Rant, Writing

Reversing the Damsel in Distress Trope

If you spend any amount of time in either feminist or gamer circles online, chances are you know about Anita Sarkeesian. If not, you should absolutely check out her web series Feminist Frequency, because what she lacks in delivery (seriously, Anita, I love you, but learn to inflect) she makes up for in detailed research and thought-provoking… Continue reading Reversing the Damsel in Distress Trope

Poetry, Words, Writing

Spam Poetry Revisited

I was writing another post for today, but it got a little out of hand. Like, the kind of out of hand that happened that time I wrote about Easy A in eight parts. This one will probably go up later, maybe as more than one post, after I have done some more example-gathering and research,… Continue reading Spam Poetry Revisited

Personal Story, Writing

A Personal NaNoWriMo Retrospective

Alright, so I know November isn't over yet and thus, technically, NaNoWriMo is still going on, but I wanted to talk about NaNo as close to the end date as possible, and with Drunk Movie Monday happening the first week in December, that means today. I've already talked about why everybody should do NaNoWriMo, but… Continue reading A Personal NaNoWriMo Retrospective

Personal Story, Writing

The Car Stereo Game

Yellow! (It rhymes with hello--get it?) Tomorrow is my little brother's 21st birthday. My little brother is pretty great as little brothers go, and I like him well enough, so his pending birthday has me remembering funny shit that happened when we were little. Remembering it made me want to write about it, so I… Continue reading The Car Stereo Game

Absurdity, Advice, Writing

Prepping for NaNoWriMo

Weeeeelp, it's almost midnight on Sunday evening and I haven't come up with anything intelligent to write for Monday's post yet, so instead of trying to be cool and smart I'm just going to ramble for a bit about what my plans are for NaNoWriMo, and why you should totally join me and do it,… Continue reading Prepping for NaNoWriMo