True fangirl confessions: I wrote Richard Siken a note about how much I liked Crush, and how I saw lots of continuities between his poetry, SPN, and the Mountain Goats in their treatment of masculinity/violence/drinking/desire/road trips/that general constellation of Americana. He wrote back noting that Crush predated SPN (which I knew, truly!) ( Read more... )

Podfic of Skin Deep, my SV genderswap Clark/Lex story!

I very much enjoyed this article in which the authors engage in a classic debate: TVD v. SPN. Sample: “I'll take 145 years of brotherly brooding and angst over the apocalypse any day (I mean, Stefan basically turned Damon into a vampire! How do you compete with... Crap, nevermind).”

( short stories, images of impending death )

Believe it or not, all these are related in one way or another to my academic interests. ( technology and culture, champagne, money and intimate relations, history of marketing, digital libraries )