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Lesbian Duplex 205: An Open Thread

January 6, 2019 By Libby Anne

It’s time for another Lesbian Duplex thread! If you have a link or article or interesting thought that’s not relevant to an ongoing thread, you can share it here. If a conversation on another post has turned entirely off topic, you can bring it here also. Click through to read more! Read more

Saturday Link Love: King Cyrus, the Dangerous Orphan Annie, and the New Doctor Who

January 5, 2019 By Libby Anne

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Saturday Link Love is a feature where I collect and post links to various articles I’ve come upon over the past week. Feel free to share any interesting articles you’ve come along as well! The more the merrier! Click through to read more! Read more

Forbid Them Not: The Tricksy Ambassador

January 4, 2019 By Libby Anne

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Chaos, pandemonium, media uproar, and more chaos. After “four days of public outcry, led by many of the nation’s pastors who had finally realized that their basic freedoms were truly at stake, the rose nomination was withdrawn at the request of the White House.” Exit Senator Rose. Click through to read more! Read more

Small Children Aren’t Supposed to Sit Still, Debi

January 3, 2019 By Libby Anne

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The swatting is not the key point here—young children are not wired to sit still for extended periods of time even without having their silence coerced with a switch. Young children crave movement, touch, exploration. Debi does not care. For Debi, children should be convenient. Children should fit themselves to the adult world, and not the other way around. “Child-centered” becomes a bad word. Click through to read more! Read more

Odd Priorities: A Nativity Scene ‘Miraculously’ Survived the Camp Fire

January 2, 2019 By Libby Anne

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I cannot imagine having the power to do anything—literally anything—and then doing so little. Oh, but I’m not God. If I were God, I’ look at it all differently. Okay. Fine. But you know what? If God doesn’t have a conscience—if God doesn’t feel suffering the way we do—I think I’d prefer that he (or she) not exist. Click through to read more! Read more

Books to Read in 2019 (If You Haven’t Already)

January 1, 2019 By Libby Anne

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Over the holidays, I reread the very first N. K. Jemisin book I had ever read, Killing Moon. I mentioned to a sister-in-law that I had initially read the book five years ago, and was surprised how much of the book I didn’t remember on rereading it. She laughed and said that was probably because of the hundreds of novels I had read in the intervening years—so much reading was bound to blend together on some level. I assured her that her assessment was an exaggeration—but her comment made me start counting. Click through to read more! Read more

If they were willing to call the police all along—and that willing to flash Jody’s former credentials—why didn’t they do this a lot earlier?! Click through to read more! Read more