August Wrap-Up
What I’ve Enjoyed
Books
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
The stakes have started ramping up in the series now, with this being the first book that has a real major plot twist. Definitely one of my favourites in the series, and I’m looking forward to digging into the next one.
Articles
Why A Medieval Woman Had Lapis Lazuli Hidden in Her Teeth
The way we find out stuff about past societies and peoples is really wild to me sometimes. I never would have imagined it was possible to figure out someone was a painter by the particles in their teeth, but that’s what happened when examining the teeth of this medieval nun. And that means a lot of really interesting things! People always talk about monks as being involved in high-quality book production, but this new evidence helps show that nuns were involved, too, and that they were highly-skilled in their own right.
Teaching Indigenous Star Stories.
Astronomy has been a largely Eurocentric field for a long time, and it’s exciting to learn that efforts are being made to incorporate more diverse knowledge bases, such as indigenous star stories and teachings. Oral histories are often dismissed as myths or unreliable narratives, but these stories are often centuries or millennia old and can carry really important, interesting insights – for example, a lot of stories about great disasters line up with evidence of actual geological events. Stories about the night sky and its constellations are no exception to that.
Babies Prefer the Sounds of Other Babies to the Cooing of Their Parents
I know, I know – I’ve had some serious baby-brain lately. But this is also just a genuinely interesting article with some useful info for new parents or parents-to-be who want to help their little gremlins with early language development.
How the Library of Congress Unrolled a 2,000-Year-Old Buddhist Scroll
I never thought I would find it nerve-wracking to read about someone unrolling a piece of paper, but oh boy, did parts of this make me feel tense. It’s absolutely mind-boggling the lengths experts can and will go to in order to both preserve and study artifacts like this, and I can’t even wrap my head around how much history would be lost to us if they didn’t.
Bessie Coleman, the Black Cherokee Female Pilot Who Made Aviation History
I’ll never get over the incredible perseverance and accomplishments that go unacknowledged or deliberately hushed up throughout history, especially when it comes to women and people of colour. Bessie Coleman should be a household name, just as much as Amelia Earhart is.
Other
Woman dancing ‘on a river’ finds fame online in China
I don’t have a lot to say about this except that it’s really, really cool and beautiful to watch. I hope this unique tradition is preserved for generations to come.
Castle in the Sky
I remember seeing the trailer for this film when I was super young – I think it was one of the previews included on the Lion King VHS. I was fascinated by it and always wanted to watch it, but I was never actually able to until early this month. And I loved it! It’s such a cute movie, with beautiful animation and whimsical world-building. Definitely need to watch me some more Ghibli in the near future.
What I’ve Created
Articles
Don’t Talk to Me About My Stretch Marks
Just some thoughts that have been percolating in my mind recently.
A Study of Scarlet: Storytelling on Social Media
As I writer, I love storytelling in all its forms, and I especially love seeing how less conventional mediums tackle narrative. That also means I’m more sensitive to when those types of stories fail to deliver, which, unfortunately, is the case with Scarlet.
Plotter, Pantser, Plantser: What Are They, and How Do You Know Which Type You Are?
I’ve come across some people in the writing community who expressed confusion about the difference between plotters, pantser, and plantsers, and how to tell which they are, so I thought it might be helpful to explain it all in one little article.
Books
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
The stakes have started ramping up in the series now, with this being the first book that has a real major plot twist. Definitely one of my favourites in the series, and I’m looking forward to digging into the next one.
Articles
Why A Medieval Woman Had Lapis Lazuli Hidden in Her Teeth
The way we find out stuff about past societies and peoples is really wild to me sometimes. I never would have imagined it was possible to figure out someone was a painter by the particles in their teeth, but that’s what happened when examining the teeth of this medieval nun. And that means a lot of really interesting things! People always talk about monks as being involved in high-quality book production, but this new evidence helps show that nuns were involved, too, and that they were highly-skilled in their own right.
Teaching Indigenous Star Stories.
Astronomy has been a largely Eurocentric field for a long time, and it’s exciting to learn that efforts are being made to incorporate more diverse knowledge bases, such as indigenous star stories and teachings. Oral histories are often dismissed as myths or unreliable narratives, but these stories are often centuries or millennia old and can carry really important, interesting insights – for example, a lot of stories about great disasters line up with evidence of actual geological events. Stories about the night sky and its constellations are no exception to that.
Babies Prefer the Sounds of Other Babies to the Cooing of Their Parents
I know, I know – I’ve had some serious baby-brain lately. But this is also just a genuinely interesting article with some useful info for new parents or parents-to-be who want to help their little gremlins with early language development.
How the Library of Congress Unrolled a 2,000-Year-Old Buddhist Scroll
I never thought I would find it nerve-wracking to read about someone unrolling a piece of paper, but oh boy, did parts of this make me feel tense. It’s absolutely mind-boggling the lengths experts can and will go to in order to both preserve and study artifacts like this, and I can’t even wrap my head around how much history would be lost to us if they didn’t.
Bessie Coleman, the Black Cherokee Female Pilot Who Made Aviation History
I’ll never get over the incredible perseverance and accomplishments that go unacknowledged or deliberately hushed up throughout history, especially when it comes to women and people of colour. Bessie Coleman should be a household name, just as much as Amelia Earhart is.
Other
Woman dancing ‘on a river’ finds fame online in China
I don’t have a lot to say about this except that it’s really, really cool and beautiful to watch. I hope this unique tradition is preserved for generations to come.
Castle in the Sky
I remember seeing the trailer for this film when I was super young – I think it was one of the previews included on the Lion King VHS. I was fascinated by it and always wanted to watch it, but I was never actually able to until early this month. And I loved it! It’s such a cute movie, with beautiful animation and whimsical world-building. Definitely need to watch me some more Ghibli in the near future.
What I’ve Created
Articles
Don’t Talk to Me About My Stretch Marks
Just some thoughts that have been percolating in my mind recently.
A Study of Scarlet: Storytelling on Social Media
As I writer, I love storytelling in all its forms, and I especially love seeing how less conventional mediums tackle narrative. That also means I’m more sensitive to when those types of stories fail to deliver, which, unfortunately, is the case with Scarlet.
Plotter, Pantser, Plantser: What Are They, and How Do You Know Which Type You Are?
I’ve come across some people in the writing community who expressed confusion about the difference between plotters, pantser, and plantsers, and how to tell which they are, so I thought it might be helpful to explain it all in one little article.
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