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jadislefeuHalf of this post has been sitting in notepad since mid December, let's just get it out here.
Misc
Dinosaur comics has told me that ctrl shift esc opens task manager without having to click through the ctrl alt del menu??? I mean I have it pinned to my taskbar now so this is of limited utility to me these days but WHERE WAS THIS KNOWLEDGE TEN YEARS AGO?!
Comping White at the Los Angeles Review of Books discusses racism in the publishing industry, and what comp titles, a facet of publishing unknown to most laymen, can tell us about it. It's a pretty brutal picture.
Music
I'm listening mostly to the Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack and miscellaneous other Queen (Who Wants to Live Forever is breaking my heart and something's bubbling under the surface in response), but also assorted S.J. Tucker, as I usually am--right now especially her Witchy Things 2018, which I also cannot link for you, as I bought it at Pagan Pride Day a few months ago, shortly before she had her baby, in a handwritten cardboard sleeve, and it's not online. Look to the Water is, as far as I can see, the only new track from it that she's uploaded to bandcamp thus far, and while it's great it's not my favorite on the album. (That honor goes to 11:57 ('Til It's Over), with Papa's Groove in second place.) It does also contain a few songs that are on other albums: Rootless, Little Bird, Sultry Summer Night, Witch's Rune. (Several of those are on Stolen Season, which is one of my absolute favorite of her albums.)
Since I wrote that paragraph, I've also discovered (via Rap Critic on youtube) Sammus, through her song Time Crisis, which has a great music video. I've been listening to Infusion, the album Time Crisis is on, way too much. Great stuff.
Fanfic
Fairy tale origfic, What the Frogs Knew. Frog Princess/Sleeping Beauty. Sweet and intricate and I really like the style.
#friendlyneighborhoodspiderpeople because I'm poking around fic after seeing Into the Spider-Verse and I always like fic with fake tweets or whatever, and this has tweets and reddit and discord and it's great! Citizens of New York: Why the fuck are there so many spiderpeople
Also a zillion Harry Potter fics, as usual.
Profic
I finally read Robin McKinley's Chalice! I haven't been up on her newer work in years--I still have Shadows and Pegasus yet to read, of the ebooks my library has--but I love her work and I've been meaning to get to it. It was such a Robin McKinley sort of ending, it was lovely. And there wasn't as much menace as I feared, because I know full well she can write a book I'll regret reading. (Looking at you, Deerskin.) But I loved it! It was great. And filled with bees. Robin McKinley's writing (when it's not wildly upsetting, Deerskin) makes me feel like I fit better in my skin.
Singing My Sister Down, recced by jamethiel, dark and sad.
Beyond Comprehension on Fireside Magazine was also sad and ended ambiguously, and is very much about the exploitation of black and brown communities and the ways we fail people with learning disabilities.
2086 at Strange Horizons is... also dark and sad and about the exploitation of communities of color, this seems to be a theme in what I've read lately.
The Date at Uncanny Magazine is a joyously monstrous bit of delight. With lesbians!
Misc
Dinosaur comics has told me that ctrl shift esc opens task manager without having to click through the ctrl alt del menu??? I mean I have it pinned to my taskbar now so this is of limited utility to me these days but WHERE WAS THIS KNOWLEDGE TEN YEARS AGO?!
Comping White at the Los Angeles Review of Books discusses racism in the publishing industry, and what comp titles, a facet of publishing unknown to most laymen, can tell us about it. It's a pretty brutal picture.
Music
I'm listening mostly to the Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack and miscellaneous other Queen (Who Wants to Live Forever is breaking my heart and something's bubbling under the surface in response), but also assorted S.J. Tucker, as I usually am--right now especially her Witchy Things 2018, which I also cannot link for you, as I bought it at Pagan Pride Day a few months ago, shortly before she had her baby, in a handwritten cardboard sleeve, and it's not online. Look to the Water is, as far as I can see, the only new track from it that she's uploaded to bandcamp thus far, and while it's great it's not my favorite on the album. (That honor goes to 11:57 ('Til It's Over), with Papa's Groove in second place.) It does also contain a few songs that are on other albums: Rootless, Little Bird, Sultry Summer Night, Witch's Rune. (Several of those are on Stolen Season, which is one of my absolute favorite of her albums.)
Since I wrote that paragraph, I've also discovered (via Rap Critic on youtube) Sammus, through her song Time Crisis, which has a great music video. I've been listening to Infusion, the album Time Crisis is on, way too much. Great stuff.
Fanfic
Fairy tale origfic, What the Frogs Knew. Frog Princess/Sleeping Beauty. Sweet and intricate and I really like the style.
#friendlyneighborhoodspiderpeople because I'm poking around fic after seeing Into the Spider-Verse and I always like fic with fake tweets or whatever, and this has tweets and reddit and discord and it's great! Citizens of New York: Why the fuck are there so many spiderpeople
Also a zillion Harry Potter fics, as usual.
Profic
I finally read Robin McKinley's Chalice! I haven't been up on her newer work in years--I still have Shadows and Pegasus yet to read, of the ebooks my library has--but I love her work and I've been meaning to get to it. It was such a Robin McKinley sort of ending, it was lovely. And there wasn't as much menace as I feared, because I know full well she can write a book I'll regret reading. (Looking at you, Deerskin.) But I loved it! It was great. And filled with bees. Robin McKinley's writing (when it's not wildly upsetting, Deerskin) makes me feel like I fit better in my skin.
Singing My Sister Down, recced by jamethiel, dark and sad.
Beyond Comprehension on Fireside Magazine was also sad and ended ambiguously, and is very much about the exploitation of black and brown communities and the ways we fail people with learning disabilities.
2086 at Strange Horizons is... also dark and sad and about the exploitation of communities of color, this seems to be a theme in what I've read lately.
The Date at Uncanny Magazine is a joyously monstrous bit of delight. With lesbians!
