Comments on: Richard Sherman and Eurovision: A Links Round-Up

By: helen from a gallimaufry

helen from a gallimaufry — Tue, 17 May 2016 11:18:00 +0000

Lots of interesting links to check out, thank you! And Stephen Fry, I am VERY disappointed in you.

Did you watch Eurovision? I did not bother, but I did look up the Belorussian entry on YouTube because we were promised nudity! And live wolves! (Was a bit worried about the poor wolves being stressed.) And THAT was disappointing too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM07r57QqGg

By: Alice

Alice — Sun, 15 May 2016 17:56:00 +0000

I miss the eurovisions of my youth, such fun, such weird europop – now it’s probably all Beiber esc.. (she says, knowing full well that past Eurovisions also reflected the music of it’s time – I’m just bitter).

By: Christy

Christy — Thu, 12 May 2016 00:03:00 +0000

I have no idea how Skyrim works and I still don’t but that twitter story was entertaining anyway. 🙂 The Kirkus piece was very thought-provoking. From what that article says, it sounds like always identifying race is particularly useful for choosing children’s books. I want to fight against the assumption of white-as-default as well, but not sure what that would look like for my own blog. One thing I started thinking about this year: I sometimes quote from other blog reviews at the end of my own reviews. After reviewing a book that was explicitly about racial identity, I realized that my usual way for finding others’ reviews was going to result in quoting from all white bloggers, and that didn’t seem right especially considering the books’ topic. So I went looking for a review from a person of color to quote. I did find several. But now, I wonder if I should make sure I’m looking for diverse bloggers to quote for every book in the future, not just those about race. Anyway, long tangential comment – thanks for linking to that article!

By: Lynn @ Smoke & Mirrors

Lynn @ Smoke & Mirrors — Tue, 10 May 2016 18:56:00 +0000

Can’t wait to be able to read these! 🙂

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Mon, 09 May 2016 23:43:00 +0000

In reply to Jeanne. Linda Holmes is suuuuuch a good writer. When she writes a piece of analysis like that, I'm horribly jealous and think many thoughts about how I will never be half that incisive and clever.

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Mon, 09 May 2016 23:43:00 +0000

In reply to Ana @ things mean a lot. I KNOW UGH SHE IS SUCH A GOOD WRITER

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Mon, 09 May 2016 23:43:00 +0000

In reply to Lisa. Do you know Lindy West has a book out later this year? It's called, wonderfully enough, Shrill, and I am soooo looking forward to reading it!

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Mon, 09 May 2016 23:42:00 +0000

In reply to Athira. I KNOW. I love orcas so much, and I don't want them to be living in the awful Sea World conditions. Way to go Blackfish documentary people.

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Mon, 09 May 2016 23:37:00 +0000

In reply to Stefanie@SoManyBooks. Oh you KNOW that I enjoyed it extra because of that. And just because Linda Holmes is such an excellent writer.

By: Stefanie@SoManyBooks

Stefanie@SoManyBooks — Mon, 09 May 2016 20:00:00 +0000

Yay whales! Great review of Civil War. You probably got extra enjoyment since she compares it to Hamilton 😉