On HU

Featured Archive Post: Kailyn Kent on comics and deskilling.

Our roundtable on the best band no one has ever heard of continues.

Betsy Phillips on regional influences on Sleepy John Estes.

A thread on the best writer no one has ever heard of.

Osvaldo Oyola on retro brit pop band Thumb of the Maid.

Kinukitty on the non-dreary goth of Jane Jensen.

Paige McGinley on great blueswoman Etta Mae “Mama” Scott.

Me on Wilmer Broadnax, a trans man in gospel.

Jordannah Elizabeth on Betty Carter.
 
Utilitarians Everywhere

At the Atlantic I wrote about how arts degrees very rarely lead to a career in the arts.

At Pacific Standard I wrote about how science, religion, and art are all tied together. (a review of Lawrence Lipking’s What Galileo Saw)

At Splice Today I wrote about:

—Elvis, the vapid, sexy pop confection of his day.

—Annie Lennox and white people singing Strange Fruit

—Carl Wilson’s piece on Jian Ghomeshi and why you (yes you) should avoid the second person.

At the Chicago Reader I wrote about the lovely bluegrass band the Dry Branch Fire Squad.
 
Other Links

Janell Hobson on Dear White People.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown on how the passage of c36 isn’t going to help sex workers.

Monika Bartyzel on the feminism of Wonder Woman (she mentions my book!)