Tag Archives: Doctor Who

Supernatural miracle pregnancies and the hatred of pregnant women

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Cora

Feminist Frequency has a video essay on the supernatural miracle pregnancy, which has to be one of my most hated fantasy and SF tropes ever. Careful, the video may be triggering. At least it was for me. Found via Jay … Continue reading →

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Holidays at Last

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Cora

Today was my last day of school before the summer holidays. The kids still have three more days of school, but those are dedicated to school trips and sport festivals in which I am not involved, so today was my … Continue reading →

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Four things I did today, two random cool links and some searchterm weirdness

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Cora

Four things I did today: Searched for flights to a town in western Greenland I had never heard of before today. And while the various Internet flight portals are useful for finding cheap flights to various Mediterranean holiday destinations or … 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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Awards and Elections – and some Analysis

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Cora

The ankle is still swollen but otherwise much better. At any rate, I can walk almost normally, though I’m still careful about stairs, particularly when carrying things up and down the stairs. Otherwise, this weekend was the weekend for awards, … Continue reading →

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Last Chance before the Apocalypse Links

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Cora

I had a really shitty day. My students acted up (well, some of them) and I had to reprimand the same girl first for talking on her cellphone in class and getting stinky when I asked her to stop and … Continue reading →

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Twelve Points – Douze Points for the effort

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Cora

I wasn’t going to watch this year, but in the end I caved in and watched the Eurovision Song Contest anyway. It’s like that every year, you swear you’re not going to bother, because the songs are crap anyway and … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who and the married couple

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Cora

At Tor.com, Emily Asher-Perrin argues why she believes that a married couple traveling in the TARDIS is a good idea. I’ve stated before that I find it problematic that there now only seem to be two options open for women … Continue reading →

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Random Observations about Doctor Who and Downton Abbey

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Cora

Great. I’m out of the loop for a few days and the world goes crazy. Now Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US Navy Seals. Very unexpected news which will hopefully provide a boost for Barack Obama. Back to … Continue reading →

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Another short update from Dublin

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Cora

I’m still enjoying myself very much here in Dublin. The weather has been mild and sunny all the time, only yesterday morning there was a bit of rain, and that was while we were having breakfast, so it wasn’t much … Continue reading →

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