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"A writer, either professional or amateur, must realize that she... is not omnipotent. She cannot force her characters to do as she pleases... The writer must have respect for her characters or those created by others that she is using, and have a full working knowledge of each before committing her words to paper."
- Kendra Hunter, "Characterization Rape", 1977

Ha ha ahahahaha aha ha no.

What the lady meant - writing three years after the fanzine publication of the first K/S story - is that one oughtn't to write slash 'cos it's OOC. Fine, whatever, but whence the idea that the writer can't make their characters do whatever they like, and that they already have to have their character sheets rolled up before they start typing?! I tell you, when hopeful writers begin to realise the complete power they have over their stories - that they're not recounting, they're creating - they make a big leap towards their goal of publication.

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When it comes to Rick Warren, my personal interest is in challenging his incorrect statements, but of course all this Googling has turned up some thought-provoking political commentary from various perspectives:

Rick Warren’s biggest critics: other evangelicals

Barack Obama and Rick Warren: Gay Rights Activists Are Offended

Praying With Rev. Warren

The Flipside of Warren-gate

Also of interest:

Homosexual Civil Unions: A Medieval Tradition? (The journal article is Same-Sex Couples Creating Households in Old Regime France: The Uses of the Affrèrement.)

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Remember this church sign? I heard the song and saw the video of Katy Perry's I Kissed A Girl for the first time this evening in the gym. What was the church so worried about? I mean, it's a pretty cool song, but talk about heteronormative. The whole thing is just a less naked version of the "lesbians" in straight men's porn. She wakes up in bed with her boyf at the end! Which means she's going to hell for fornication anyway.