No More Leela

So I went through and deleted a bunch of my favorite icons, including my 'famous' one of Leela holding a knife.  After everything this past weekend, I just felt that I shouldn't have any icons that had any sort of violent imagery in them.  So no more icons with guns (bye, bye "Bisexual Fury") or wishing violence ("Basil Hopes You Die In A Fire") or implied violence ("John Casey Is Not Amused") of any kind.  I had 19 that I felt were inappropriate, which out of 230 wasn't that bad, but even so...  That's a lot of violent imagery for someone who claims to be a pacifist at heart, :(.

Also, Jon Stewart tonight was brilliant as always, reminding everyone not to look for blame.  When it's online I'll post a link, but basically he just pointed out that there will always be monsters.  It's how we deal with them that matters.

Yule

Title: Yule
Author: Teleen
Fandom: Torchwood
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Rating: All Ages
Contains: References to BDSM
Summary: "So what's it like where you come from?"
Author's Note: Written for totally4ryo  for the torchwood_fest gift exchange.  Happy Holidays!

( Yule )

Healthy Is Beautiful

One of the women with whom I work just posted a gorgeous picture of herself.  I was all set to 'like' it and then saw her comment underneath, in which she said she looked like a cow.  I commented as to how beautiful she looked and chastised her for saying that about herself.

If one more healthy woman on my friends' list says she's fat, I will not be held responsible for my reaction. 

I really hate it when women (and men, don't get me wrong) denigrate themselves and their bodies in this way.  It hurts me a lot because I don't have a wholly healthy relationship with food (though I'm beginning to wonder if ANY Western woman does) and I sometimes 'feel fat' because of it.

Even though I know I'm not.  Even though I know I'm healthy.  Some of it's my job, but even so - I hate it when anyone ties their self-worth to how much they weigh or what they look like.  It's so... fleeting.

And yes, I know that I'm speaking from a position of incredible privilege here as a Western beautiful white woman, but I can still think this sucks and I do.  

Also, I really wish that LJ had a 'disgusted' mood.  I find myself constantly looking for it...

Jon Stewart's Reaction To The AZ Shootings

This was spot-on and heartfelt.  It really made me stop and think about not assigning blame and instead doing what we can to deal with this going forward.