Category Archives: General

Yet another plagiarism rant – and one about garden fascism

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Cora

Tonight, the German cultural TV program aspekte showed a good report about the German plagiarism hunters including an interview with Debora Weber-Wulff, a German informatics professor and plagiarism hunter. Debora Weber-Wulff also writes the English language plagiarism blog Copy, Shake … Continue reading →

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No blog today – well, almost

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Cora

Even though this is the first week of my summer holidays, it is turning out to be unusually busy with the newleaf reading yesterday, the monthly translators’ meet-up today (I met the guy who does the voice-over translation of important … Continue reading →

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Another Political Plagiarist, Bestsellers and Pulp Surrealism

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Cora

We have another case of suspected plagiarism involving a German politician. This time the suspected plagiarist is Bernd Althusmann, secretary of culture and education in Lower Saxony and president of the conference of German state secretaries of education. Since I … Continue reading →

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Poetry among the design classics

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Cora

Tonight, I went to the newleaf Summer Season reading at the Wilhelm Wagenfeld Haus in Bremen. newleaf is the English language lit mag of the University of Bremen. I’ve been involved with the mag for a long time now and … Continue reading →

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The Pegasus Pulp launch – and yet another announcement

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Cora

The Pegasus Pulp launch was a lot more successful than I could have hoped for, because I sold nine books (and made approx. five dollars) on the first day. So far, Rites of Passage seems to be my bestseller. The … Continue reading →

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Hitzefrei

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Cora

Today was my Dad’s birthday and also coincidentally the hottest day of the year with more than 30 ° Celsius. Even now, well past midnight, the temperature is still over 20° Celsius. Today, I also experienced a phenomenon that was … Continue reading →

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Opting Out of the Beauty Myth

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Cora

At the Independent, Charlotte Raven wonders whether the choices available to western (in this case British) women have gotten narrower in spite of feminism. The following quote struck me in particular: The pervasive fashion for porn-star depilation (and vaginal cosmetic … Continue reading →

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Prora – The World’s Creepiest Resort

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Cora

The New York Times has an article about Prora, the never finished Nazi monster resort on the island of Rügen. I visited Prora in 2009 after a linguistics conference in the nearby town of Greifswald. It’s a stunningly creepy place, … Continue reading →

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Chavs, Reality TV and Class Prejudice

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Cora

A few days ago, I linked to this discussion of the British slang term “chav” at the Guardian. Now the Guardian has a follow-up article, in which Suzanne Moore says that it’s not the term “chav” itself that’s the problem … Continue reading →

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Bad news from Germany, the British class system, the invisibility of women in SF and some indie publishing

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Cora

The world and the internet seem to have woken up just in time for the next public holiday to hit us on Thursday. Lots of stuff happened, so here is a linkdump: I am saddened by the outcome of the … Continue reading →

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