Comments on: Just Gonna Split These Down the Middle: A Links Round-Up

By: Tasha B. (heidenkind)

Tasha B. (heidenkind) — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 07:19:00 +0000

As a recovering academic, I really wish I hadn’t clicked on that link about Nazism in medieval studies. UUUUUUHG PEOPLE

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 15:35:00 +0000

In reply to Jeanne H. Griggs. To clarify, I did notice that #15 is that she read the Prose piece in the NY Review of Books. It's clear, though, that she did not read the novel Mister Monkey.

By: Jeanne H. Griggs

Jeanne H. Griggs — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 15:26:00 +0000

I am not liking Francine Prose anymore, which pains me because the kids and I loved her novel After (a YA post-apocalyptic novel about a high school using a nearby shooting to restrict the freedom of the students in increasingly horrifying and Orwellian ways–this came out when my kids were in HS and it was almost too real for us). But I really hate it when anyone says “I haven’t read ____” and then proceeds to talk about whatever they guess it might have been about. There’s really no excuse for not reading. As Orwell says, “ignorance is strength.”

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 14:36:00 +0000

I am most definitely asking for that version of The Odyssey for Christmas!

The headlines this morning have me wanting to walk out of work citing the need for a mental health day because they are so horrible I might lose my mind. This world has become terrifying.