50ish, death fat, white, poly, queer ("attracted to multiple genders" variety), disabled, gender noncompliant, butch kitty. Pronouns: she/her or zie/zir. Pink and green. Feminist. Trying to get a grasp on privilege. Nontheist. Spiritual. Buddhist. Semi-lapsed shamanic-type pagan. Wordsmith by trade. Occasional exaggerated sense of my own moral rectitude. Frequently cranky. Frequently charmed. I used to have deep ambivalence about Hello Kitty; now I have deep ambivalence about steampunk. Some of the stuff I do: volunteer for the local animal shelter, play with beads and wire, think about learning more Japanese, knit and crochet, write poetry. Fannish interests include Babylon 5, Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek.
Posting habits:Some of my posts are filtered, mainly so that random relatives, colleagues, and robots don't stumble across unwanted bits of information about me by accident. I grant access to most sentient life forms who subscribe.
Subscription habits:I sometimes go on sprees of adding journals to my reading list, e.g., of people who attend Wiscon or have other interests in common with me. No obligation is implied.
Moderation policy:I mostly don't moderate the comments to my journal, but I reserve the right to do so. Here are some examples of things I don't want in the comments of my journal: Othering. Personal attacks. Promotion of weight loss.
Other places you might be able to find me (I pick them up and put them down):LiveJournal:
http://firecat.livejournal.com (I'm currently cross-posting almost everything between DW and LJ so you can follow me on either one)
Diaspora (Firecat Stef):
https://joindiaspora.com/people/40926Facebook (ask me)
Fetlife (ask me)
Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cat-and-dragon/LastFM:
http://www.last.fm/user/firecatstefLibraryThing:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/firecatGoodReads: (firecat)
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/267223
OKCupid (firecat)
Pinterest:
http://pinterest.com/firecatstef/Ravelry:
http://www.ravelry.com/people/firecatShelfari:
http://www.shelfari.com/firecat/Twitter:
https://twitter.com/firecatstefTumblr:
http://www.tumblr.com/blog/firecatstefI also have placeholders here:
http://tacerif.deadjournal.com/http://fat_rice.insanejournal.com/
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2001: a space odyssey,
70s rock,
a capella music, a fetish for nuance,
accessibility,
affective disorders,
aging,
akira kurosawa,
alan rickman,
alison bechdel,
alt.polyamory,
alternative press expo,
alzheimers,
ambivert,
amplectere potestem "et",
androgyny, andy scott,
animal intelligence,
animal rescue,
animal shelters,
anime,
answering rhetorical questions,
anthropology,
anti-oppression,
anxiety,
apple,
artisanal cheeses,
asexuality,
atheism,
audiobooks,
babylon 5,
badtz maru,
bdsm,
beading,
being,
being queer,
bellies,
bisexuality,
body diversity,
buddhism,
caffeine, cameo glass, carl brandon,
carl brandon society,
cassandra, cat goddesses,
cats,
charlotte bronte,
chronic illness,
chronic pain,
cochlear implants,
coffee,
cognitive dissonance,
collage,
collecting other people's hobbies,
common sense,
compassion,
cpap,
creative commons,
crochet,
curiosity, cute fat people,
cyberpunk,
depression,
devotion,
diabetes,
direct communication,
disability,
diversity,
dog agility,
dog training,
dreamwidth,
electric guitar,
entropy,
ethics,
etymology,
evolution,
fabric,
fandom,
fantasy,
fat,
fat activism,
fat revolution,
female masculinity,
feminism,
flying spaghetti monster, fogcon,
fountain pens, geek answer syndrome,
geekery,
gender,
gender-neutral pronouns,
genderfuck,
genderqueer,
genetics,
ghost in the shell,
glam,
glass,
green party,
haiku,
hair,
hawai'i,
hayao miyazaki,
heavy metal,
hello kitty,
holding hands,
how things are made, i-things,
identity, in-betweenness,
indirect communication,
information,
intersectionality,
j. michael straczynski,
j.r.r. tolkien,
jane austen,
judi dench,
knitting,
kuan yin,
kyriarchy,
lady gaga,
lampworking,
learning,
learning about my privilege,
libraries,
linguistics,
listening,
mac,
martial arts,
medicine,
meditation,
mindfulness,
miss manners,
mondegreens,
monty python,
music, mutual degrumplement,
myth,
nanowrimo,
neurodiversity,
neuropsychology,
nihongo, no dharma,
noir,
non-sexual intimacy,
nonduality,
observation,
obsession,
oliver sacks,
pansexuality,
peets,
percussion,
personality typing,
pink floyd,
poetry,
polyamory,
potential,
pretty pictures,
privilege,
psychology,
purple,
queer,
quotes,
rainer maria rilke,
random acts of kindness,
re-railing,
reading,
rhetoric,
robert graves,
romantic friendship,
romantic love,
rumi,
samurai,
san francisco,
sandman,
sanrio,
science,
science fiction,
sexuality,
shapeshifting,
sherlock holmes,
shyness,
silence,
simplicity,
singing,
sleep apnea,
social justice,
spacebabe,
speculative fiction,
spock,
spoon theory,
star trek,
steampunk,
succulents,
sumo,
swimming,
t.s. eliot,
taiko,
tao, techshop,
textures,
the bechdel ginger benchmark,
the non-shit ten percent,
the sweet, theravada,
therianthropy,
tiptree,
touch,
transformation,
tropes,
unintentional communities,
ursula k. le guin,
usability,
usenet,
vampires,
variety,
wallace and gromit,
water,
werecreatures,
what makes people tick,
william butler yeats,
wind energy,
wings of desire,
wireworking,
wiscon,
wombabes,
wombat,
wombats,
working dogs,
writing,
xenophilia,
yarn,
zachary quinto