"…even the most conservative of Christians alive today do not respond to our disrespectful sons by inviting neighbors to join in stoning them to death. Nor do we advocate capital punishment for the sin of working on the sabbath. No western voice rises in support of ancient Middle Eastern customs of slicing off the hand of a thief or beheading blasphemers. In spite of scriptural admonitions, we apply modern moral reasoning — secular reasoning — that has emerged through the centuries as cultural conditions themselves evolve. Biblical literalists who pick and choose which passages to preach and which to studiously ignore are thus faced with a nagging inconsistency. The way forward, I suggest, for all Christians — liberals as well as moderates and conservatives — is to join this crusade against idolatry of the written word as we embark together on the cross-cultural enterprise of interpreting our evolving world as best we know it today."
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Rev. Michael Dowd (via azspot)

Well said.

(via liberal-focus)

foreverqueird:

heatherbat:

cumaeansibyl:

ladies-andtramps:

ive noticed that tumblr has this white women vs. black women thing going on and i mean

cant we all just be women without a skin color attached to our identities…?

I’ve noticed this too.

I’ve noticed that when black women try to talk amongst themselves about experiences unique to them, there’s always one of us white women who just HAS to jump in on it and make it about us. I’ve noticed that we white women consistently refuse to acknowledge the effect of racism on black women’s lives and the effect of white privilege on our own. I’ve noticed that black women do nothing to invite this kind of disrespect, and when they object to it, we turn around and cry out that we’re being attacked when we started it.

I can’t be a woman without a skin color attached to my identity because I always have my white skin and that always affects how people treat me. Just as it’s impossible to get rid of one’s skin color for real, it’s impossible to detach it from one’s identity, because it shapes one’s entire life. Being a black woman in the world is a different experience from being a white woman. I know that because I listen to what black women say, but I can never know what it’s like, and I have a responsibility to respect black women’s ongoing conversation about that experience by staying out of it and not trying to claim a share.

Please don’t talk about this like it’s an equal conflict where both sides need to contribute toward a resolution. We always start it and we’re the ones who need to stop it.

…::slow clap::

I’m pretty sure with how loud I just yelled “YES!” in my room, my neighbors think I’m having awesome sex.  Either way..that reply was perfection.

Time to get off the computer

Today was a good day on writing. I got more than  my 2500 word goal, got the big sex scene into Unrepentant Bastard, and moved onto working on another chapter. I’m hopeful that I’ll get some writing done this weekend. It’s a three day weekend so it might happen.

I do need to clean my office something awful though and the flower beds need major weeding so I may not get as much writing as I want. *sighs*

Either way, I’m a happy person because I got some more sales. :D

If you wanted to read Sound of Obedience (my new smut story I’ve got out for sale) it’s over here for free for one week. And you know, if you liked it enough, and you have money which I know lots of people don’t, do consider buying it. Not necessary this week though.

Anyway, I’m off for bath and bed so goodnight everyone!

kestral replied to your post: *screams and flails*
someone tasted a sample and decided they love it all.
Yup, that’s what I figure too. Doesn’t stop me from being delighted, of course. XD

beaschalantasyoulike: Oh, my cuties

beaschalantasyoulike:

Oh, my cuties

babybirdblues replied to your post: *screams and flails*
heeee congrats!
XD Thank you! It’s such a cool feeling when someone buys a book but to have them buy them all like that is just… eeeee! 8D

*screams and flails*

Someone just bought every single story I’ve got on Smashwords!

*screams and flails some more*

…

You know, someday that’s going to get old hat, just something that’s ‘eh, good for you, dude’…

…but not yet!

8D

Thank you whoever you are! I hope you enjoy the stories!

*dances happily*

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Free Fiction Friday: Sound of Obedience

A week later than normal, have some Free Fiction Friday!

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A generation ago America…

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This day is going sooooooo slow!

*whine*

I get to leave work 45 minutes early today.

This obviously means that time must drag so that the day seems at least 10 times longer than normal. >:(

I’m serious, I swear that every minute is lasting at least 10 minutes.

*twitches*

Oh well, at least I’ve reached my word count goal for the day. Unrepentant Bastard is now 12,414 words.

I’m almost to where Jason (nothing like DCU Jason, FYI) gets kidnapped by a rival master. Right now he’s talking to Cain from Sound of Obedience and being so adorably sweet and submissive that I’m having actively avoid using the word ‘adorable’. Not that I don’t already have a problem with overrusing ‘adorable’. I know that. But darn it, the kid’s just cute! XD

So of course he’s going to get clubbed, tied up, gang raped and ransomed very shortly. *wince*

Um… the rape’s well of screen? This is a really brutal world?

Yeah, I know. No excuse. (still going to happen though)

*checks clock*

*whines*

Thirty-five minutes to go before I get to leave. *mutters* Three day weekend, just remember it’s a three day weekend*

*trudges back to work*

modernizing:

Thorne Bay House by Bossley Architects, located in Takapuna, New Zealand.

A compact house designed for a beautiful but small and near-impossible site! The desire not to damage the trees or their extensive root systems, combined with the steep slope and limited turning circle for cars, the rock outcrops, and the restrictive planning controls resulted in an innovative building which and is squeezed under, around and between the limbs of the trees, and still manages to take full advantage of the site, the sun and the views. 

The character of the house changes as it rises from the ground towards the sky. The ground floor level comprises orthogonal spaces, which follow the slope in a series of steps down towards the sea, providing sea views from each level. Upstairs, the rooms become more angular and free flowing, to reflect the contortions of the pohutukawa limbs.

handa: Through the arches (via skipnclick)

handa:

Through the arches (via skipnclick)

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nitanahkohe: around this time last year people finally started taking notice of the food-related issues in the upper northern reaches of Canada; consider this your reminder that even since then, juice is still $26 in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, and that the predominately indigenous communities in Canada’s North are forced to pay extraordinarily exorbitant prices for basic groceries due to structural inequity and the contemporary effects of ongoing settler occupation.

nitanahkohe:

around this time last year people finally started taking notice of the food-related issues in the upper northern reaches of Canada; consider this your reminder that even since then, juice is still $26 in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, and that the predominately indigenous communities in Canada’s North are forced to pay extraordinarily exorbitant prices for basic groceries due to structural inequity and the contemporary effects of ongoing settler occupation.