My Nerd Credentials

Proof of my geekery:

• My prized possession's include a model of the fictional spaceship "Serenity" and a wooden katana named "Vera".
• I have five songs on my ipod that are in some way related to Joss Whedon. These are: the main theme from Firefly, the main theme from Angel, a filk about the main character from Firefly (using the main theme as the chorus), a song from the Firefly soundtrack entitled "River's Dance", and another song from Firefly (NOT on the soundtrack) called "The Hero of Canton" (which is what going mad feels like).
• I intend to add even MORE Joss-related songs to my ipod.
• I can swear in Chinese.
• I am an avid reader of fanfiction and occasionally dabble in writing my own.
• I watched Saving Private Ryan solely for a short scene with Nathan Fillion in it.
• I watched all three Matrix movies because the last two each have two second clips of Gina Torres.
• Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land" helped me understand my own religion.
• Almost all of my friends are flans (aka Browncoats, aka fans of Firefly).
• I quote. All the time.
• Almost all of my free time is spent on the Internet.
• The EGE can attest to how hard it is to stump me in Firefly trivia.
• I intend to put as many Joss Whedon references as possible into my video for my final History project.
• I rabidly follow five webcomics.
• I know how amazing Anthony Stewart Head's voice is.
• I will admit to a passing interest in anime... but don't tell Cela.
• On Halloween, I love to go as characters from my favorite movies. I have not gone in a "conventional" costume in years.
• I own three figurines of Serenity characters (Jayne, River, and Mal) and two figurines from Labyrinth ( Jareth the Goblin King and Hoggle).

And... that's about all I can think of right now. Doubtless I'll come up with more and post them at a later date.

~Laura

Grrr. Argh.

I hate idiocy. HATE IT.

I am a huge fan of Joss Whedon (creator of "Buffy", "Firefly", etc). I had heard him referred to as a feminist, and as my thesis paper is on feminism, I went to the all-powerful Google. And I found an essay that someone posted on their blog.

What. A load. Of BULLSHIT!

The author obviously went into "Firefly" (my absolute FAVORITE show) looking for evidence of sexism (racism too, but we'll get to that...)

This person took the actions and dialogue of the characters, twisted them up all ass-backwards, and tried to claim that Joss is a misogynist rapist. That female characters are oppressed, silenced, and abused. That the black woman married to a white man cannot POSSIBLY be loved. That a high-class, intelligent woman could not POSSIBLY be happy with her life because her job entails having sex with her clients. Despite claiming to have done their research, they missed important key elements of the series that make it obviously contrary to what the author claims.

I just... UGH!

I get so frustrated by the utter wrongness of these statements that I can't even think! When I've cooled down and my head is clearer, I'll write a post dissecting and disproving what this misandrist racist says. Hopefully, I can get the EGE to co-author, as he's just as displeased with this as I am.

Later.

~Laura