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Fighting Sexism With Sexism in the Horror Genre?
The British Fantasy Society has recently taken criticism because their new collection of 16 interviews with horror authors failed to include any women. It’s pointed out that there are “a lot” of women who write horror, and of course, Mary Shelley’s name comes up. On the surface it does appear to be blatant sexism. But…
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Better To Burn Out…
Man, all these celebrities are dying lately. I wonder why it seems like there really are a bunch of high-profile deaths lately. I suppose one explanation is that the celebrities that most people currently care about were born approximately one lifetime ago. Or maybe it’s just that other celebrity deaths are being sucked into the…
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Joel Plaskett at Aeolian Hall, July 16th
Joel Plaskett played last night at Aeolian Hall. It was a fantastic show; the dude is ridiculously talented. For the majority of the concert, he played completely solo, just him singing and one of three different guitars. Aeolian Hall is tiny, so everyone at the sold-out show got good seats. It felt very intimate, with…
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