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Category Archives: features: your daily moment of zen

your daily moment of zen: On Sirengate, and beyond.

April 28, 2012by usagi. 3 Comments

So. It was an exciting week this week with the whole Sirengate plagarism thing. And it had me thinking – do I want to keep participating memes that will, ultimately, […]

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The Pink Cemetery: Or, How I Pariticipated in “Pink Smog”

January 24, 2012by usagi. 1 Comment

I selected this post to be featured on Book Review Blogs. Please visit the site and vote for my blog! So I might have alluded to this before in my […]

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your daily moment of zen: We’re Back! + More info on today’s SOPA/PIPA protest

January 18, 2012by usagi. 3 Comments

Okay, so, we’re back after our 24hr+ protest. I did not do any stuff related to this blog whatsoever today. Instead I watched some of the livestreams of the house […]

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NOTICE: DOWNTIME TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012 #SOPASTRIKE

January 17, 2012by usagi. 1 Comment

Just to let all of you guys know, Birth of a New Witch will be going dark for all of tomorrow, Wednesday January 18, 2012 in solidarity with sopastrike.com. It […]

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your daily moment of zen: #yasaves, the wsj article, and me.

June 13, 2011by usagi. 1 Comment

I’ve been meaning to write this article for about a week now, but I’ve been trying to get my thoughts together and coherent enough for everyone to make sense of […]

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your daily moment of zen: Why I blog about books, Why I want to write

March 29, 2011by usagi. 1 Comment

After reading the “authors and bloggers” discussion post at the story siren, it really made me sit down and think. I hadn’t really thought of a lot of the points […]

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☆ your daily moment of zen.

March 4, 2011by usagi. Leave a comment

Also known as “the editorial posts” – posts I make when I’m feeling highly opinionated on a non-fiction topic, or other miscellaneous writing that’s not fiction or reviews. april 28, […]

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your daily moment of zen: the post-millennial lifestyle lolita

February 22, 2011by usagi. 2 Comments

Murasaki no Ryuu made a very interesting post about being a lifestyle lolita recently; about the activities considered standard for a lifestyle lolita, what she does, and so forth. I’m […]

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your daily moment of zen: on lolita fashion and the lgbtq community

January 11, 2011by usagi. 5 Comments

  Lolita Fashion & the LGBTQ Community Okay, so. I read lj’s lolita secrets every now and then when it isn’t entirely filled with needless bitching and crying. Keyword here […]

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your daily moment of zen: on the end of “Umineko no Naku Koro ni”, Witches, and Mysteries

January 5, 2011by usagi. 1 Comment

It’s the end of an era.

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