Category Archives: TV

Gender, Characterisation and Smurfs

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Cora

Here’s another great contribution to the debate about women in SFF and literature in general: Max Barry explains why the marginalization of women is all down to dogs and Smurfs. The point about animals being considered male by default does … Continue reading →

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Class in British literature and popular culture – now with bonus Farscape

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Cora

Apparently, the recent sociological tome on Chavs by seems to have reached the other side of the Atlantic, for the New York Times offers not just a review but an excerpt as well.

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Emmy nominations, George R.R. Martin saves publishing as we know it and three German TV deaths

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Cora

The Emmy Award nominations for 2011 have been announced and as usual there are a lot of nominations for a lot of shows I don’t watch, some that I think are dreadful (The Good Wife, Glee, Law and Order Special … Continue reading →

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Whatever happened to… – and the magic of cartoons

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Cora

First of all, I’d like to point to Shape No. 8, the newest Pegasus Pulp e-book again. Steph Swainston is one of those authors where I sometimes wonder “Whatever happened to her?” When The Year of Our War came out, … Continue reading →

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A Plagalanche, toxic Westeros, responses to romance bashing, rape in fantasy, redneck bashing and Dallas remade

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Cora

Yesterday’s plagiarism post has broken the visitor record for this blog, largely due to a link from the VroniPlag press review. The VroniPlag press review also offers a link to this Spiegel Online article about the Althusmann case. Turns out … 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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Linkdump has a Headache

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Cora

I’ve got a headache of the nasty, stab behind the eyes sort. Probably an early sign of the upcoming weather change, I tend to get headaches when the weather changes. So here’s just a quick linkdump: Kristine Kathryn Rusch explains … Continue reading →

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Poverty Porn

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Cora

Regarding the subject of class prejudice as expressed in reality shows in the UK (and not just there), the Guardian has two articles about yet another show of that type, The Scheme, a reality show set on a Scottish council … Continue reading →

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The Curse of Quality Drama

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Cora

Rumours of a potential Star Wars live action series have been flowing around for a while now, but apparently the rumours are consolidating. Alyssa Rosenberg at ThinkProgress and Ta-Nehisi Coates at the Atlantic have information (a little) and speculation (a … Continue reading →

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How to kill a fictional character without losing your audience

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Cora

I’d been noticing an uptick of hits on my Game of Thrones related posts in the past few days. And a lot of people googled for things like “is game of thrones depressing” (yes) and “does game of thrones have … Continue reading →

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