Herd Watching

GBCW at the Daily KOS - get your daily dose of flounce…

It was pointed out to me that I might benefit from pointing out that there is a wide world of bloggers and others doing the “goodbye cruel world” routine that aren’t female. This is a good idea because frankly this is simply not a gendered issue. As for the terms: GBCW is in my mind a [...]

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New Feature: Flounce watch!

Dropping like flies lately, they are. Some of them in a full on “goodbye cruel world” flounce and others in the time honored “I need a break for my real life” way. This edition is a short one, but worth noting anyway. “Don’t do this. I am begging you. Take a break if you must, but [...]

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Apologies are one thing, suicide is just stupid

It took a little while, but Amanda and Seal Press finally had to admit it, the cover and internal images for Amanda’s book were badly chosen and stupid. I frankly can’t be bothered tracking them down but it is classic pulp comic “Tarzanna” stuff. Some big blonde chick fighting her way through the jungle and [...]

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When a porn star tells you you’re a "big boy", you call all your friends…

“I hate to mention him because I think, personally, it’s a shitty thing to do, but SH is a big boy and can handle himself, plus, with his sense of humor, he might find it funny.” - Ren, tossing me to the kittens It’s true, I do find it funny. Besides it had to come out [...]

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When you define yourself as a nail, everyone else looks like a hammer…

One of the least interesting secrets in the blogosphere of late is the identity of the “unknown” author who Black Amazon was defending during her attack on Seal press. This is the dustup that resulted in the flouncing of feminist savior “Brownfemipower“*. What then was the evil, vile racist act that brought on so much pain [...]

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So True: "You all engage best through negative discourse"

Recently Seal Press has learned a lesson the the Democratic Party is learning as well. The lesson is simple… When you advance yourself by encouraging people to use their imagined victimization as a weapon, you know they will turn those weapons on you someday. Seal press sells a whole bunch of books that primarily feed into [...]

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