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Offline LadyKate63

  • Name: LadyKate
  • Age: 45
  • Gender: Female
  • Location: NJ US
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Recommended reading

XENA STUFF

Essays:

Why I love Xena
Why I love Xena/Ares

My fanfiction:

Equal to the Gods: bitexter angst
The Joining -- shipper trilogy:
Part I: Understanding
Part II: The Test
Part III: Reunion

A Twist of Fate: want a shipperish version of When Fates Collide?
Love in a Time of Twilight: dark, angsty, adult

Other shipperfic:

Just about anything by Carly. My favorites:
Afterwards (Xena, Ares and others after Motherhood)
Coming Back
Divine Sight (alternate version of The Furies)
Green Isle: heartbreaking and lovely
Otherworld
The Hundred Ways To Love (post-FIN angst)
The Thing You Love (Remember Nothing, with Ares)
World Enough (Ares looks for Xena across many worlds)

Stories by Tango:

The Outsiders: Eternity Broken and Fortuna's Champion -- epic and poetic
Into the Dawn (You Are There sans Nigel)
The Birds Will Cry (post-FIN, Gabrielle-centric, shipperish, and very poignant)

secular atrophy:

Pebbles -- a great series of vignettes, mostly X/A, some X/G and other pairings.

Skin Tight by Juxian Tang (warning: contains some very disturbing violence but is very beautifully written -- Juxian is great at weaving together very dark, violent material with a uniquely lyrical tenderness)

Other Xena fanfic:

Xena's Little Bitch, The Moral of the Story. A very interesting exploration of some of the issues in the show.

Sais2Cool:
The Rest Is Silence: Xena reflects on her life with Gabrielle before they are crucified in Ides of March
Confession: Gabrielle reflects on her life with Xena after FIN.

Fighting The Good Fight by Temora. If you like Xena and you like humor, this is for you -- a great, affectionate send-up of the show that hits all the right spots.

The Destiny series by Atiaran: a fascinating alternate-universe story centered on Gabrielle and Caesar after the death of Conqueror Xena. I didn't think I could get into it, either.

Destiny I
Destiny II
In Vino Veritas
Choices
Heroes
She of the Djinn
Interlude: Suffering
Homecoming
Long Dark Night (end of the series)
The Beginning: Death of the Conqueror (prequel)
The Storm (prequel to the prequel)

OTHER STUFF

Some of my professional articles:

The Good Tsar? (Reason, July 2007) A eulogy for Yeltsin.

Ayn Rand at 100 (Reason, March 2005). Loved, hated, and always controversial, the best-selling author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged is more relevant than ever.

God Talk (Reason, January 2001). Religious speech and the First Amendment.

The Mommy Wars (Reason, July 2000) Why feminists and conservatives just don't get modern motherhood.

Sex & Sensibility (Reason, March 1999). Men are from Earth, women are from Earth; deal with it.

Man Troubles (Reason, July 1994). The men's movement.

Secrets and lies (Salon, May 3, 2001). Racial preferences in college admissions.

A Man's right to choose (Salon, October 19, 2000). Is it fair that women have reproductive rights while men have reproductive responsibilities?

The anti-child revolt (Salon, July 31, 2000). "Child-free" militants, bug off.


Who I am

"For every complex question there is a simple answer. And it's wrong." ~~ H. L. Mencken


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With Xena writer Steve Sears
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With Russian human rights activist Elena Bonner

I was born in Moscow (Russia) in 1963. I have lived in the United States since 1980.

Since March 2001, I have been dividing my time between "real life" -- in which I am a writer/journalist and the author of two books -- and the Xena: Warrior Princess fandom, in which I am a fan fiction writer, a staff writer for the Shipper Virtual Seasons, a digital artist, a contributor to the online journal Whoosh!, and a moderator at Xena Online Community.

I am passionate about Xena, the show and the character, and about the Xena/Ares "'ship." I am passionate about art and beauty, books and ideas. I am passionate about my friends and my work; and, last but not least, about freedom and justice.

I believe in treating people as individuals first, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, or any other group membership.

I believe that, with very few exceptions (such as those who preach hate or violence), one should try to look at both or all sides to a story or an argument.

I believe that honest and intelligent people can strongly disagree and still treat each other and each other's beliefs with respect -- whether in political discussions or in the Xena fandom.

Who I hang out with

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Speak now, or forever hold your peace!

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    JSolo1

    User Infostatus offline321 Kudos

    05/20/08

    image Just swingin' thru to put some XOC love on your page! Hope you're doing well, Professor.You are absolute royalty in my eyes, and I wanted you to know that today. Love you much and talk to ya soon!

    Solo


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    DarkQueen88

    User Infostatus online113 Kudos

    05/18/08

    *obeys Lady Kate's command* :D

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    Zaudeen

    User Infostatus offline143 Kudos

    05/18/08

    Haha. It seems to be back to normal for the 'many-th' time.

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    05/19/08

    Reply from LadyKate63:

    Cool! :D See you on the board soon, I hope! there are some great videos (X/G and X/A) that you should check out. :)
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    skimgirl

    User Infostatus online323 Kudos

    05/18/08

    hi and thank you once again for making me one of your friends!
    everybody is just so nice here! i love this place already (and i'm already addicted image)

    greets
    Sophie

    05/18/08

    Reply from LadyKate63:

    You're very welcome! :) great to have you on the board!
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    ronniewailer

    User Infostatus offline131 Kudos

    05/18/08

    Oh, of course not! Unfortunately, I won't be on as much during the summers, what with being busy and all. Come August though, you guys'll never get rid of me :D
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    lovedust

    User Infostatus offline123 Kudos

    05/17/08

    Hi, thanks very much for the welcome! Everyone is being so nice, I'm glad I became a member. :)
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    ronniewailer

    User Infostatus offline131 Kudos

    05/16/08

    Hey! I am missing for a fundamental (that makes me go mental) reason. That reason is...finals. *dies* Yeah. When the pain's over, I'll be back....I've missed this place soooo much!

    05/16/08

    Reply from LadyKate63:

    Aww good luck! I was hoping you hadn't just gotten tired of us and run off. ;)
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    Mims27

    User Infostatus online106 Kudos

    05/15/08

    Thanks for the warm welcome.
    This place seems like a really fun place.
    : )
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    XarahXFF

    User Infostatus offline101 Kudos

    05/15/08

    It was nice meeting you LadyKate at the London con :-) as you can see I finially made it here imageI'm still trying to figure this here out. I am also working on a little report, if possible a little movie, there is already plenty to read about the con image


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    Ezakus

    User Infostatus offline106 Kudos

    05/15/08

    It was nice to put some faces to names, unfortunatly due to the trip to London on the first day of the convention it took more out of me than I was expecting and I was not as socialable as I could have been. It was certainly worth the effort though and met some strange characters along the way. There is a report in the works that explains all but I've just got to finish writing the blooming thing.

    Paul
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