re: ankhs: Throw in some Golden Dawn stuff and really make their day.
If you want me to leave, you can put your hands on my hot, tight little body and make me.
Spike ,'Get It Done'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Connie Neil - Apr 06, 2015 12:19:24 pm PDT #23166 of 28342
brillig
EpicTangent - Apr 06, 2015 1:00:08 pm PDT #23167 of 28342
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
And, cultures aren't a monolith
Heh, I actually asked a guy at work about the offensiveness of something (else) and prefaced by telling him he was speaking for ALL of India. He joked about being qualified to be the voice of all memfault-number million of them.
Pix - Apr 06, 2015 4:20:20 pm PDT #23168 of 28342
The status is NOT quo.
I use this blog with my students to talk about the difference between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation: [link]
It’s a good read and makes the concepts pretty clear, I think.
EpicTangent - Apr 06, 2015 4:33:12 pm PDT #23169 of 28342
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Very interesting, Pix, thanks for posting.
hippocampus - Apr 09, 2015 12:45:10 pm PDT #23170 of 28342
not your mom's socks.
Are there Amanda Downum fans here? she's having an art contest giveaway for Dreams of Shreds and Tatters: [link]
Kat - Apr 09, 2015 3:09:55 pm PDT #23171 of 28342
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Have any of you read anythign by Marcus Selfridge? He's coming to speak to my class in two weeks and I haven't read anything by him yet.
Anne W. - Apr 09, 2015 4:08:49 pm PDT #23172 of 28342
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Has anyone else here read Station Eleven? It's one of the more unusual (and easily one of the best) post-apocalyptic stories out there. It's surprisingly hopeful and cozy, and I love the conceit of a traveling symphony/theater troupe going from outpost to outpost to put on concerts and perform Shakespeare.
sj - Apr 09, 2015 4:13:14 pm PDT #23173 of 28342
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Have any of you read anythign by Marcus Selfridge? He's coming to speak to my class in two weeks and I haven't read anything by him yet.
Never heard of him. What does he write? I can't find any listing for that name on amazon.
Consuela - Apr 09, 2015 8:37:57 pm PDT #23174 of 28342
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Anne, I downloaded the sample chapter of Station Eleven and liked what I read, but I've got a backlog of reading to do, so I haven't picked it up yet. Maybe for my plane ride in a couple of weeks...
Juliebird - Apr 09, 2015 9:50:35 pm PDT #23175 of 28342
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I'm reading Child 44 and I now have so much whiplash from the POV changing from paragraph to paragraph.