alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Phedre)
let me hear your voice tonight ([personal profile] alexseanchai) wrote2009-04-12 11:32 pm

oh for the love of athena, artemis, zeus, apollo, and other kickass LGBTQ deities

amazon rank
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): amazon ranked

1. To censor and exclude on the basis of adult content in literature (except for Playboy, Penthouse, dogfighting and graphic novels depicting incest orgies).
2. To make changes based on inconsistent applications of standards, logic and common sense.

Etymology: from 12 April 2009 removal of sales rank figures from books on Amazon.com containing sexual, erotic, romantic, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or queer content, rendering them impossible to find through basic search functions at the top of Amazon.com's website. Titles stripped of their sales rankings include "Bastard Out of Carolina," "Lady Chatterly's Lover," prominent romance novels, GLBTQ fiction novels, YA books, and narratives about gay people.

Example of usage: "I tried to do a report on Lady Chatterly's Lover for English Lit, but my teacher amazon ranked me and I got an F on grounds that it was obscene."

Alternate usage: "My girlfriend wanted to preserve her virginity, and I was happy to respect that, then she amazon ranked and decided anal sex was okay."

note to self: look up non-Greek LGBTQ deities
ineptshieldmaid: Language is my playground (Narnia - Susan - Femmeslash Yay)

[personal profile] ineptshieldmaid 2009-04-14 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Heyhey :) I'm guessing you found me by interest search? (Or have I committed an Internet Social Faux Pas and should I in fact know you?)

ineptshieldmaid: Language is my playground (Default)

[personal profile] ineptshieldmaid 2009-04-14 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, cool :)

I put a moratorium on adding new friends on LJ a while back - no time. Creating a whole new BLOG may be shooting myself in the foot... *eyeroll*