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The following posts sum up my stance on the matter.

furiosity: фонарь, веревка, лестница, correction to the translation of the interview that caused the outrage, also with more cultural POV.

cormallen: More about the cultural differences

senatorsfan_ink: LJ's Content Strike: why it won't work

chaineddove: Gotta fight, gotta strike, 'cause there's no turning away from what you don't want to know..., aka more about the interview and why the strike won't be useful.

pat_t: Journals - Bah humbug!, a comparison between IJ and LJ, showing why IJ isn't the fannish paradise.

romanyg: Anton Nosik isn't a fascist.

I never had any intention of participating in the boycott, but if I had, the following posts would have been convinced me not to for good: There are people who feel that LJ's actions justify antisemitism. NO. The boycott itself isn't antisemitic and it's not antisemitic to participate in it, but this combined with the increasing "Russians are going to kill us" mentality (which I, as a Finn, are very familiar with) have convinced me this is something I'll rather pass.

Now, something I feel that everybody should read: Labor of Love, written by Thomas Beatie, is an article about a married couple where the husband is transgender, and who, due to his wife's inability to carry a child, decided to stop taking his testosterone and was inseminated. Despite the distinct lack of support from their family, friends and the doctors, the couple is now waiting for a healthy baby who's due in July. Definitely an inspiring story.