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1/23/11 – Links I Like
It’s Sunday and time for another quick list of links I’ve enjoyed from this past week. The Male Beauty Contest Judged by Women – from BBC News. A really interesting article about the Wodaabe men in the Niger who participate … Continue reading
“I hate to spoil the ending for you, but Pride ends up with Prejudice.”
Is there any literary comfort food better than Pride and Prejudice? No, there is not. Every time I read it (about once a year), I have to force myself not to swallow the whole thing in one gulp. I try … Continue reading
Sense and Sensibility: I Prefer the Film
In the second stage of my Jane Austen reread, I found myself zipping through Sense and Sensibility, but not with the same fervor that I read Northanger Abbey. Northanger Abbey still entertains me with sexy, snarky Henry Tilney, the mocking … Continue reading
Female Character of the Week: Harriet M. Welsch
There are many female characters I love in books, movies, and TV. Every once in awhile, I have to pay homage to my favorite female characters from the under-18 set. Little girls and teenage girls get a bad rap. It’s … Continue reading
1/16/11 – Link I Like
Only one link this Sunday, and a serious one. My good friend Tim was hurt in a random act of violence last month and he’s been in the hospital since then, in the brain injury unit. His recovery has been … Continue reading
January Movies I Won’t Be Seeing
Well, it’s mid-January, meaning that movie studios are dumping their trash into the theaters while they wait for their prestige pictures to get Oscar nominations. Over the years, I have developed an uncanny ability to review the quality of these … Continue reading
Gender-Neutral Insults: Everyone’s an Asshole!
[Warning: Naughty language ahead] In perusing some of my favorite blogs and some of my friends’ Facebook pages, I have noticed an interesting trend. Many writers, conscious of sexist language, are now using invented gender-neutral pronouns. “Hir” is now used … Continue reading
Female Character of the Week: Lucy Steele
For my first two installments of Female Character of the Week, I wrote about characters I loved. This week, I’m writing about a character I love to hate. This character is the most manipulative, scheming shrew in all of Jane … Continue reading
1/9/11 – Links I Like
It’s another Sunday and time for me to post 5 links I’ve liked over the past week. That’s What She Said – a tumblr that posts funny, insightful, or interesting quotes from famous women. The latest one is from Lady … Continue reading
From Prada to Nada – the newest Austen adaptation?
I recently became aware of a film called From Prada to Nada, coming out in late January, and starring The Girl Spy from Spy Kids and That Girl Joe Jonas Left Taylor Swift for: It’s fitting that I heard about … Continue reading