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Re: Disqus Configuration Questions

Melissa McEwan — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:10:51 -0000

Forget #4. I looked at the custom CSS page and took care of that. :)

Re: Disqus Configuration Questions

Melissa McEwan — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:40:41 -0000

Daniel,

Thanks for the information. One more question has come up in the interim:

For the sake of easier readability (i.e. differentiating between each comment/post in the thread), I've tried modifying the CSS background color for the comment header and there is no effect at all. I can successfully change the header font color itself but the gradient-like background I cannot change.

Any ideas?

Re: Disqus Configuration Questions

Melissa McEwan — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:32:33 -0000

OK - never mind on this one too. I forgot to add "!important" to the declaration. :)

Re: Blog Note: New Commenting System

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:26:24 -0000

Wheeeeeeeeeeee! New comments! Thanks, Space Cowboy!

Re: Blog Note: New Commenting System

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:33:39 -0000

I'm afraid so. I mean, they still exist, but they aren't accessible on the blog.

Growing pains. This gives us a lot more flexibility in terms of moderation, though. It's just something that had to be done. :)

Re: Blog Note: New Commenting System

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:34:43 -0000

PSYCHIC MIND MELD!!!

Re: Blog Note: New Commenting System

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:48:09 -0000

I know. If you ever need anything specific, I may be able to find it for you.

Re: Blog Note: New Commenting System

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:48:27 -0000

LOL!

Re: Blog Note: New Commenting System

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:56:14 -0000

Yes!

Re: Blog Note: New Commenting System

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:57:51 -0000

No preview -- but if you're registered, you can edit your comment immediately after posting if you see a mistake or wev.

Re: Blog Note: New Commenting System

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:59:19 -0000

We actually turned that off, because I just have a congenital aversion to rating comments, lol.

Re: Period.

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:01:06 -0000

He's vile.

Re: As purple is to lavender…

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:03:48 -0000

(Now I've got to leave my comment again!)

Awesome post, Shark Fu.

(Coincidentally, I just watched Iron Jawed Angels and had exactly the same reaction...)

And, okay, I am fully aware that maybe this is too hopeful, too optimistic -- though, damn, if I'm not too hopeful and too optimistic, what the fuck else do I have to motivate me every day? -- but I think that the exposure of this rift re: race, at the same time so many young feminist minds are being awakened by the demonstrable sexism in the MSM, could be fortuitous timing, in the sense that coming to feminism/womanism while there are lots of discussions about race going on will only cement in emergent feminist/womanist minds that such discussions are an integral and inextricable part of feminism/womanism.

I like what's happening. And the world always feels new and better to me after a storm.

Re: As purple is to lavender…

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:05:59 -0000

Here it is, rescued from Haloscan, Betsy...

To be clear, this is Betsy's original comment

Thank you, Shark-fu. It has made me want to scream in frustration to see many feminist Clinton supporters who (RIGHTFULLY) are enraged by the sexism thrown at her in the media, and by the unwillingness of other progressives to acknowledge that, then turn around and DENY the racism that she has practiced and that has been thrown at Obama. They say that people who see it are being too sensitive, or that we shouldn't rush to judgment, or that it's somehow a conspiracy to make her into a "monster," and that thus it's somehow sexist to be angry at her for using racism. I posted this earlier, but I really think it's a useful (if imperfect) piece (that quotes some of the most important black feminist women in the academy at present):

http://www.thenation.com/do...

It has made me feel so alienated from a lot of people I thought were on my team.

Re: As purple is to lavender…

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:08:50 -0000

And here's the rest of the thread that got lost w/ Haloscan...

sunburned counsel: I heart you so much, and I needed this post so much right now.

Jersey: Damn bitch, you are the shit! For real!

PortlyDyke: This -- "It just flushed away a lot of that tolerance bullshit and exposed a rift that’s been there since way back in the day." That's it exactly. As rough as this primary season has been, I'm grateful that it's exposed so much crap that's been there all along -- festering . . . ugly . . . and destructive, even when it was ignored or more "subtle" (ha! As if!). I'm glad of your voice, every day, Shark-fu.

Linden: Amen to everything you say. Let's not forget, however, how the abolitionist movement left the women's suffrage movement on the curb for the next 55 years. Crap just goes round and round in the great merry-go-round of racism and sexism and classism and the strange interplays among 'em.

katecontinued: This needed to be written and I am so glad you did, Sharkfu. It is an opportunity to see ourselves more clearly - always important though often unwelcome. I love the title.

Re: Blog Note: New Commenting System

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:11:11 -0000

LOL!

Re: Blog Note: New Commenting System

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:13:12 -0000

Yes -- the ability to edit your comment. So if yoy realize immediately after hitting send you made a mistake, you've got the chance to edit it, as long as no one's replied yet. :-)

Re: Blog Note: New Commenting System

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:17:37 -0000

The second option.

Re: Blog Note: New Commenting System

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:18:37 -0000

Nope. Not right now. But there may be in future.

Re: Lost Open Thread

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:22:20 -0000

LOL! That. Is. Awesome.

Re: Lost Open Thread

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:31:17 -0000

Here were the comments lost w/ Haloscan...

Betty Vagynomite Boondoggle: Okay, I missed last week's ep. So perhaps this was marginally explained but WHAT THE #%&%@*(&#@ was going on in that cabin?

Bob: Yea, 'twas composéd of AW3SUM, indeed. Question: Is the Island on the back of a turtle?

Liss: WHAT THE #%&%@*(&#@ was going on in that cabin? -- That's Jacob's cabin. And Jacob is TEH leader of The Others. Ben was Jacob's lackey.

Liss: Question: Is the Island on the back of a turtle? -- LOL!!!

Miceelf: Glurg. My wife was on call last night, so I had to tape it and avoid watching. Can't wait for the end of the day.

Batocchio: So, I'm trying to decide what made me laugh the most. Your photo caption. Your Scottish selection. Or the high-fiving. It was pretty damn cool. I'm looking forward to the season finale. This season has been fucking fantastic.

Betty Vagynomite Boondoggle: "That's Jacob's cabin. And Jacob is TEH leader of The Others" - Oh, I know. But wtf with christian and claire?

Bob: But wtf with christian and claire? I see dead people.

Betty Vagynomite Boondoggle: Is claire dead?

Bob: Just a suspicion, Betty. Based on Christian telling Locke not to tell anyone that he saw Claire in the cabin.

Miceelf: I have to point out that Brian K Vaughn has been helping with the writing on this show. He wrote one of my favorite comics Y: The Last Man, which was great even though it broke my heart.

Betty Vagynomite Boondoggle: "Just a suspicion, Betty." - Ah. I didn't see last week so I'm all paranoid I missed some big! secret!

kg: If Claire's not dead she is definitely high.

bc: lol, kg. I think she's dead too - I mean, she left her baby. I read theories elsewhere that she actually died when her house got blown up and was walking around dead for awhile until Christian came for her.

Liss: she actually died when her house got blown up - That's what I'm thinking.

merciless: Best line: "Destiny is...a fickle bitch!" Best biceps: For this epi, Keamy. Best squee: Sayid speeding away on the Zodiac, going to rescue the Losties like the gorgeous fookin' hero that he is.

Betty Vagynomite Boondoggle: How do we explain Sawyer finding her awake then?

bc: to add to merciless' list: best scene: hurley and ben sharing the candy bar. omg. i laughed so hard.

merciless: bc is right, thanks for including it. We're so used to seeing evil Ben, Indiana Ben, guy-with-all-the-answers Ben, and him just sitting there with Hurley like children told to wait outside was perfect. The sharing of the candy bar just confirms once again that Hurley is entirely composed of awesome.

Betty Vagynomite Boondoggle: "The sharing of the candy bar just confirms once again that Hurley is entirely composed of awesome." - Fully seconded. He's a curly-topped paragon of awesome.

TheHolyFatman: Did. not. read.comments. resisted urge. watching TiVo tonight. cannot wait. *sluurp....sayid*

Thealogian: Though I'm now on board with the Claire dead in cabin explosion, apparition while carrying baby through jungle w/ Sawyer, et al; now that Christian was the one to "greet her" I suppose, I'm a little more confused because Christian is a Daddy and the Daddies all seem to be either in cahoots or at each others' throats. Palik, Widmore, etc. ????????? Anybody got any Daddy theories out there?

Re: Blog Note: New Commenting System

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:37:53 -0000

It makes it easier for the moderators. We have more options behind the scenes.

Re: Lost Open Thread

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:39:59 -0000

I'm with ya on that theory, M.

Re: Period.

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:44:16 -0000

unless you are talking about men getting raped in prison

Or women making false accusations. I would bet good money on the fact that the word "rape" more often follows "cry" than any other word in the English language in American newspapers.

Re: Period.

Melissa McEwan — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:40 -0000

Kelly hasn't been accused of rape

But it is legally statutory rape, whether he's been charged with it or not.