain explicit heterosexual romance, or are about heterosexuality in general, I can only assume that this is a targeted campaign designed to hinder access to gay and lesbian content. As a scholar of the history of sexuality, and as a queer person, I have always been grateful to Amazon for the completeness of its listings: Amazon has always been my online bookstore of choice, both for the ease of finding whatever I want, and the excellent customer service. However, you have made it clear that people with my interests are not welcome here. Therefore, I will be taking my business elsewhere for the foreseeable future.
You should be aware that the details of your rankings elimination campaign are spreading like wildfire through the academic community. Academics are among the most dedicated of book-buyers; moreover, we encourage a great deal of book-buying in our students. Whatever rewards you hope to reap from this misguided campaign will almost certainly be offset by the mass exodus of big spenders offended by your lack of commitment to access to information.
Sincerely,
Dr. Catja Realname
University of Catja |
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| National Poetry Month! |
[Apr. 3rd, 2009|05:38 pm] |
Gretel in Darkness
This is the world we wanted.
All who would have seen us dead
are dead. I hear the witch's cry
break in the moonlight through a sheet
of sugar: God rewards.
Her tongue shrivels into gas....
Now, far from women's arms
and memory of women, in our father's hut
we sleep, are never hungry.
Why do I not forget?
My father bars the door, bars harm
from this house, and it is years.
No one remembers. Even you, my brother,
summer afternoons you look at me as though
you meant to leave,
as though it never happened.
But I killed for you. I see armed firs,
the spires of that gleaming kiln--
Nights I turn to you to hold me
but you are not there.
Am I alone? Spies
hiss in the stillness, Hansel,
we are there still and it is real, real,
that black forest and the fire in earnest.
--Louise Gluck |
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[Mar. 6th, 2009|03:09 am] |
Re RaceFail '09: coffeeandink, ciderpress, ithiliana, spiralsheep, bossymarmalade, darkrosetiger, and all the others who spoke out against Elizabeth Bear, W!ll Sh3tt3rl3y, Kathryn Cramer, the N-Hs, and their terminally toxic and clueless friends -- all are brilliant and amazing. I'm especially fond of stoneself's side-by-side of Elizabeth Bear's latest horrifying post next to bossymarmalade's gorgeous call to action, here. It's a perfect illustration of the whole thing: vicious idiocy and entitlement are met, point by point, with breathtaking eloquence, reasoned discourse, and inspiring passion.
In class this week, we were talking about Robert Johnson, and how he has become the repository for white folks' fantasies about the romance and danger of the blues, and how we white blues fans want to freeze him at the crossroads, making his deal so we can get the thrill of the Devil with none of the pain. (Never mind that he never claimed to do the crossroads ritual, and that that ritual doesn't involve selling your soul anyway; that would involve bothering to learn something about the man and his culture, which would interfere with our fantasies.) And how one of the major pop culture texts about Johnson, the movie Crossroads (with Ralph Macchio, not Britney Spears), gives us white folks a rescue fantasy, too: two white guys battle for the soul of the blues, and the white kid, who couldn't save Johnson's 30th song, gets to save the next best thing, a black man -- and he does it by playing European music. Yeah. I'm not really capable of expressing this coherently right now, but that really jumped out at me, how much that element of fantasy was playing out in the language of the RaceFailures -- which started out, in Elizabeth Bear's very first post way back when, as a rescue fantasy. I'm hardly the first person to make that observation, certainly, but it's one thing that grabbed my attention. Well, that, and what utterly disgusting human beings she and her buddies are. |
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| Winter survival |
[Jan. 24th, 2009|07:57 pm] |
Wow, I am totally overwhelmed with the response to Dislocation. Thank you so much, everyone, for your kind words and support. I don't think that story is the best thing I have ever written, but damn if it didn't get the wheels all greased up and running again. Er, in a manner of speaking. *g* Anyway, I'm not letting myself get too critical of it, because I'm just so glad it came out, y'know?
Switching gears completely, I am a total skin products junkie, and am currently IN LOVE with everything I'm using: despite this being the absolute fucking worst climate for my skin and overall well-being, I am nonetheless on my feet, healthy, and looking quite smooth and non-flakey. So, seeing as how it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and I know some of you lot suffer from similar issues, here is my list of Awesome Stuff. I have tried just about everything from bargain-bin supermarket brands to fancy designer stuff, and this is the combo I have hit upon.
1.) Curel Extreme Care Intensive Lotion. THIS IS THE LOTION OF THE GODS, I SWEAR TO YOU. I have super-dry, eczema-prone skin that hates just about everything, but OMG, with this stuff I feel like a baby's butt. All over! I even use this on my *face*, and I've yet to have a serious dry patch or a breakout, and my facialist claims that my skin is that of someone 10 years younger. If you do use it on your face, because it's so rich I recommend using a toner or witch hazel during the summer, or if you're having an oily phase -- also, use a face mask every couple weeks. The best part is that this stuff can be found at the drugstore, and isn't much more expensive than the far inferior Vaseline lotions.
2.) Neutrogena Body Oil: Light Sesame Formula. This goes on after I get out of the shower, while still damp; let it soak in for a minute, then towel off and apply the Curel lotion over top. If your skin is not as dry as mine, that might be overkill, but if it is, it's FABULOUS.
3.) Kiehl's Gentle Foaming Face Wash. A dermatologist once told me that if you're going to cheap out, face cleanser is not the stuff to do it on, because this is what's actually *cleaning* your face; the cheap shit will often have the harshest chemicals. Dove is great for many folks, but if you're ultra-sensitive, it's totally worth it to spend a little more. This stuff is AMAZING.
4.) Aveeno Skin Relief Body Wash. The gentlest, most non-irritating body cleanser I've found. Since using this combined with the Neutrogena oil and the Curel lotion, my eczema bouts have gone WAY down, and now it only really shows up with stress.
5.) Polysporin Lip Treatment. Heals and prevents cracking and chapping better than anything I've found. (Yes, even Burt's Bees!)
So, what are your favorite beauty/skin products?
(Also, like everyone else, I am in love with the latest SPN episode and the SAM and DEAN. :D) |
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| I ficced! YEARS OF SILENCE, BROKEN!!!1! |
[Jan. 15th, 2009|07:00 pm] |
So, yeah. This was really difficult to write, because I love READING J2, but never thought I'd actually write it, and have no bunnies unless supplied for me, like here, and I feel like it reads like a pale reflection of all kinds of better J2 stories, and, and, and. But, y'know, it feels REALLY FUCKING GOOD to finally FINISH a creative piece, which I haven't done, in -- well, it's been six years almost to the day since And in Arcadia I, and five and a half since I remixed a story of deepsix's here, and everything I've written since are all just WIPs sitting on my hard drive. So, without further ado:
Title: Dislocation
Author: Catja (kitsune13)
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17 (woot!)
Length: 2,546
Summary: Around Jared, Jensen is reduced to an assortment of body parts, and the most important part, the one who leads all the others, is always, always the one closest to Jared.
Notes: For blueeyedliz, for the ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) spn_j2_xmas exchange. You asked for "much angsting with happy endings," which I did my best to deliver, and also "bottom!Jared and possessive!Jensen" and "Jared hurt on set, featuring freakedout!Jensen," which I also kind of delivered -- certainly the "freakedout!Jensen" bit. :D Major thanks to the lovely lazy_daze, beta/cheerleader extraordinaire, who gave me awesome plot advice. Everything good in this fic is her doing, everything sucky is mine.
( Dislocation ) |
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| oh, gods |
[Dec. 23rd, 2008|02:21 pm] |
Left 6:30 am Saturday. Stuck in Minneapolis overnight with a migraine and no luggage. Got to parents' late Sunday. Luggage didn't come till late last night. Have migraine hangover, waaah.
Next year, we are leaving EARLIER, so that I don't have to spend the solstice in an airport. |
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| *collapses* |
[Nov. 29th, 2008|02:24 am] |
As of Thursday, semester is OVAH! Well, I still have grading and sundry in the next week or so, but I am DONE TEACHING till January 6. Also, one class is a year-long deal, and I finished the syllabus for the other, so VERY LITTLE TO DO in that department. LOVE.
Now, I can work on the eighty gazillion other projects I have lined up, the most fun of which -- and the most TERRIFYING -- is my spn_j2_xmas story. You guys, I haven't finished a story in FOUR AND A HALF YEARS. *wibbles* |
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