Gacked from josan and two RL friends: this is the newest way to use all that book-learning to do good ( Read more... )

Questions for my Flist:

1. These HP cons -- Terminus, Portus, Phoenix Rising, etc. Do I want to go to one or more of them?
Be aware that I am nearly as dweeby as I write. That is, not a teenager and fairly academic by nature. Ugh, I sound like schoolmarm!Hermione. Actually, I have many friends under 20 (and over 50) and am considered by all and ( Read more... )

These are neat ideas for the kinds of papers any fan would want to read, or write, in any fandom. BSG isn't among mine, and I only just saw this (with deadline asap). Still, someone may like ( Read more... )

Farewell, Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007)


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Hmmm. Is this reviewer a fan, or just a very astute reader who should be? And a Snape-centric one, at that.

Snape: the authentic protagonist ( Read more... )

Oscar the Hospice CatSince he was adopted by nursing home staff members as a kitten, Oscar the Cat has had an uncanny ability to predict when residents are about to die. Even the New England Journal of Medicine has noted and tracked the 2-year-old cat's habit of curling up comfortingly next to those he somehow senses are nearing that veil. The ( Read more... )

Dammit, why didn't one of the tenured faculty in our number set up a 400/500 level class for us?
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POTT.ST 407/507

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Literary Analysis and Social Effects

(online course, all campuses)[cross-listed with W.ST, CULT.ST, LIT, PHIL, HIST, MED.ST. & COMM, RHET/COMP, COMP.LIT, FILM.ST, EDUC, ETHI ( Read more... )

My favorite first reaction fics, starring the Weasley twins (gen).

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This cracked me up.

In The New York Times today, "Paper Cuts," a Book Blog, reported on The Guardian's "digested read" of Deathly Hallows ( Read more... )

NOTE: Spoilers behind cut, and in all discussions linked!

magnetic_pole kicked off a much-needed discussion of how the gender roles in DH reveal some rather strong and, as most see it, conservative "norms" being promoted. Suffice it to say, the book's ending (yes, including that "E" part) may be "conclusive" for the canon, but are only just the beginning for ( Read more... )