Books It’s Fun When There’s Good News About Publishing: Nobody Doesn’t Like Graywolf Press
It's fun when there's good news about publishing.
Mallory Ortberg
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Art What In The Hell Animal Is This, Please
Please drop whatever you were doing at work and spend a lot of time discussing this with me.
Family I Take It Back; Peak Dad Was Not Achieved Last Week But On May 8, 2014
SO YOU CAN HONK AT PASSING CARS FROM THE PRIVACY OF YOUR OWN ARMCHAIR.
Folklore Dirtbag Medea
Medea of Colchis: niece to Circe, granddaughter to Helios, wife to Jason, mother, witch, murderer, dirtbag.
The Internet Captions For Every Image In The “Lonely People” Category Of Wikimedia Commons
BEGGAR, PROBABLY.
Interviews The Convert Series: Aadita Chaudhury
Aadita Chaudhury on her conversion from Hinduism to atheism. And a lot about Encarta, actually.
Books Edgar Allan Poe, Probably
Don't bother, just read me that dragon story again.
Television The Way Isabella Rossellini Delivers “Damnit, Johnny, You Know I Love My Big Beef & Cheddar” Is A Gift Without Flaw
Talmudic scholars could spend years studying this six-second clip. Perhaps they should.
The Internet The Best Comments On The Internet Are On Alternate History YouTube Video Channels
I mean, maybe in some military-history message boards when guys start arguing about the effectiveness of short swords in close combat is better. MAYBE.
Books A Poirot Novel Where No One Is Murdered And He Gets To Eat Everything He Wanted Without Interruption
I fixed every single Poirot novel.
Books Bible Verses Where The Word “Hell” Has Been Replaced By “Squaresville”
That's no mellow trip, daddy-o.
Television Every Single Scene With Kitties From The Entire Series Run Of The Trailer Park Boys
"His name is Duke, and he is a good cat." Bubbles, you know some piles about kitties.
Television A Bit Of Fry And Laurie Friday: Psychiatrists
Breasts and fear. Now, that is fascinating.
News Two Ways Of Writing About Sex Work
There's been some good and thoughtful reporting over the Rentboy arrests over the last few days. From Graeme Reid at Human Rights Watch:
Rentboy.com connects male escorts to clients in the same way that Uber does for transport, or Airbnb does for accommodation. There are no middlemen, thus affording users control and autonomy over the services brokered through the website. The website connects consenting adults. None of the government statements about the raid have alleged any coercion or involvement of underage persons.
It is hard to see the harm done by Rentboy.com, but it’s easy to see the harm done by the raid on society at large. The criminalization of voluntary, consensual sexual relations among adults is incompatible with the rights to personal autonomy and privacy – internationally recognized human rights that everyone, including individuals engaged in sex work, is entitled to. Criminalization creates barriers for those engaged in sex work to exercise basic rights and to seek access to justice, health care, and other available services.
Books How To Tell If You’re In A Chivalric Romance By Chrétien de Troyes
A disrespectful maiden becomes your only friend after you kill the man who kidnapped the other man who killed her first boyfriend.
Sir Kay is taunting you.
Your story has broken off, unfinished.
You successfully defend yourself against accusations of having slept with your lord's wife. You have, but you find a way to protest your innocence without actually lying, so God helps you murder your completely justified accusers, most of whom are Cornish.
