Will Shetterly's Blog, page 114
January 24, 2015
Recommended: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
The plots for Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries are only an excuse for things we like: the occasional amusing line and a very stylish heroine with jazz age morals who is surrounded by a solid cast of likable characters. David Brown of Radio Times sums it up well: "Just when you thought that all variations of the amateur-detective genre had been explored, along comes Miss Phryne Fisher, who sashays
January 23, 2015
recommended: Obvious Child—and our cat has a drinking problem
Obvious Child is a great little romantic comedy with the sort of sensibilities that will offend some people, but charmed us. We laughed a lot, and we were impressed with the ending. It's hard to say what's best about it without giving away the ending, and I do not recommend googling it, because the ending will be given away. As usual, I pretty much agree with the Tomatometer's critic score, which
January 22, 2015
Recommended: Galavant
Emma and I think Galavant's great fun. An early episode had the funniest jousting scene I've ever seen. What more do you want? Cameos by Ricky Gervais and Weird Al Yankovic? It's got 'em. Two actors from Downton Abbey? Ditto. It's a little The Princess Brideand a little The Court Jester.It makes us happy.
January 20, 2015
The most communist commandment in the Bible is also a call for Basic Income
"Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD." —Leviticus 19:18
Jesus is recorded as saying in the three synoptic gospels that loving God is the greatest commandment and loving your neighbor is next—all the rest of the Bible hangs on those principles. His brother James wrote, "If ye fulfil the royal
Jesus is recorded as saying in the three synoptic gospels that loving God is the greatest commandment and loving your neighbor is next—all the rest of the Bible hangs on those principles. His brother James wrote, "If ye fulfil the royal
How identitarianism hurt Selma
The historical and political issues in Selmaincludes this:
There is a political agenda involved. DuVernay said as much when she told Rolling Stone magazine that the original screenplay for Selma was changed because, “I wasn’t interested in making a white-savior movie.”
One of the dark secrets of Hollywood is that the shooting scripts of many movies are worse than the original scripts, thanks to
There is a political agenda involved. DuVernay said as much when she told Rolling Stone magazine that the original screenplay for Selma was changed because, “I wasn’t interested in making a white-savior movie.”
One of the dark secrets of Hollywood is that the shooting scripts of many movies are worse than the original scripts, thanks to
January 18, 2015
Martin Luther King Day should be Basic Income Day
In honor of the day, here's a passage from Martin Luther King Jr.'sWhere Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?
"Where We Are Going"
by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
In the treatment of poverty nationally, one fact stands out: there are twice as many white poor as Negro poor in the United States. Therefore I will not dwell on the experiences of poverty that derive from racial discrimination,
"Where We Are Going"
by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
In the treatment of poverty nationally, one fact stands out: there are twice as many white poor as Negro poor in the United States. Therefore I will not dwell on the experiences of poverty that derive from racial discrimination,
On the idea that Charlie Hebdo "punched down" — Answering Saladin Ahmed
As I would expect, Saladin Ahmed has smart things to say inIn an Unequal World, Mocking All Serves the Powerful. But he's wrong. I left this comment there:
Free speech does not protect the powerful—it protects the powerless from the powerful. In the case of Charlie Hebdo, the people with power had assault weapons, and they followed an ideology that's promoted by princes and financiers.
I'll
Free speech does not protect the powerful—it protects the powerless from the powerful. In the case of Charlie Hebdo, the people with power had assault weapons, and they followed an ideology that's promoted by princes and financiers.
I'll
January 17, 2015
Recommended: Agent Carter
Just saw this on tumblr:
claras-wintersoldier:
takiki16:
GUYS
WE CANNOT LET THIS SLIP THROUGH OUR FINGERS
PLEASE
If you can watch it through legal means, please do…..ABC.com, Hulu, iTunes, do it!
LEGAL LINKS (to view outside the US you can use Hola! or TunnelBear):
ABC
Hulu
CTV
iTunes($)
Amazon($)
_____________
I like the show a lot. Hayley Atwell is great, and the show handles the
claras-wintersoldier:
takiki16:
GUYS
WE CANNOT LET THIS SLIP THROUGH OUR FINGERS
PLEASE
If you can watch it through legal means, please do…..ABC.com, Hulu, iTunes, do it!
LEGAL LINKS (to view outside the US you can use Hola! or TunnelBear):
ABC
Hulu
CTV
iTunes($)
Amazon($)
_____________
I like the show a lot. Hayley Atwell is great, and the show handles the
She's not racist—some of her best friends are white!
Whiteness is the theme of the day, with the emphasis on trash. At Facebook, a friend shared Ijeoma Oluo's When you suddenly find out you're white (with images, tweets) · IjeomaOluo · Storifyand in the comments, someone else added@IjeomaOluo Has POC Chats With White People (with tweets) · Iamwhaleman · Storify.
My first comment there:
It is funny how "white" = "upper-middle-class" to people
My first comment there:
It is funny how "white" = "upper-middle-class" to people
