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Freedom of Speech, Terms & Conditions, and your Right to Privacy

Posted on August 15, 2017January 9, 2021 by Whitney

There’s a lot going on in the world right now. The Daily Stormer, a White Supremacist site is now homeless on the internet after GoDaddy terminated their hosting and then Google denied a request to host their domain as well. At the same time, the White House is trying to subpoena Dreamhost for the IP…

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#No Confederate, bad ideas, and what censorship isn’t

Posted on August 7, 2017November 23, 2022 by Whitney

If you’ve been on Twitter the last two Sundays, you probably saw the hashtag #NoConfederate trending. Confederate is the next show announced by HBO and the men behind Game of Thrones, D. B. Weiss and David Benioff. (Well, the non George RR Martin men behind the show) It aims to show an alternate universe where…

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Teen Vogue: Won’t Somebody Think of the Children

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Whitney

Bear with me. I just wanted to use that for a headline. And use this GIF via GIPHY So Teen Vogue has recently become an awesome place for journalism, and published a guide on anal sex on their website. And let me tell you, parents from all over were upset. The general consensus was that…

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Pirates, change and the redhead.

Posted on June 30, 2017April 7, 2025 by Whitney

It shouldn’t be news to anyone that I’m a fan of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. Annual Disneyland trips were a big part of my childhood and there were a select few rides that were always my favorite. Pirates being one of them. I had an intense pirates phase as a kid….

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I hate Cinco de Mayo

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Whitney

There. I said it. I hate Cinco de Mayo. I also hate St. Patrick’s Day, and it isn’t just because I hate excessive drinking. It’s because neither “holiday” is really rooted in celebrating anything cultural anymore. It’s just a flimsy excuse that white people snagged from another culture as a reason to drink. (And both…

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On the NHL skipping the Olympics.

Posted on April 3, 2017April 4, 2017 by Whitney

Today, the NHL released a press statement that they wouldn’t be stopping their season to allow players to participate in the Olympics (the first time they’ve come to this decision since 1998, when NHL players first began participating). This column went up on NHL.com explaining some of the logic behind it. And I’m going to…

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Dear Marvel, Diversity isn’t the Problem

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Whitney

Today, there was an interview where David Gabriel said that Marvel’s diverse titles had failed and they had feedback from shops that wasn’t what fans wanted. Which is… weird, to say the least. Because it isn’t anything like what I’ve heard from fans from all spectrum. Fans haven’t been happy with Marvel’s books – but…

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Longing for the Sea.

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Whitney

Sometimes I dream of the sea. I can taste the sea air, feel the water on my body and the water fill me with comfort as I dive below. I’m never human in these dreams, but a creature of salt and spray. They’re wonderful dreams. I actually wake up rested, which is unusual. My mantra…

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Congrats Riverdale, Now Do Your Homework

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Whitney

So Riverdale was renewed for a second season. And as I’ve been having some lovely weekly twitter chats with fellow viewers, where we’ve been discussing the shortcomings of this current season. So I thought that maybe I could offer a few suggestions for what you should be thinking about for season 2? 1. Make Jughead…

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Riverdale: the Grundy problem

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Whitney

I’ve been watching Riverdale for the last four episodes. I’ve started and stopped so many posts about this show it isn’t funny. About the apparent erasure of Jughead’s identity of being asexual and aromantic (as the comics have spelled out) – as Cole Sprouse spilled in an interview before the show started airing. About how…

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Whitney Drake

I am a writer, artist, mother, and geek. I write about what catches my attention- whether it's fandom, politics, hockey, life as a Latina, or life with Crohns disease. Sometimes I write about marriage and kids, but that's not very often these days.


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