I'm spamming y'all like crazy lately, aren't I?

[lirazel]

FINE!

Gakked from everybody ever:

Comment and I'll tell you my favourite fic of yours that I've read, and why. If it's a longfic, I'll try to pinpoint favourite chapter (but no guarantees!). Or, in the event that I haven't read anything of yours, I'll comment back and ask for one thing of yours I absolutely must read.

I've sort of been putting this off because if I haven't read anything of yours I'll be embarrassed. So seriously: rec me! I love you all!

Also! Links!

First read this about how filmmakers are taught not to make films where women talk to each other. Then read the follow-up here about why and also about why it sucks to have curly hair. Think of it as foreshadowing for the time when I'll finally make my epic post (complete with a picspam of me!) about my lifelong...relationship with my hair.

Comments

[that-september.livejournal.com]

Ooh, ooh! I'm curious what fic of mine you like the most. :]

And geesh, just in case I don't say it enough, I love having you on my f-list. Seriously. You're always linking me to the most interesting/infuriating/thought-provoking stuff, and I love your feminism. Both of these articles were great; I cannot even count the number of times I have complained to anyone who will listen about how screwed-up Hollywood is about women. The trash they market to us is insulting enough (I mean, we get, what, maybe three movies annually about weddings?), but the fact that they can't even put women on screen without having them discuss a man is even worse. It's true--even some of the movies I most love involve women only talking to each other about men (in a chick flick, I believe this is also interchangeable with babies, fashion, weddings, and periods). And it makes me angry and sad, because I've considered screenwriting as a profession, and this just tells me I don't have what it takes for Hollywood. I would be tearing my hair out. I'd never sell a script because I'd refuse to compromise. I'd probably run my mouth off (and it takes a lot to get me to do that), get fired a lot, and end up angry and bitter and shaking my fist at the world.

I agree a lot with the second article, too: it's laziness and greed driving these people to refuse change. They have a formula that works; why bother to change and risk losing money? After all, people shell out for this crap--it works! The reason people pay for it is because they don't have any other options! I mean, when I'm faced with Generic Chick Flick, Generic Action Film, and Generic Gross-Out Comedy, I have to be honest: I'll pick the chick flick, because it's the one I'm most likely to not absolutely hate.

Also, omg, the curly hair thing! Yes! I was nodding right along. Since I was about thirteen and started noticing my hair didn't really fit the "traditional" pretty ideal, I've struggled with it. I've had almost everyone I know advise me to permanently straighten it (tried it; didn't work), and I've tried every de-frizzing, straightening product known to man. Hair dressers and random passerby alike tell me about my "ethnic" hair, or my "difficult" hair and I guess after years of that, I just started to believe it was ugly and there was something wrong with me.

Lately, I've realized the truth. I have beautiful, thick, crazy, curly Cuban hair, and it's not going anywhere. I need to embrace it, not try to tame it. Straightening it every once in awhile is nice, but 99% of the time, my hair is going to be itself.

I didn't know that shampooing curly hair might be bad for it! What? I need to look into that, lol.

ANYWAY. I've rambled far long enough, but again, thanks for the links! I requested to join ontd_feminism, and now I feel like going out and (loudly) protesting some stuff. :D

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Strangely, I think my favorite fic of yours is "It Conquers." And I say strangely because it's Draco-centric, and Snape-centric, and Snape/Lily-ish, and none of those things appeal to me at all. But you managed to trick me into enjoying myself with the Ron/Hermione (SEEN THROUGH OTHER EYES MY FAVORITE THING EVER), and then once I was under its spell, the rest of the story turned out to be fantastic. Yay for unexpected awesomeness!

Aw! You're so awesome! I love having you on my flist as well!

And it makes me angry and sad, because I've considered screenwriting as a profession, and this just tells me I don't have what it takes for Hollywood. I would be tearing my hair out. I'd never sell a script because I'd refuse to compromise. I'd probably run my mouth off (and it takes a lot to get me to do that), get fired a lot, and end up angry and bitter and shaking my fist at the world.


I am so with you on that. It's why I'm going to focus on novels--there's a lot more room for a woman to maneuver with those. Maybe you should shift your dream to TV? There's a whole lot more awesome women talking about things other than men on TV.

ONE DAY YOU AND I WILL WRITE TV TOGETHER. I have just decided that this will be a fact.

I am so looking forward to posting my post about Lauren's Epic Relationship with Her Hair because we can commisserate! (I don't have spellcheck on; I bet I spelled that wrong.) CURLY HAIRED SOLIDARITY, SISTER.

I have beautiful, thick, crazy, curly Cuban hair, and it's not going anywhere. I need to embrace it, not try to tame it. Straightening it every once in awhile is nice, but 99% of the time, my hair is going to be itself.
YES. Mine isn't quite as thick as yours, I don't think, and it's not Cuban. ;D But I reached this realization, too, and it really was empowering to give up the struggle. Not saying I don't continue to look for a product that will turn my curls silky and smooth--I do. But I've learned to stop battling it.

I didn't know that shampooing curly hair might be bad for it! What? I need to look into that, lol. You should! The book Curly Girl is really invaluable. I do have to shampoo mine a couple of times a week, but not as often as I thought, and I know a lot of people who have cut it out entirely. You should look into it; it might help you!

You're welcome! And ramble here any time you want! And sometime when you go out protesting...I'll join you!