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RIP, Lou Reed
Posted in Entertainment, Other, tagged artists, death, Lou Reed, music, RIP on October 27, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Time for a New Read
Posted in Entertainment, Likes, tagged best of, books, entertainment, Fiction, genre fiction, literature, NPR, sff on October 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »
It’s time for me to find a new book to read, and what better place to start looking than SFSignal’s delightful visualization of NPR’s Top 100 SFF Books? Sure, the list is a little older, but literature is timeless, people, timeless!
Why Female Characters Should Be More Than “Strong”
Posted in Entertainment, Writing, tagged arts, entertainment, equality, genre fiction, literature, women, writing on August 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I Hate Strong Female Characters
Over at the New Statesman, Sophia McDougall has written a thoughtful piece on female characters in television, movies, and text. Provocatively titled, it is much more complex than one might think at first glance. This isn’t a tear-down or a diatribe, and it’s well worth a read.
I like “sexy kickassery” as much as the next person, but when it comes to characters…
What do I want instead of a Strong Female Character? I want a male:female character ratio of 1:1 instead of 3:1 on our screens. I want a wealth of complex female protagonists who can be either strong or weak or both or neither, because they are more than strength or weakness. Badass gunslingers and martial artists sure, but also interesting women who are shy and quiet and do, sometimes, put up with others’ shit because in real life there’s often no practical alternative. And besides heroines, I want to see women in as many and varied secondary and character roles as men: female sidekicks, mentors, comic relief, rivals, villains. I want not to be asked, when I try to sell a book about two girls, two boys and a genderless robot, if we couldn’t change one of those girls to a boy.
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I want her to be free to express herself
I want her to have meaningful, emotional relationships with other women
I want her to be weak sometimes
I want her to be strong in a way that isn’t about physical dominance or power
I want her to cry if she feels like crying
I want her to ask for help
I want her to be who she is
…this list of things is better.
Knights of About Damn Time
Posted in Entertainment, Likes, tagged awesome, entertainment, knights of badassdom, movies, peter dinklage, ryan kwanten, sff, steve zahn, summer glau, yay on July 25, 2013| 1 Comment »
What’s this, what’s this?
Knights of Badassdom Finally Gets Distributor (via Whedonesque.com)
Be still my heart. This movie looks hilarious and has a terrific cast that should be a blast to watch, including (but certainly not limited to) Peter Dinklage, Summer Glau, Ryan Kwanten and Steve Zahn. Thank you, EntertainmentOne. Can’t wait to see it!
Roswell’s 66th Anniversary, or, “Wait, We Landed Where?”
Posted in Entertainment, Likes, tagged aliens, back to work!, coffee break, creativity, Doodles, entertainment, fun, games, Google, history, Roswell, roswell incident, scifi, space on July 8, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I know, I should be working (and I have been and I will be) but! Google has a fun little Doodle in honor of the 66th anniversary of the Roswell incident, and it’s too much fun not to mention.
Need a break? Play the game and take a moment to feel for the little lost alien. Poor thing! Now back to work:)
Welcome to Diagon Alley!
Posted in Entertainment, Likes, tagged arts, awesome, books, books in real life, entertainment, fun, google maps, harry potter, j k rowling, literature, magic, sff, Writers, writing, yay on July 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Google Maps Street View now features an up close and personal tour through the Warner Brothers version of Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley. If that’s not fun for a Sunday morning, I don’t know what is. Thanks go out to the magical imagination of J.K. Rowling, and enjoy!
This is Good News: Ben Aaronovitch’s Peter Grant Series Optioned
Posted in Entertainment, Likes, tagged awesome, Ben Aaronovitch, books, British TV, entertainment, fun, genre fiction, sff, Tor.com, tv, Writers on June 27, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Ben Aaronovitch’s Peter Grant Series Optioned for UK TV Adaptation | Tor.com
Author Ben Aaronovitch’s hugely successful series of urban fantasy/police procedural novels featuring a copper who becomes a trainee wizard with the Met is to become a TV series in the UK.
As someone who likes well-written books and entertaining, thoughtful television, this is good news. We’ll have to see how the final product comes together but in the meantime, if the above description sounds intriguing and you haven’t already found Aaronovitch’s series, I suggest you start with the first book, Rivers of London.
This Tor.com-enabled lunch break is now over; I now return to my regularly scheduled work program!
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