I read a bunch of Uber Xena books and I have thoughts
A stream-of-consciousness exploration of my recent dive into Western sapphic romance fanfiction/novels.
colonialism
Brief Assortment of Interesting Things — 26th of April 2019
This week, we look at Ryan McMahon's rending podcast about the unsolved murder of Indigenous teenagers in Thunder Bay, a "debate" on the existence of "state racism" in France, and end with the extraordinary poem "The Palace" by Kaveh Akbar.
Let's Play Germinal Minecraft (with Joachim)
Joachim and I played Minecraft together and had some meandering conversations about Minecraft, the modding culture, the history of the server, and the inherent colonial nature of these games.
Brief assortment of interesting stuff — 15th of March 2019
This week: a post-apocalyptic novel by Aliette de Bodard in the ruins of Paris, the ethics of mining trauma for literature by Lindsay Nixon, the inimitable Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom, a critical look at IWD in Québec by Émilie Nicholas in Le Devoir, and more!
The Cyborg and Colonization: Mass Effect Andromeda Play-through Notes
Oh, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in ’t! The Tempest, Act 5, Scene 1, 188-191 One of my