Saturday, September 27th, 2008



I was just thinking about an arguement I had with someone on the internets about using the word "miscenogation" as a prompt for fanfiction.

It's like using the word "caste". The horror that both words conjure is immense.

But the idea - why it happened, the philosophy of it, the sociology of it, how it's applied in so many different ways - that's a facinating idea.

And by banning its use for ficcers of any time I think is a restriction of free thought.

As well as the supression of a historical but also flawed thought that could arise in situations nowadays.

It's not like racism is dead. It's not like people are still not thought of as animals in some parts of the world. I don't think it's logical to supress the idea of exploring the term metaphorically, see how many many people use understand the term, how they can show the thinking and the flaws in it.

What's the point of supressing that?

No point, that's what.
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Saturday, August 9th, 2008



May be visiting the british colonial land! I hope nobody says "English Tea" in a non-sarcastic way.

... thought of a man I met in India, a toilet-cleaner in a washroom. But I didn't have any money to give him. I was told that he... hung about, cleaning the loo, but he wasn't employed there.

Anyway. Started painting a painting and wrote a poem.

love laws )

Title comes from the book by Arundhati Roy, "The God of Small Things", which is the quite possibly the best thing ever. A contender.

Anyway.

How're you doing?

Take care.
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