*starts Le Guin defense league*

Every golden age has its exceptions - some worse than others. Be glad I didn't bring up Saville or The Black And White Minstrel Show…

Well, off the top of my head, you could probably date England's "golden age of television" to the 60s-90s, with it ending right around the time that the U.S. "age" got started with the Sopranos. And as for "masters", I dunno…Dennis Potter? Does Fassbinder count?

Fair enough, although I would still argue that sex-positives only seperated themselves from radical feminism after being unable to reconcile themselves with the other radical feminists, not because they thought of radical feminism 'too narrow' (an odd thing to think, considering that all of them both emerged from…

I agree that it's a complicated situation, but I'm confused by your explanation about the birth of sex-positive feminism.

Fight essentialism with essentialism, that's what I always say.

Again, read the Scarleteen page I linked to. That's all adressed.

YES.

That's really not what they're talking about. Being cautious and double checking every once in a while to make sure that you're not assaulting someone is not that big of a fucking deal.

Okay, I have no idea where you actually stand on this, but this:

Screw it, here's the whole thing:

Oh shut up.

So people don't have to go back over there:

First off: I'm so fucking sorry about that happening to you. I just wanted to say that since apparently no one else wanted to.

Whisker Burns On The Family Spigot is now the name of my hypothetical alt-country/cowpunk group.

That's not even the worst one: http://thisrecording.com/to…

EH Shepard forever!

So was I - GODDAMMIT I NEED THIS.

Okay, roll call - who do you know of personally that reads on a regular basis? (Besides, hopefully, yourself.)

Mmmm, that's some good self-satisfaction masquerading as self-deprecation!