Ever wondered how the sausage of film and TV casting gets made? The Guardian has a superb article about Nina Gold, the queen of casting.

This is a pretty extraordinary excerpt of oral history done by Zora Neale Hurston, an interview with a survivor of a slave ship.

George Yancy writes about what it’s like to be black in academia.

Here’s a story about trying to report sexual harassment as a call center worker.

Alexis Okeowo writes about her home state of Alabama and the heritage it loves to celebrate and ignore. (cn: lynching)

Three women who are defying the whiteness of romance novels.

This new app sounds racist even by the standard of neighborhood apps.

How the US erases native people from the landscapes of National Parks.

An ode to Brooklyn Nine Nine, a show about which I no longer have to feel heartbroken because NBC saved the day.

“Why is a woman in power questioned on sight?” On Raymond Chandler and being a rare bookseller.

“This won’t sell” is the widest moat in the castle’s defenses. Rabih Alameddine writes about comforting myths and the literature sanctioned by empire (which is most of it).

I always thought it would be super cool to be a sound guy, and Vulture is here to, um, well not exactly back me up, but to talk about how sound guys make sex scenes and stuff for the movies.

Infinity War spoilers in this link, but yeah, Gamora’s plotline was the thing that convinced me I didn’t want to see Infinity War.

Anyone got fun weekend plans? Awesome links I missed?

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