A series of videos featuring some of the most bad-ass women in history is on the horizon, Lily Myers writes at Bust. The episodes will feature a Chinese pirate, Japanese…Continue readingWomen defying history
The last days of a Comic-con I had been hearing distinctive Artoo Detoo chirps and raspberries for a while but I couldn’t quite nail down where they came from –…Continue readingPeople people EVERYWHERE
My first Comic-con: Friday, Day 2 The closer I got to the Convention Center the more surreal the streets became. Pirates. Boba Fetts. Lots of Reys, of different ages and…Continue readingSurrealism in Seattle
My first Comic-con: Day 1 My knowledge of the comic-con phenomenon came from the legends of my tribe, the nerds and the geeks and the science fiction and fantasy people…Continue readingThe geeks and the nerds
“In late 2006, I wrote the first book review on Goodreads,” Otis Chandler writes on the website’s blog. “It was a simple, two-paragraph review of ‘A Short History of Nearly…Continue readingHow many reviews?!!
At Lit Hub, Rebecca Solnit offers a thoughtful essay entitled 80 Books No Woman Should Read She doesn’t actually offer such a list. The essay is in response to an…Continue readingTo Kill a Zombie
I guess this could explain a lot about me. My readers will have to decide. Victorian Doctors Thought Reading Novels Made Women ‘Incurably Insane’ At History Buff, Caroline Wazer,…Continue readingNovels make you crazy?
In The Guardian, celebrated correspondent Janine di Giovanni has selected The top 10 books of war reportage One of his choices (whole list and link below) includes ‘Hiroshima’, John Hersey’s…Continue readingThe horror that never ends
Most Western readers have a peculiar blind spot in the historical tapestry of European history. The Empire of Byzantium. There’s the Glory Of Rome, and then there’s the Middle Ages.…Continue readingA love story retold
To honor St. Patrick’s Day, Sandra Gisi offers us Three Irish Creatures Cooler Than Leprechauns “You’ll be seeing a lot of images of tiny bearded men in green coats and…Continue readingCooler Than Leprechauns?