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Mar. 15th, 2009 06:26 pmIn case you're wondering about 2009's continuing campaign to annoy me to death, let it be known that I have a cold. An irritating, perfectly ordinary cold. I blame the youth. As one of the teachers at the school says, the students are plague rats. (If you feel like you're fighting off a cold for about two days, this means you will be slammed with the full-blown cold shortly. Just to warn you.) On the bright side, my sister came home to visit, and she's awesome and we had a great time.
Okay, links. I would love to talk at length about Tobias Buckell's Ragamuffin and David Anthony Durham's Acacia: The War with the Mein, but I need to use all my critical thinking skills for writing a sample grant proposal for a class. (I'm learning all about web accessibility issues, the subject of my pretend grant. I can use some of this at work!) So file those under "Coming Soon."
From Feminist SF - The Blog!, the post I Will Not Die For Your Amusement. Yonmei reacts to the trailer for Lesbian Vampire Killers. This is not, as it might sound, a movie about Willow Rosenberg and friends killing vampires. Read that imdb synopsis and Yonmeis post and join me in saying, "Seriously? Someone actually made that movie?"
Using Willow as a transition, next is Willow (from Buffy) on Columbus Day and Thanksgiving. It's about that awful Thanksgiving episode where some an Ancient Indian CurseTM releases vengeful Chumash ghosts on Sunnydale just in time for Thanksgiving. Willow points out that the Chumash have good reason to be upset and doesn't want to kill them. But as it turns out, there's no other solution to save the town from the marauding ghostly horde - they're just forced to kill them all, because the Chumash can't be reasoned with and have no motive but killing white folks who just want to have a nice turkey dinner. Forced, I tell you!
Waaaay back, a Jewish woman named Eliza Davis called Charles Dickens on his anti-Semitic portrayal of Fagin in Oliver Twist. He eventually tried to do better. I did not know that! (I also imagine a lot of this soon: "If Charles Dickens can pull up his pants and make the effort, you can too!")
Expanded Horizons A webzine I sadly don't have time to read just now, but will soon. From their "What We're About" section: "The mission of this webzine is to increase diversity in the field of speculative fiction, both in the authors who contribute and in the perspectives presented. We feature speculative fiction stories and artwork, as well as essays about speculative fiction and fandom from diverse points of view."
Vatican Defends Brazil Excommunication Dad rapes 9-year-old daughter. Mom helps daughter get abortion (of twin fetuses with very little likelihood of surviving) to save daughter's life. Catholic Church excommunicates mom and doctor; calls abortion a "more serious" crime than the rape. Depressing situation all around.
Okay, links. I would love to talk at length about Tobias Buckell's Ragamuffin and David Anthony Durham's Acacia: The War with the Mein, but I need to use all my critical thinking skills for writing a sample grant proposal for a class. (I'm learning all about web accessibility issues, the subject of my pretend grant. I can use some of this at work!) So file those under "Coming Soon."
From Feminist SF - The Blog!, the post I Will Not Die For Your Amusement. Yonmei reacts to the trailer for Lesbian Vampire Killers. This is not, as it might sound, a movie about Willow Rosenberg and friends killing vampires. Read that imdb synopsis and Yonmeis post and join me in saying, "Seriously? Someone actually made that movie?"
Using Willow as a transition, next is Willow (from Buffy) on Columbus Day and Thanksgiving. It's about that awful Thanksgiving episode where some an Ancient Indian CurseTM releases vengeful Chumash ghosts on Sunnydale just in time for Thanksgiving. Willow points out that the Chumash have good reason to be upset and doesn't want to kill them. But as it turns out, there's no other solution to save the town from the marauding ghostly horde - they're just forced to kill them all, because the Chumash can't be reasoned with and have no motive but killing white folks who just want to have a nice turkey dinner. Forced, I tell you!
Waaaay back, a Jewish woman named Eliza Davis called Charles Dickens on his anti-Semitic portrayal of Fagin in Oliver Twist. He eventually tried to do better. I did not know that! (I also imagine a lot of this soon: "If Charles Dickens can pull up his pants and make the effort, you can too!")
Expanded Horizons A webzine I sadly don't have time to read just now, but will soon. From their "What We're About" section: "The mission of this webzine is to increase diversity in the field of speculative fiction, both in the authors who contribute and in the perspectives presented. We feature speculative fiction stories and artwork, as well as essays about speculative fiction and fandom from diverse points of view."
Vatican Defends Brazil Excommunication Dad rapes 9-year-old daughter. Mom helps daughter get abortion (of twin fetuses with very little likelihood of surviving) to save daughter's life. Catholic Church excommunicates mom and doctor; calls abortion a "more serious" crime than the rape. Depressing situation all around.
