Wonder Woman News
I’m reading Wednesday, March 11, at 6:30 in Chicago at 57th Street Books.
I’m reading Saturday, March 14 from 4-5:30 at the Urbana Free Library down in Urbana, IL.
On HU
Featured Archive Post: Ilana Gershon on policing teachers on social media.
On how the Batman TV show never goes bad.
I compiled a list of my writing about misandry.
Adrian Bonenberger on Bill O’Reilly and why we like some liars and not others.
Tracy Q. Loxley compares Iggy Azalea and Vanilla Ice.
Donovan Grant on the new Captain America and the dream of a black superhero who doesn’t suck.
Chris Gavaler tells “12 Monkeys” how to fix their Time Machine.
Kristian Williams on John Constantine and the art of magic (and/or the magic of art.)
Utilitarians Everywhere
At Reason I wrote about the Homan Square black site and the history of police torture in Chicago.
At Ravishly I wrote about:
— Spock’s sex appeal and the downsides of Vulcan masculinity.
—Michelle Rodriguez, whiteness, and superheroes.
—why superheroes of all sizes are better.
—call-out culture, and how critics of it seem to assume that twitter is a left space (it isn’t.)
At Splice Today I reviewed a bunch of awesome metal albums.
At the Reader:
—I wrote about a nifty anniversary show at the Smart Gallery
— I reviewed D&D prog metal band Elder
Other Links
Russ Smith on how David Brooks is still awful.
You can buy a book for an incarcerated child.
Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Ferguson report and America’s history of stealing stuff from black people.
Aaron Bady on American academia’s ignorance of African literature.
Interesting piece on booking women authors on television talk shows.
