today is a day of fail

[mercat]

Well, not technically today, considering I've survived for half an hour past DOOMSDAY, or what shall henceforth be known as The Most Debaucherous Easter Ever. But before we get to the story, I have news items! YOU WILL READ THEM FIRST and like it

#amazonfail. Basically, Amazon started taking LGBT/feminist/general sexuality books off of their rankings because they were being labeled as "adult material". Despite the fact that anti-homosexual books were still being ranked (therefore not labeled as "adult" because of Amazon's ranking system), as are hardcore porn and "normal" sex-related stuff.

Hiding a book about gays and the military, but not American Psycho? I'm pretty sure that's fucking adult material.

BULLLLLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIITTTT Also, now, Amazon Rank. I particularly like that last sentence.

Here are some more links including the twitter to-do and a semi-complete listing of books that were taken off the listing.

You know, the fact that they censored Stephen Fry's biography (autobio? I dunno) reminds me of that whole scene from V for Vendetta so perfectly, it's disgusting. Goddamnit censorship pisses me off. I am SO GLAD I live in the US. That crap that Britain's been pulling recently with all the anti-terrorism-become-paranoid-and-turn-in-your-neighbors shit? Godfuckingdamnit.


On a less serious note, I had to look up "LGBTQQI" to see what it meant, and I found out there are a lot of letters you could be adding on the end there. Also cool that LGBT is considered more feminist-friendly. ALSO, GLBT is just really like a gay BLT.

Some Amazon alternatives:

www.powells.com
www.chapters.indigo.ca
www.booksamillion.com
www.foyles.co.uk
www.bookdepository.co.uk
www.waterstones.com
www.play.com

Also, SIGN THE PETITION against Amazon's new "adult policy".



An interesting "other side" article about the pirates.

Rainbow finches are in a bad sitch. This makes me really sad.

Uh, so, that story is going to have to wait because I'm exhausted. Sorry. =(

Comments

[mercat.livejournal.com]

I haven't read the book, but I know that as far as the movie is concerned there are two ways of seeing it: 1) that none of it happened and it just shows how messed up his life is, or 2) all of it happened and it's showing how fucked up this corporate-pressure-lifestyle is. I prefer to think of the second because it's funnier.

And yes, I do have a horribly sick sense of humor. My favorite joke is a dead baby joke, for perspective...

[eyeoftheblind.livejournal.com]

We're doing american psycho in english. The movie... is great (except for reese witherspoon) but you should read it. It's pretty clear in the book that none of it actually happens (altough, it is still left open to the reader).

But, Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman... was an epic win. Reese as evelyn? not so much.

[eyeoftheblind.livejournal.com]

We're doing american psycho in english. The movie... is great (except for reese witherspoon) but you should read it. It's pretty clear in the book that none of it actually happens (altough, it is still left open to the reader).

But, Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman... was an epic win. Reese as evelyn? not so much.

[mercat.livejournal.com]

I take it she plays a bigger character in the book? Considering she has like three lines in the movie, I would barely consider her a character. And I don't mind her at all, I guess because of that.

[eyeoftheblind.livejournal.com]

Yeah... but her role is much easier to show in a book than in a movie...