Form Is Function
Your friendly neighborhood process wonk takes a tour of structure as narrative.
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Martyr: Complex (a Docile Brainsplosion)
Docile, by K.M. Szpara, has been on my Unread Pile of Shame for a while now…
On Well-Wishing: A Parable
Imagine for a moment that you’re a personal assistant, and further, that you share the same birthday as your boss. You’re totally excited for your boss’s birthday. They’re a wonderful person. They pay you well. They even give you your joint birthday off. But every year in the days and weeks leading up to your …
There’s Always (More Th)a(n One) Woman
I’m perpetually behind in my reading, so it’s only just now that I got around to listening to Aimee Ogden‘s “The Forty Gardens of Calliope Grey,” which went up on Cast of Wonders several months ago. Spoilers for anyone who’s similarly behind, but there’s no way to talk about the positive buttons this pushed for …
That Word. I Think It Both Does and Does Not Mean What You Think It Means
Doing or saying or thinking a racist thing does not make you a cross-burning, hood-wearing, swastika-sporting Racist. I think that’s important to articulate because, much the same way people seem to get confused by marriage the secular set of rights vs marriage the religious institution, the resonance of the same word applied to different circumstances …
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With the Twist Baked In (Zero Sum Game)
Sometimes there’s a bit of a “knowing how the sausage is made” problem when I read stuff. I’ve ruined I can’t tell you how many movies by calling an ending based on meta-narrative information, e.g., “the only reason to have a character give us X piece of information is if it results in Y.” But …
I Think She’d Be Marvelous
So apparently casting for the upcoming Captain Marvel movie is ramping up. I see the usual suspects suggesting the usual suspects for the title role. And I don’t know that anyone I’m hearing named is a bad choice, mind you, but when I sat down to think about what might make a good Captain Marvel, …
Pulling Back the Curtain
This past Saturday, I was finally able to marry the man I’ve been with through eight years and (some not insignificant legal) change. It’s been a long time coming, and it was a lot of wonderful things. My husband (!) designed a crazy-spectacular steampunk wedding with what shouldn’t have been nearly a large enough budget, …