I realize I've not been around in a long, long time, and my last post said I was only keeping this journal in order to participate at ontd_startrek.  But!  I had an awesome idea for a fandom read-along, and I'm trying to spread the word about it!  Please signal boost if you can, and come join me in the joy of reading and/or dreaming about Benedict Cumberbatch's ( Read more... )

The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show by Ariel Gore

The story of a troupe of seven performance artists, narrated by a lapsed Catholic whose "trick" is manifesting stigmata, and what happens to them when they get a little too much media attention.  Gore's father is an excommunicated Catholic priest, and her bio says she grew up attending his ( Read more... )

It's possible that, like me, you're enraptured with the new film, but sorely want more of the awesome ladies of that world. To that end, I've put together a little post about some of my favorite ladies, both from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original works and other, similar creations.

( Mary Morstan )

Things I have read lately which are awesome:

Quiz to test if you have latent racial issues with S/U by ankhesen_mie  - By far the most epic post on racism and nu!Trek to ever be written. Even if you don't have issues with Spock/Uhura, you should read this. I promise it will teach you something.

Ladies, Please! by Sarah Rees Brennan - Awesome essay about female ( Read more... )

help_haiti // another perspective // similar ibarw posts

I realize we're a long way from IBARW, but in the spirit of the posts I did for it in 2009, I wanted to share with you all some things by my favorite Haitian writer, Edwidge Danticat.

( Danticat, a Haitian-American writer, still has family in Haiti. )

So I have decided to try my hand (my brain?) at this craziness: The Chunkster Challenge.  You know I can't resist a challenge.

One year.  Over 1750 pages.  (I'm only committing to 3, since I will in theory be starting grad school in the fall and will then have zero time for insane reading challenges over and above the one called grad school.  Oh ( Read more... )

Although what I'm posting for today is really more like a present to meeeeeee ( Read more... )

staraflur did this meme and it seemed like fun, so here we go.

I give you first lines of 15 random favorite books that I have scattered around my house, you guess the name of the books. Comments are screened until all are correctly guessed, or until everyone gives up. I can also give hints if some of these are too hard.

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