On HU

Featured Archive Post: Ng Suat Tong on Joss Whedon’s signature covering (defacing) a comics cover.

Robert Stanley Martin with on sale dates of comics in early 1942: Wonder Woman, Walt Kelly, and cover eye-candy.

I interviewed artist and comics creator John Jennings about race and superhero comics.

Kim O’Connor in praise of The Toast and the worth of unserious things.

Madeleine Gavaler on how Whedon helped her get through high school.

We started our Joss Whedon Roundtable! Index to all posts is here.

Tim Jones on the insufferable cleverness of Cabin in the Woods.

Cédric Le Merrer on how Whedon substitutes violence for politics.

Utilitarians Everywhere

At the New Republic I wrote about restrictions on professor’s speech. Hint: main threat is not liberal students.

At Playboy

—I wrote about the documentary Cam Girlz and how camming is a lot like freelance writing (though with more stigma.)

—I interviewed Vron Ware about her book Beyond the Pale, white women, feminism, and racism.

At Splice Today I wrote about:

—Art Spiegelman’s crappy New Statesman cover and free speech as speaking for women’s bodies.

—voting reform, and how partisanship is more likely to bring it about than bipartisanship.

And I wrote about the lovely fantasy anthology comic Cartozia Tales for Urban Faiths’ summer reading list.

Other Links

Alyssa Rosenberg on female robots.

Tracy Q. Loxley on what’s wrong with the campus rape discussion.

Jonathan Bernstein on how ignorant citizens can be good citizens.

Britney Cooper on McKinney, black girls, and white “safety.”

Track of the Week

Thought I’d maybe start posting a video every week, because what the hey. I’ve been obsessed with this track by July Talk. Reminds me of the Pixies; not enough things remind me of the pixies.