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I own a lot of DVDs now: A links round-up

A couple of years ago, I decided to go all in on DVD acquisition, because I found it within myself that I did not trust the streaming ecosystem. This was a great decision, especially because it was right about the time that FYE stopped selling DVDs and they were getting rid of all their used shit for like, pennies. I got three seasons of Babylon 5 for five dollars. Total! Not each! Imagine what a great investment this will turn out to have been once I finally get into Babylon 5! It has already paid off with Voyager, the first…

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It’s Scary How Many Links There Are: A Links Round-Up

LOL I keep meaning to post these links, and every Thursday evening, like clockwork, it falls right out of my brain that I have ever seen such a thing as a link in all my born days. So much has happened! Angela Lansbury died! Elon Musk might buy Twitter after all! Burkina Faso had its second coup of the year! I hope that y’all are all hanging in there as we head into spooky season. I hope your neighborhoods have lots of good Halloween decorations. I hope that the Locked Tomb fans among you are enjoying my scaaaaaaaaary Twitter display…

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THE MILLIONS BOOK PREVIEW: A Links Round-Up

Because it’s January, and I was posting a links round-up, I happened to wander over to The Millions to check on the status of their semi-annual book preview. AND IT IS LIVE. AND I MISSED IT. I somehow blame Wordle for this. I love Wordle, but surely if it hadn’t been taking over our twitter feeds, I would have seen people talking about the The Millions semi-annual book preview on Twitter. And then I would have known. HERE IT IS. (link) “I doubt Joanna Gaines had ‘Build a Personal Brand Empire Increasingly Reliant on Data Scraping’ on any of her…

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A Links Round-Up for the Long Weekend

If you are in America, I hope that you have today off in which to read plenty of awesome things, and a quiet weekend where people for God’s sake get their act together and stop shooting off every single firework. I plan to read a bunch of nonsense and hopefully write a book review post for Monday. I probably remember how to write posts of this kind. And maybe I will do something pretend-productive like enter old reviews into Storygraph. Relatedly, I’m on Storygraph! Follow me! “At your best, a companion. At your worst, a danger.” Linda Holmes examines white/black…

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I Really Need to Read The Price of Salt Already: A Links Round-Up

Hello, it is Friday, and I am pleased to report that I have (mostly) emerged from the weeds of a time so busy that I thought I was going to have to rip my hair out. I did not rip my hair out! Hurrah! As the prospect of a slightly quieter time loomed before me, I very cleverly took on a large new project. Ha ha I don’t know why I’m like this. Please send help, I can’t disentangle my feelings of self-worth from productivity. ANYWAY HERE ARE SOME LINKS, and I’m sorry we all have to live in late-stage…

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Rebranding, for Good and Evil: A Links Round-Up

Well, the end of August is finally here, and you know what that means: FOOTBALL IS COMING BACK. Admittedly I have mixed and complicated feelings about both college and professional football, but I also really love watching it. So, uh, yeah. I have reached no conclusions on this matter. Meanwhile, have some links; autumn is coming. This article on fanfiction’s rebranding in the past few years is excellent, and features Naomi Novik saying many intelligent things. What it’s like for women who flee North Korea. The librarians who track down the books their patrons only sort of remember. Since I…

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FRANZEN: A Links Round-Up

It’s Friday. If you’re reading this, you’ve survived another fucking week. I’m coping the same way I always do, by following the advice of the wonderful Celeste Pewter: I’ve adopted two Democratic Senate candidates as my own, and I plan to do an action for one of them each week, even if it’s something small. Bill Nelson’s seat in Florida is in a dead heat, and we have to hold the seats we have in the Senate (more Democrats than Republicans are up for reelection); and if y’all donate now, your donation will be double-matched, so you’re effectively donating $15…

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One Day There Won’t Be Sexist Poops in My Links Round-Up: A Links Round-Up

Another Friday is blessing us with its presence! I have been spinning through a busy week and am excited to get some relaxation time this weekend. So busy in fact that this is going to be kind of a short links round-up, and I apologize. But just know that I love you all, and I want you to read only the best internet content. The writers of Deadpool have never heard of fridging so that’s cool. (Spoilers for Deadpool 2 in this link.) Rebecca Solnit on the idea of sex as commodity. (I.e., women as commodity.) Living beyond tragedy: The…

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Interrupting Women: A Links Round-Up

A man named Ben Blatt analyzed — among other things — the gendering of certain terms and descriptions in fiction. My favorite finding is that male writers were 75% more likely to depict female characters interrupting male characters. TYPICAL. On diversity in historical romance. Given the history of Nazi appropriation of medieval studies and folklore, I was particularly interested in this February series at the Public Medievalist about people of color in the medieval world. The introduction to the series is here, and you can click through to the other pieces in it. Well this story about a doctor who…

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Richard Sherman and Eurovision: A Links Round-Up

How the whales have won (at Sea World). Note that this article describes people having their limbs torn off by orcas. Also note that orcas have never killed a human in the wild, I JUST MENTION IT. “We are not in a golden age of nuance”: A really remarkably good review of Marvel’s Civil War, from Linda Holmes at NPR’s Monkeysee. We really do seem to talk about trigger warnings more than encounter them, don’t we? Laurie Penny responds to Stephen Fry’s outburst of rage re: trigger warnings.1 Why white people tend to be so terrible about discussing race, and…

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