Video at last!

done

Thank you, thank you. I have no idea how the opening shot of the menagerie and the closing shot of random camera movement got in there… still figuring out the editing software. But the middle was on purpose!

 

Playing with the new camera

Working on it, anyway - and I should another Guide to Women up tonight at S&R.

 

Guide to Women, part deux (I wrote something)

Pretty, please is up on S&R.

 

In case you don’t remember how cute my kid is

Supahstah!

Waterbaby.

 

Back from dollworld, and I wrote something

I had a marvelous, exhausting time in Chicago - sold some work for more than I ever expected, won a couple of prizes, met some great people. More details later, but today, I have different news.

I’ve started a regular feature on Scholars and Rogues, and the first offering is here. Have a look, leave a comment, tell me it sucks, whatever. But please go look, okay? I’m aiming for every Wednesday - we’ll see how that goes.

 

Oops, forgot - I wrote this

ArtSunday: Neo-Poop for one and all

(if you’re big fan of Jeff Koons, don’t click)

(oh, and there’s a picture of an INAPPROPRIATE OBJECT at the end)

(but it’s not anatomically representational at all)

(but you know, just in case)

 

Oh noes, I lol’d Nora

Thank you, Dean, for the caption.

 

Movie review: Baby Mama

Movie: not funny enough to be a comedy, not gooey enough (barely) to be a chick flick.

Verdict: meh.

Exception: Tina Fey is HOT.

 

Some links about Warren Jeffs, FLDS, El Dorado and abuse within polygamous sects

I’m trying to weed out the ones with an obvious bias against religion or Mormonism, but no guarantees. This is one time when being of no particular religious faith is both an advantage and a disadvantage; it’s easier to see some things and harder to see others.

State of Utah v Warren Steed Jeffs

These are the felony charges filed against Jeffs of accomplice rape of a child.

God’s Brothel

These are first-hand accounts of life inside polygamist societies - not for the easily nauseated, but extremely valuable as primary sources, and not limited to FLDS. I found it about two years ago, after reading about the El Dorado compound then being built in West Texas.

Polygamist Groups

This is a clearinghouse-type site of news articles, organized by group. Obviously the organization has an agenda and can select which stories to archive; there are, however, a wide variety of sources, many from local and regional papers. This is a particularly interesting rundown of the treatment of teenage boys that I was talking about in the comments:

Texas sect kicked out its boys as teens

If the purpose of the sect is truly to pass on its religious values, including polygamy, why curb the number of boys? Shouldn’t they be raising them in the faith of their fathers, rather than treating them as competition for the youngest, prettiest wives?

The Hope Organization

The Diversity Foundation

Non-profits dedicated to helping victims of abuse in polygamous communities - foreverastudent will be able to ascertain their respective credibility much better than I can.

 

I wrote this

And for the Admiral, since he can’t seem to navigate the Internets on his own, here’s a link:

The women of FLDS: defenders of the church of child rape