Ah, I was kind of curious on who all the other authors mentioned might represent. I actually don't read much in the UF genre (and I should, since it's what I want to write/am trying to write) so I don't know too many names (besides LKH,I know of Jim Butcher, Simon Greene, Seanan McGuire, Charline Harris, and Neil Gaiman if his stuff counts, and that's about it) but I swear I've seen Talia Gryphon's name listed among offered sporking works at a place I frequent for its LKH-sporks. So that makes sense. I think Darla is drawn to a specific type of female protagonist, considering the praise she had for "Linda" and her page-long rant about how much she hates hates HATES the heroines of the romance novel genre for being weakling women in need of rescue and what do the men they hook up with see in them anyway, etc. Good for her knowing what she likes, I guess, but I for one don't find Anita's brand much better (or, these days, much different). This Gillian sounds right up her ally.
I balanced my budget and paid off some hospital bills the other day, and I was grinning like a fool the whole time You should! That's totally something to be proud of, I'd be thrilled if I was at that point. Congrats! And thank you for the sympathizing, I hesitated a little before deciding to be open about that bit regarding myself, but I got the feel that the 'audience' here is the type not to be judgey or anything.
I'm not much more in the loop than you are on those two; all I know is that Chica and Pili work for LKH now, and are a lesbian couple. LKH refers to Chica as her sister on her blog, but she's not, either by biology or by adoption. I know that a 'chosen family' can be a really real and really important thing for some people, especially those whose families were really not that great, but somehow it hits the teeniest bit of a peeve for me with LKH. I don't know if it's because it seems like it's confusing for her fans to put that on her blog, or how it often seems like she goes out of her way to mention it (instead of "Chica did this" it's always "Chica, my sister, did this", kind of like her "Jon, my husband Jon" quirk) or because I feel like it's kind of strange to brand your staff as your family members when it is literally their JOB to be taking care of you and doing what you say, they're not doing it because they love you as a sister. Yeah, that last one is it, I think. Chica and Pili are also nicknames, not their real names. I do kind of wonder why Chica is her 'sister' but Pili isn't...I guess if Pili was LKH's sister too, that would therefore make her Chica's sister and we can't have any incestuous lesbians up in here? XD
I can definitely buy that she experimented with other women as part of a midlife crisis or attempt at being hardcore, though. It's more of a high school or college girl thing, but . . . okay, trying very hard not to be catty here. Oy.
Yup yup yup. And I don't think it at all clashes with her brand of misogyny and homophobia/heterosexism either, because she's treating sexuality like a cheap fad and using other human beings like accessories to make herself cool, ala 'I Kissed A Girl' by Katy Perry. And yes, I do indeed understand the Battle Against Cattiness when it comes to this, blaurgh.
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Date: 2012-12-29 10:26 pm (UTC)I balanced my budget and paid off some hospital bills the other day, and I was grinning like a fool the whole time
You should! That's totally something to be proud of, I'd be thrilled if I was at that point. Congrats! And thank you for the sympathizing, I hesitated a little before deciding to be open about that bit regarding myself, but I got the feel that the 'audience' here is the type not to be judgey or anything.
I'm not much more in the loop than you are on those two; all I know is that Chica and Pili work for LKH now, and are a lesbian couple. LKH refers to Chica as her sister on her blog, but she's not, either by biology or by adoption. I know that a 'chosen family' can be a really real and really important thing for some people, especially those whose families were really not that great, but somehow it hits the teeniest bit of a peeve for me with LKH. I don't know if it's because it seems like it's confusing for her fans to put that on her blog, or how it often seems like she goes out of her way to mention it (instead of "Chica did this" it's always "Chica, my sister, did this", kind of like her "Jon, my husband Jon" quirk) or because I feel like it's kind of strange to brand your staff as your family members when it is literally their JOB to be taking care of you and doing what you say, they're not doing it because they love you as a sister. Yeah, that last one is it, I think. Chica and Pili are also nicknames, not their real names. I do kind of wonder why Chica is her 'sister' but Pili isn't...I guess if Pili was LKH's sister too, that would therefore make her Chica's sister and we can't have any incestuous lesbians up in here? XD
I can definitely buy that she experimented with other women as part of a midlife crisis or attempt at being hardcore, though. It's more of a high school or college girl thing, but . . . okay, trying very hard not to be catty here. Oy.
Yup yup yup. And I don't think it at all clashes with her brand of misogyny and homophobia/heterosexism either, because she's treating sexuality like a cheap fad and using other human beings like accessories to make herself cool, ala 'I Kissed A Girl' by Katy Perry. And yes, I do indeed understand the Battle Against Cattiness when it comes to this, blaurgh.