“The widespread support for Polanski shows the liberal cultural elite at its preening, fatuous worst. They may make great movies, write great books, and design beautiful things, they may have lots of noble humanitarian ideas and care, in the abstract, about all the right principles: equality under the law, for example. But in this case, […]
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I saw the initial row over this, but somehow the resolution totally passed me by (I don’t spend nearly as much time on the internets these days). There are lots of stories about SF/F publishers whitewashing covers. So even if you’ve got a heroine who’s a far darker shade of pale, it’s unlikely it’ll be
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I made it, I did. Also, I am back from a weeklong vacation, which was very nice. And now I have a whole lot of work to do.
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Podcast interview with me at Buena Vista U! (oh man, I had no idea she was going to use *all* this stuff) Listen in!
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“Tarantino, I think, gets a lot of pleasure out of demonstrating over and over again that you can get the 18-45 male audience that Hollywood desires into seats, and you can give them a story about a hyper-competent female hero who kicks ass in every way, and they won’t run screaming out of the theater
Before and after. (via Tyim)
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“He bested the heroes, killed the defenders, overtook the world. Then he killed the narrator and he was the villain no more.”– Vijayendra Mohanty
I’ve read Binyavanga Wainaina’s essay How (not) to Write About Africa a few times, but here’s a great spin on it: How (not) to Write About Africa read by Djimon Hounsou. (via deadbrowalking)
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Moscowitz is founder of the International Security Coalition of Clergy, whose mission is to train Jews in self-defense and advance fighting techniques in the event of a terrorist attack on a synagogue. He says business was slow for his Coalition until May, when the FBI arrested a group accused of plotting to blow up synagogues
You can bet this is showing up in a GW book or two…. Read More »
Lena Headey, my favorite Spartan (and second fav Sarah Conner) is playing Cersei. OMG. OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!