What I'm reading

[epershand]

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(Currently hiding in the mountains, practicing my falling-down-hills skills. And my sliding around on ice skills. And my booze drinking skills. But here are some things I've been reading lately that you might be interested in reading too.)

Internets:

Alyssa Rosenberg's blog. Alyssa's a cultural columnist at TheAtlantic.com, writing about things like better feminist role models than Bella Swann and Jersey Shore's place in the "bad things that happen at the beach" canon. And at her own blog she talks about hip-hop, and the Star Wars extended universe novels, and the problem of growing up and still trying to stay a Rent fan. I am kind of obsessed with her blog.

Beyond Victoriana. dmp's weekly essay series about representations of people of color in steampunk is always thought-provoking and has introduced me to some really cool artists and designers who I wouldn't have known about without her.

Microsoft Paint Adventures: Homestuck This genre-bending webcomic/text-based adventure game/experiment in meta-storytelling is just explosively awesome. And it has a hero who fights with knitting needles. (I'm in the middle of making a batch of homestuck LJ icons; that might wind up being my next post.)

Jane Austen Challenge at Attic Salt. Amy is leading us all in a group re-reading of Jane Austen's books. We're only two weeks in, you can totally join in on the fun!

In printed and bound form:

Sense and Sensibility: See above re: Jane Austen Challenge.
Master and Commander: Why did I not know how addictive this book was years ago?
Foiled: Hitler's Jewish Olympian: Every two years or so I try to talk myself into reading this book. It... hasn't happened yet. Honestly, I'm pretty sure it's not going to happen this year either.

Right. To the sleeping.

Comments

[dmp]

Thanks for reccing my blog ^-^

[epershand]

Well, I really love your blog.

[damned_colonial]

Reading that article about seaside misbehaviour... did she look at a map? Because she seems to think that Bath is by the sea.

[epershand]

Yeah, the Atlantic's fact-checker seems to have dialed it in that day too.

[e-clare.livejournal.com]

I just spent about 2 hours reading Alyssa Rosenberg's blog and following all of her links and YouTube videos. Thank you! Off to make dinner...

[epershand]

That is pretty much what happened to me the first time I started reading her blog.

[joandarck]

Hey, thanks so much for getting me home. If you ever have time, hit me with those Garak/Bashir recs! I've read all the stuff that's easy to find on delicious, but there has to be more, surely. Surely?

[nextian]

WHERE DOING IT

WHERE MAKIN IT HAPEN

Where "it hapen" stands for "Emma spend several days entrapped in this website." I am MSPaint Adventures stuck. Why did no one prompt this for Yuletide??

It keeps happening

[epershand]

I told you dog. I warned you about MSPA bro.

By which I mean OMG YAY ANOTHER PERSON HOOKED WIN!!