Category Archives: TV

YA goes dark, Salman Rushdie goes TV, Haruki Murakami goes anti-nuclear, some thoughts on urban fantasy and a headline from a parallel universe

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Cora

The long Pentecost/Whitsun weekend, though I still have one more day of school holidays. I also have links for you: Yesterday, an airship, more precisely the Goodyear blimp, caught fire and crashed in Hessen. This would seem like a news … 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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The internet is still on holiday – and I’m being stalked by my least favourite Star Trek episode

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Cora

The rest of the internet is still off celebrating memorial day or arguing at Wiscon and the unpleasant heat today has fried my brain, so I’m not really in the mood for clever posting. Have you ever experienced the phenomenon … Continue reading →

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A Clockwork Orange forty years on – and its parallels to Misfits

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Cora

As of yesterday, I can strike another film from my “Must watch someday” list, because I finally managed to see A Clockwork Orange. I read the book by Anthony Burgess years ago, but I never saw the film until now, … Continue reading →

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TV Retro Sexism

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Cora

At the New York Times, Maureen Dowd wonders about the relative glut of retro-themed TV shows set at the uncool end of the 1960s, i.e. 1960 to approx. 1967. Maureen Dowd sees two interconnected reasons for commissioning new TV shows … 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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Where’s my Apocalypse?

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Cora

Okay, so the predicted Apocalypse failed to materialize like all other predicted apocalypses in the history of the world so far. Though this particular predicted Apocalypse was just a dress rehearsal for the much more publicized Mayan influenced Apocalypse that … Continue reading →

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Tired Linkdump

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Cora

I’m really tired today and not in the mood for a longer post, but here is a linkdump: Theodora Goss has two lovely posts about reading protocols and finding or rather rediscovering the joy in writing. The Independent asks: Is … 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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