Tag Archives: Torchwood

Quick Post on Consistency

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Cora

I had planned a much longer post for today, but I was busy with something else, so here’s a quick link: Dave Farland a.k.a Dave Wolverton has a great post about the importance of consistency in fiction. Found via Passive … Continue reading →

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The three labels of doom

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Cora

I have a new post up at Pegasus Pulp, which is basically a follow-up to yesterday’s post. In other news, I ended up teaching geography today, substituting for the regular teacher, even though geography not my subject at all. Hence … Continue reading →

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Of crappy spin-offs

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Cora

I have given up on Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, when I realized that the sniper in tonight’s episode could have shot every single team member save Garcia and I wouldn’t have cared. How can the spin-off be so mind-bogglingly bad, … Continue reading →

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Why young adult fiction needs more gay characters – and more diversity in general

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Cora

Since Orson Scott Card has rewritten Hamlet with bonus homophobia, Ben Peek is now suggesting rewriting Ender’s Game with bonus homosexuality. In addition to making me smile, Ben Peek’s post also touches on the one thing that shocked me most … Continue reading →

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The dominance of US storytelling modes, the implications for international writers and other links

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Cora

I’m surprisingly wordy today, even though I seem to have caught some kind of bug. Because after the lengthy harassment post, here are some other links too good to pass up:

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The increasing darkness of popular culture

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Cora

While scanning the headlines at Tor.com, I came across this review of the first book in a new gritty fantasy trilogy starring a 14-year-old murderous sociopath. Now I haven’t read the book nor am I likely to read it. I … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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