Unique photos of Chelyabinsk meteorite explosion (via)
- When the TBR is not your friend
- Cosplay as Slave Leo (via)
- Sarah Uthoff is looking for questions about Laura Ingalls Wilder
- NY Times Trolls Brooklyn Hipsters with Suburban Brooklyn Hipsters Story (via)
- The Moose Cleanse ”But I promise you, if you truly commit to the moose cleanse and listen to what your body is telling you, your system will find a way to get the air it needs. Trust is a huge component of the moose cleanse. It’s not just physical. It’s going to transform every aspect of your life, even the way your heart and lungs metabolize diffused gases.”
- The Allusive John Wesley Harding And hey! It’s a free EP! Wes is one of my favorite musicians and a fine human being who never makes me feel like the dorky fangirl that I am. Also, he played my birthday request a year and a half ago at World Cafe Live.
- Captain Awkward (best. advice. columnist. EVER.) on how to tighten up your game at work when your’e depressed. Or if you just need a kick in the metaphorical pants.
- The Rexifier!
- Amazing Star Wars art. I want one of each. (via)
- The Curious Case of Reeva Steenkamp’s Boyfriend and Global Death Cult Misogyny
- Romance Novels for Feminists on Romancing Disability: Bonnie Dee’s New Life Which I read and while I definitely appreciated it for what it was doing–I think it’s an amazing book and definitely boundary-pushing–I had a hard time with the first person narration.
- What your culture really says.
- Brief Boskone writeup.
- Some Reasons why Dirty Dancing is the Best
- The 2012 Nebula nominations are out! Congratulations to all the nominees! I’m very glad to see a bunch of books and people I like on the list. However, I will note that the comments section appears to be ground zero of the current ERMAGERD GIRL AND BROWN PEOPLE COOTIES ranting in some dark corners of fandom.
Ivanova is getting real tired of your bullshit.
- Kit Whitfield with a thoughtful and thought-provoking post on a recent speech by Hilary Mantel concerning the nature of royalty, physicality and publicity.
- Three independent bookstores file suit against the Big Six and Amazon over e-book DRM.
- The Strange Secret Evolution of Babylon 5. Happy 20th anniversary, Babylon 5! Best science fiction television show EVER. This next set of links is ALL FRAN‘S FAULT.
OH THE NON-WHITE-MALE-COOTIES. Seriously, those commenters at SF Signal.
Although some of the other comments are win.
COOTIES. EVERYWHERE.
I linked to that list of nominees instead or some others because I was enjoying the smackdown of the sad white men in the comments.
They are so sad. It would be funny if it weren’t still such a large part of genre spaces.
It would be. I wish it weren’t something that came up with such depressing frequency. In my more positive moments, I think of it as the death rattle of the kyriarchy.
I read “Extinction outburst” as a term referring to it on Twitter…
Arrgh about the non-white-male cooties. Some of the retorts though were win.
Can’t believe it’s the 20th anniversary of Babylon 5! Wow. I remember thinking the pilot movie was a bit naff, but then I was slowly sucked into the show as I watched S1. By S2, I was thoroughly hooked.