I was hoping to have time to write up the NT Live Frankensteins I saw for Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V but I’m still working on my presentation for PCA, so it’s unlikely to happen. I did upload a version of my speech with the Powerpoint slides embedded (very hastily, so it’s a bit clunky) so they…
Category: popular culture
eBooks: No longer the future
They’re the PRESENT! Yeah, Mashable has a story about how Kindle books are outselling hardcovers on Amazon and the L. A. Times has a long article on how ebooks are transforming the reading experience. Even most authors are prepared for the need to push the various electronic editions, but we’re still figuring out the best…
I’m So Very Sorry (Maybe)
My latest column for BitchBuzz examines the gendering of apology, based on a couple of events you may or may not have heard about unless, like me, you monitor all media like a Bond villain (yes, Kipper helps): Here’s a study in contrasts: As our own Rebecca Thomson reported, there was a brouhaha about laddish…
BitchBuzz: Women Filming Women
My latest column for BitchBuzz incorporates some of my review of The Runaways. The Queen and I had an interesting discussion on Facebook about it — I was a bit more critical of it, mostly because I found it choppy and too often given to clichés, but on the whole I liked it and would…
Into the West
There will be a wrap up of my trip to PCA and the visit to my folks in New Mexico soon. In the meantime, enjoy the quiet.
Steamy Reading & Hot News
As many of you know, I have a bunch of pals who write romance, so my latest column for BitchBuzz celebrates their success, which has been in the news a bit lately. Here’s a snippet: While you may still have in your head a picture of the old-fashioned bodice ripper of decades ago, one of…
BitchBuzz: I Hate Top 10 Lists
My latest column for BitchBuzz, grumbling about top ten lists: If there’s one thing I hate about the end of the year, it’s the proliferation of Top Ten (and Top 100 and so on) lists. Everywhere you turn, there’s another blowhard detailing what was really best about the last year or decade or even century….
BitchBuzz: Unique Halloween Costumes
Okay, most of the readers here won’t need this particular column, but others will, so be kind — and share! Yes, I know it’s been a week since I last posted, but between Albacon and the Medievalism conference AND too many meetings and teaching all day yesterday, I’m still getting caught up. So here’s my…
BitchBuzz: Mistress of Horror
My latest column gives some recommendations if you want to give a really good fright movie fest this month. Ah, the spooky season!October! The season of the witch and all things creepy crawly. Sure, you’re probably thinking about that big Halloween fright fest and chattering eagerly to your friends. But, what’s this? They’re rolling their…
BitchBuzz: It Makes You Gay!
My column this week chuckles a bit at a Republican senator’s Chief of staff, who told an audience that “pornography makes you gay” and was not kidding. Whatever your thoughts about pornography, surely you’ll agree that it’s a kind of goofy thing to suggest. But it’s just one more strange piece of the puzzle that…