Busy Sunday Linkdump
I’m rather busy today with getting another of my old short stories ready for e-publication, so here’s just a brief link roundup: At the Guardian, Michael Faber writes that the superheroes of Marvel and...
View ArticleThe Plight of the Playboy Hero
I’m still at my parents’. This afternoon, we went to visit my aunt at the care home where she lives. She had lots of other visitors during the holidays, so we figured we’d visit her sometime between...
View ArticleReport Day Links
Today is report day, i.e. the students get their report cards, which also means a long weekend, because school doesn’t start up again until next Wednesday. And since today was the last day before the...
View ArticleIs Batman gay, Superman’s penis and some links
Yes, the post title is search engine bait. Meanwhile, the unseasonably hot weather has made me slow and sluggish and teaching an afternoon class of fifth graders that are tiring under the best of...
View ArticleGLBT characters in comics and elsewhere
Two days ago, I posted about discussing superheroes with my fifth graders and how some sexual questions came up. The post got a lot of hits, which I put down to the post title, which was obviously...
View ArticleWho’s gay at DC, where are all the women in adult SFF and a bit about archetypes
DC Comics has finally unveiled its new gay character. No, it’s not Batman or Superman or any other of the first rank of DC heroes, but Alan Scott, the original Golden Age Green Lantern. Considering...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Death Match: One Million Moms versus Gay Superheroes
The Guardian reports that a religious/conservative organisation calling itself One Million Moms is calling for a boycott of Marvel and DC Comics, until they remove those nasty gay superheroes Northstar...
View ArticleDeath threats for reviewers, sexed-up classics, judging books by their covers...
We’ve all heard about the Stop the Goodreads Bullies uproar by now (I’m not dignifying that site with a link – google it if you must). And now a film critic has received death threats – for daring to...
View ArticleBetween the Years Linkdump
At The Guardian, Emma Brockes rants about the flood of Fifty Shades of Grey knock-offs. Personally, I don’t mind the Fifty Shades style covers at all. At least they look classy, which is a big step up...
View ArticleReflections on the 2013 Oscars
By popular demand, here is the annual Oscar reflections post. I wasn’t actually sure whether I would be watching live this year or not, because of the time differences the Oscars tend to start in the...
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Linkdump – One hundred percent Hugo and Clarke Award free
The hits on my Hugo reaction link round-up have gone through the roof thanks to links from John Scalzi, James Nicholls, Liz Bourke, Jay Lake, Radish Reviews, SF Signal and others. I’ll do another link...
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Thor or the Thorny Issue of the God of Thunder
Yesterday, I ended up watching Thor with a friend, since neither of us had seen it before. Now Thor is among my least favourite Marvel heroes along with Captain America and the Punisher. My initial...
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A Big Dump of Mixed Links
Somebody found my blog today by googling “cora buhlert sexy pics”. Now I’m torn between wondering who would be looking for sexy pics of my little old self on the internet and what exactly they were...
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Making my Peace with the God of Thunder – Of Marvel’s Thor, Richard Wagner...
Tor.com has some more amusing post Comicon reporting such as a whole lot of photos and videos of John Barrowman a.k.a. Captain Jack Harkness kissing a whole lot of more or less famous people of various...
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A Pop Culture Fatigue Themed Linkdump
First of all, I have been interviewed by Brianna Lee McKenzie at The Cozy Corner Reading Room, so come on over and say hello. I’ve also got a round-up of writerly links and plugs over at Pegasus Pulp....
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A Few Thoughts on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Nice to see that Ruth Negga who played Curtis’ doomed girlfriend Nicki in Misfits is not just still dealing with superpowers but has even been promoted to super-villainess in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D....
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Saint Barbara Day Linkdump
December 4 is the feast day of Saint Barbara, a martyred virgin and Catholic saint. It’s the only saint feast day that I – not being Catholic – can name without looking it up*, partly because my Mom’s...
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: January 2014
Welcome to “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”, a new feature on this blog. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly...
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The Black Widow movie, co-starring Captain America
Captain America: The Winter Soldier has been out in Germany for a week and currently sits at the top of the German movie charts (albeit in an exceptionally weak movie week due to the warm spring...
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Black Widow is more than just a hot chick in black leather
In my last post, I described how both German film critics as well as the official ad campaign seem to assume that Captain America: The Winter Soldier is really the Black Widow movie, co-starring...
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