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| Harry Potter porn |
[Aug. 6th, 2006|11:33 pm] |
This is the saddest strangest thing I read all day, about a Harry Potter fan convention in Las Vegas:
'It's just great to be able to talk to other people about Harry Potter,' says the first one, Lisa. I nod my head earnestly. 'Particularly,' she says, 'Harry Potter porn.'
Harry Potter porn? I say.
'Harry Potter gay porn,' she corrects me. 'We write it. It's called slash fiction. You take the characters and you imagine them in different scenarios. There's het fiction too, where they think the characters are straight. Whereas we assume that everyone is bisexual until proven otherwise.'
What can I say? Lisa is 38; she's a paralegal and lives in New York. Her friend, Hally, is 26, and a student. They just seem like perfectly nice, educated, middle-class women. Who write homoerotic fiction about wizards. By Lisa's reckoning, at least half the delegates are engaged in writing fan fiction, 'and there's fan fiction with plot, and then there's fan fiction which is just sex. But we sub-divide ourselves into who you ship.'
Ship?
'Who you put together. I do Remus-Sirius, but Hally here she does Harry-Draco. You should see some of the things that Harry gets up to!'
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| A traditional club for traditional people |
[Aug. 2nd, 2006|01:31 pm] |
From the website of the Grange Dyvours Lawn Tennis Club in Stockbridge:
Grange Dyvours is a traditional club and imposes a dress code in accordance with such tradition. Whilst the days of 'whites only' are now over, the Club still requires members to be suitably dressed and members are requested to adhere to the following code: (a) All clothing and footwear must be recognised tennis wear, ie predominantly white or from a branded tennis range; (b) Gents shirts must have a collar; (c) Socks must be worn; (d) No rigid soles shoes; (e) No rugby, cycle or Bermuda shorts or leggings. |
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| Exoterica |
[Jun. 27th, 2006|11:21 pm] |
The current Wikipedia entry for exoteric:
Exoteric knowledge is knowledge that is publicly available, in contrast with esoteric knowledge, which is kept from everyone except the initiated.
Among educated people, the word "esoteric" is widely known and used without concern for being obscure. On the other hand, the word "exoteric" is completely obscure, known only to those who scour dictionaries. Thus, the word "exoteric" is esoteric, and the word "esoteric" is exoteric. |
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| Coordination |
[Jun. 21st, 2006|10:15 pm] |
Lucy Mangan says:
the Zone 4 hovels that were all the estate agents of south-east London could find in my price and their effort range |
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