It Gets Better/The Dangers of the Single Story

I can't sleep, and I remembered two things I wanted to put in my journal, both of which came from multiple sources.

The It Gets Better Project. "For all of you kids you there that worry it won't ever get better because you're struggling with being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered, I would like to personally tell you that I really, truly believe that it will." -- mrchriskelly over on Youtube.

The Dangers of the Single Story, a talk by author Chimamanda Adichie. (A transcript link.) This really resonated with me; instead of teal-deering about why, I'll just let this note stand and encourage people to read/listen to it.

Know If It's Worth (Star Trek XI commentfic, PG-13)

Title: Know If It's Worth
Fandom: Star Trek XI
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Pavel Chekov / Hikaru Sulu
Summary/Prompt: "This is Sulu's cat. one of his friends... ridicules him for this, and then Sulu is secretly wounded, and then they make up. with sex. ".
Content Advisory: Kittycat, insecurity, schmoop.
All Thanks To: merisunshine36 for the irresistible prompt, old_blueeyes for the fantabulous First Annual Sulu-Off, and bauble for the majestic name.
Disclaimer: None of these characters or their settings belong to me.
Title from "Starlight" by Muse, as usual.

( Pavel's shouting is still audible even through a Starfleet-issue titanium-and-mufflecore door. )