At the Atlantic, Adrienne LaFrance writes about the creeping obsolescence of CDs (and DVDs) as well as the ways they deteriorate physically. “Recordable CDs—the kind you can burn or rewrite—tend to have more complicated degradation issues than their professionally-recorded counterparts. That’s partly because they’re made from organic dyes […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shares some of the books he likes at the New York Times. “I love detective fiction because the mystery element appeals to my puzzle-solving instincts while the plot of someone noble trying to set right an injustice appeals to my humanity. There are so many that […]
Enjoy stunt reels from Caitlin Dechelle, who was Gal Gadot’s stunt double in Wonder Woman: here and here. Tomgirl also has an extensive interview with Dechelle (via The Mary-Sue). You can watch Dechelle give a sword demonstration here. And here’s footage of her photo shoot for Black Belt […]
The Black Girl Nerds Podcast shares a panel discussion with Bryan Fuller, creator of Hannibal and American Gods, and New York Magazine and Vulture TV’s Matt Zoller Seitz at the Vulture Festival. They discuss “notable bloody scenes that inspired [Fuller] over his career.”
Guest Star Sayantan Mondal is a PhD Scholar working on the genre of Postcolonial Science Fiction. Apart from this he likes to write about films. But more than that he likes to watch them. And he hopes one day when he will be able to recover from his […]
At Kotaku, Cecilia D’Anastasio writes about being the only girl gaming. ‘In gaming spaces, it often feels like there’s only room for one woman—the only girl to get invited to Friday night Tekken or, in this case, your regular Overwatch squad’s Mercy main. There’s only room for one. […]
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