those who were seen dancing

Brilliant readers, thank you for the poetry suggestions. I will assemble them before my next library & bookstore trips. Yay!

I have another question for you. Is there a proper expression of detached indifference in IM/email/text/chat emoticons? There's definitely an ambivalent expression - :/ or :\ - but is there one that says "I am not iffy on this subject; I simply do not care" without any air of snark or pissiness?

Just a moment ago, I typed "whatever" meaning "whatever you want, I am untroubled by any possible outcome" but it read "whatever" as in "whatever, loser... talk to the hand". And there was really no appropriate emoticon to back up my text with emotional content.

I am troubled by this. Please assist.

From tartedelune: ( This isn't so much as a meme as an interesting series of questions )

If there is someone on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.

I think you know who you are. And honestly, it's really kind of all of y'all. Except for missmeridian and snidegrrl, whom I've known since before the internet had pictures (and hell, before the internet, period, in the latter case).

We Have Brains needs a name (or rather, username) for its LJ community.

Thoughts? The obvious, wehavebrains and we_have_brains, are already occupied by two different RSS feeds, and plain old whb is some beach community. [Lesson here, look to see if there's a feed already before starting a new one, people.]

Since you're all obviously going to reference the community extensively in your own LJ's, I throw this out to you: what would you like to type over and over and over again?

[Poll #454996]

Just cause feminist has new mods doesn't mean it won't bring up the same old discussions and same old arguments: case in point; I wasn't even trying to focus on the whole weight loss thing (I know, I know, y'all rightly have a hard time believing that), but to point out that in my view feminism isn't about happy dappy sisterly love no matter what. Although it's interesting that we believe women need that - and wondering why women might need that would be a damn fine feminist discussion. But even I'm tired of trotting out the same "question your choice" arguments to people who don't hear them (not, by the way, that I don't think any of those folk will hear the argument - but many of them haven't yet despite hearing it a million times).

And asking a question isn't negativity, people. Even saying your choice doesn't make sense to me isn't negativity; it's engagement and discussion - if we actually listen and learn from each other.

Which is why I guess WHB really does still serve a purpose, and why it will probably be reincarnated soon as an LJ community. Stay tuned.

Humor quizzy thinglet from snidegrrl. Clearly I would find that "Bloodhound Gang" band wrong on many levels. And really, do I have to pick anyone from Seinfeld as funny? But I forgive the quiz for those evildoings since it also (intentionally or not) points out the sexism of the average movie in a funny way.

( Results? Shockingly right-on. )

This is cavlec's rant. She told me to talk about clothing.

So let's talk about pants. ( I hate pants. And winter. )

I could just wear skirts all the time, but sometimes it's cold, and tights and socks just don't cut it. So I put up with crap-fitting pants. What crap-fitting clothing item do you hate most? Share. I like the sharing.

For all y'all gamers who aren't reading feminist anymore, feminist_gamers. Just thought you might be intrigued by the idea.

My mental break courtesy of thealicia_w. The third-from-bottom question made me think of another meme someone should start (if someone hasn't): name every city you've visited and the best place to go there, for food or otherwise. Has anyone done that?

( very exciting food meme, not to be missed )

I start an LJ so I can post comments on communities and other people's LJ's.

Then I come across "feminist" commentary so mindlessly misandrist that I'm blinded by annoyance at the stupidity. I can't form a coherent thought in argument against it. Grr. Argh.