Comments on: 2016 Is an Illusion: A Links Round-Up

By: Katie @ Doing Dewey

Katie @ Doing Dewey — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 01:19:00 +0000

Haha, the smokejumper thing is fantastic! Although I googled about it and apparently they only make $16/hour, which is not enough that I’d be willing to jump into a forest fire! Hopping over to check out your nonfiction recs now 🙂

By: A.M.B.

A.M.B. — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 02:32:00 +0000

Sometimes I wish 2016 were not real. Sigh. Anyway, thanks for the reading list on rape culture. It looks very interesting (some I’ve read already, and others are new to me).

By: IndieSister

IndieSister — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 10:10:00 +0000

I have that Susan Brownmiller book if you want to borrow it. It’s like 40 years old though and is all second wavy. I don’t know why I still have it since I am definitely never reading it ever again.

By: Kristen M.

Kristen M. — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 07:10:00 +0000

Okay, but no Philadelphia Story on the rom-com list? Because it’s the best. Better than Desk Set as a rom-com. Desk Set is wonderful for its own reasons.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 21:49:00 +0000

I can’t give many examples of mentally ill women from SF/F, but Stephen King has several mentally ill women as protagonists in both his horror and his fantasy work.

By: Read Diverse Books

Read Diverse Books — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 07:59:00 +0000

I am ashamed to have missed Alexandra Petri’s debate recaps as they were published. Thank you for introducing me to her. I went through all the headlines of her most recent articles, and they’re all gold.

By: Heather O'Roark

Heather O'Roark — Sat, 22 Oct 2016 14:59:00 +0000

I’m bookmarking the rape culture syllabus too. I agree with Sarah – it’s a lot to read each week but I will definitely make my way through it.

By: Stefanie@SoManyBooks

Stefanie@SoManyBooks — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 16:27:00 +0000

Rankine briefly mentioned her macarthur grant plans at the event I went to the other night after I had seen the Guardian article about it. I was so excited and was disappointed she wasn’t given the chance to talk more about it. We’ve been visiting some of the same websites lately! I put the book from the Tor article Border Line on my library list the other day and I bookmarked the Public Books rape culture syllabus.

By: Sarah Says Read

Sarah Says Read — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 13:13:00 +0000

Oooo I’m bookmarking the crap out of that rape culture syllabus. Although I don’t know if I can read that many things in one week, but I’m totally going to work through it slowly. Unless you have a more structured readalong thingy in mind?

Also, those debate recaps are a hoot. I loved hate-watching the debates this year but man the third one was rough. I am very ready for it to be done now.