"It is extraordinarily dispiriting that the only practical way, apparently, to obtain any justice for Lee was to exercise a law which tacitly affirms that her rights are less important than those of the fetus she carries. If this was the best law to use, then it underlines how fucked our system really is.

Because the message, taken in total, is clear: the state is yawningly indifferent about your right to self-determination, to bodily autonomy, to bodily safety, if you are pregnant. Your right to choice is so heavily weighted against the pregnant person, and so heavily weighted towards the fetus, that is not a choice at all."

Undermining Our Rights In Order To Save Them - Aphra Behn @ Shakesville

I have several hundred books. And 95% of them are boxed up at my mom’s house while we have the condo on the market.

I miss my books.

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Daughter by Tayijo.

"Claire Novak was still young enough not to shatter the first time she was taught that God didn’t give a damn what human beings did to each other."

This is not a nice happy fic. But fucking hell you should read it.

Kodansha is going to be releasing English translations of xxxHOLiC Rei! Yay!

They're also going to be releasing English omnibus editions of the Tsubasa and original Holic manga.

My wallet is already crying.

And yet, here's hoping Drug & Drop also gets licensed. I'd also love a new translation of Wish.

"The NRA and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the conservative lobbying group responsible for drafting and pushing 'Stand Your Ground' laws across the country, insist that an armed citizenry is the only effective defense against imminent threats, assailants, and predators. But when George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed, teenage pedestrian returning home one rainy February evening from a neighborhood convenience store, the NRA went mute. ...Where was the NRA on Trayvon Martin's right to stand his ground? What happened to their principled position? Let's be clear: The Trayvon Martins of the world never had that right because the 'ground' was never considered theirs to stand on."

—Robin D.G. Kelley, in "The U.S. v. Trayvon Martin: How the System Worked." (via Shakesville)

Actus Fidei - "On the very first time that Castiel manifests in front of Father Dean Winchester, he gets as far as "Rejoice, for you are blessed-" before Dean shoots him with a salt-loaded shotgun."

Not only is this just a really good fic in general, I love that, given the ridiculous amount of virgin!Cas fic out there, this fic managed to pull off Castiel seducing virgin priest!Dean. For that it deserves a round of applause.

Orlando Bloom says goodbye to Legolas

"Then Fëanor swore a terrible oath. His seven sons leapt straightway to his side and took the selfsame vow together, and red as blood shone their drawn swords in the glare of the torches. They swore an oath which none shall break, and none should take, by the name even of Ilúvatar, calling the Everlasting Dark upon them if they kept it not; and Manwë they named in witness, and Varda, and the hallowed mountain of Taniquetil, vowing to pursue with vengeance and hatred to the ends of the World Vala, Demon, Elf or Man as yet unborn, or any creature, great or small, good or evil, that time should bring forth unto the end of days, whoso should hold or take or keep a Silmaril from their possession...
[B]ut Galadriel, the only woman of the Noldor to stand that day tall and valiant among the contending princes, was eager to be gone. No oaths she swore, but the words of Fëanor concerning Middle-earth had kindled in her heart, for she yearned to see the wide unguarded lands and to rule there a realm at her own will."

Casual reminder that Galadriel rebelled against the Valar, the great powers of Middle-Earth, just because she fucking wanted to.

An Origin Story - (Elementary Hogwarts AU)"In which Joan Watson is sorted into Ravenclaw, gets the most annoying best friend ever, follows a plan and finds herself somewhere completely unexpected."