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dolorosa_12) wrote2009-05-18 06:00 pm
dolorosa_12) wrote2009-05-18 06:00 pm
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Look what the dissertation dragged in
I'm actually in a very good place, dissertation-wise. I've written the whole thing. All I need to do is add in a little bit about Purgatory and tighten up my arguments about Anselm's letters to Irish bishops, and it is fit for human consumption.
But until then, I'll continue to bring you your daily dose of linkage.
The combination of 'The End is Nigh'-induced terror and ennui has sent me scuttling off in search of guilty television pleasures. And, being me, I then write about them on Geata Póeg na Déanainn. I've also got a new post up at Longvision.
I'm thrilled that Dollhouse has been renewed, and distraught that Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has not. Abigail Nussbaum has written about the news with more eloquence than I could ever hope to achieve, so I'll just point you in the direction of her post.
I also found an absolutely wonderful blog that looks at pop culture (and life in general) from a feminist perspective. Her review of Dollhouse is spot on, especially her remarks about Topher:
'Because then, there's Topher, the programmer, who is responsible for constructing the artificial personalities and implanting them in the dolls, who is a dorky blonde guy just like Whedon and who speaks in distinctly Whedonian cadences and lines, and who we are encouraged to dislike more than almost anyone else in the series. What you hear, when you hear Topher speaking about how difficult it is to construct a believable personality, how all of his creations have to be full and nuanced and have reasons for how they behave, how achievement is fueled by lack and he gave her asthma because that made her a more complete person and blah blah blah, is noted feminist auteur Joss Whedon reflecting, very consciously and very obviously, on his life's work - hiring gorgeous women and making them into who he wants them to be - and saying that sometimes, he feels kind of icky about it. It's a beautiful thing: brave, and self-questioning, and radical in a way that entertainment by dudes - even entertainment by dudes who identify as feminist - very rarely is, and in a way I trust more than I'm used to trusting my entertainment, and in a way that I've come to expect from the show as a whole.'
I highly recommend her blog.
This post by John Scalzi ('25 geeks not to follow on Twitter') is hilarious, even more so for the behaviour of Scalzi's wonderful commentators. The post is a list of stupid-sounding geeky Twitter usernames (@AynRandBoyToy, @EnterTheBasement and so on). No sooner had Scalzi posted the list, his commentators set about creating accounts under these usernames. @BobaFart was one of the first to go, if I recall correctly.
I thought this post on BoingBoing was also pretty cool.
Finally, yet another clip demonstrating why Jon Stewart is a model of morality in an immoral world. He really hits his stride towards the end of the clip.
That's it from me for now.
I can't stop listening to Nightwish.
But until then, I'll continue to bring you your daily dose of linkage.
The combination of 'The End is Nigh'-induced terror and ennui has sent me scuttling off in search of guilty television pleasures. And, being me, I then write about them on Geata Póeg na Déanainn. I've also got a new post up at Longvision.
I'm thrilled that Dollhouse has been renewed, and distraught that Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has not. Abigail Nussbaum has written about the news with more eloquence than I could ever hope to achieve, so I'll just point you in the direction of her post.
I also found an absolutely wonderful blog that looks at pop culture (and life in general) from a feminist perspective. Her review of Dollhouse is spot on, especially her remarks about Topher:
'Because then, there's Topher, the programmer, who is responsible for constructing the artificial personalities and implanting them in the dolls, who is a dorky blonde guy just like Whedon and who speaks in distinctly Whedonian cadences and lines, and who we are encouraged to dislike more than almost anyone else in the series. What you hear, when you hear Topher speaking about how difficult it is to construct a believable personality, how all of his creations have to be full and nuanced and have reasons for how they behave, how achievement is fueled by lack and he gave her asthma because that made her a more complete person and blah blah blah, is noted feminist auteur Joss Whedon reflecting, very consciously and very obviously, on his life's work - hiring gorgeous women and making them into who he wants them to be - and saying that sometimes, he feels kind of icky about it. It's a beautiful thing: brave, and self-questioning, and radical in a way that entertainment by dudes - even entertainment by dudes who identify as feminist - very rarely is, and in a way I trust more than I'm used to trusting my entertainment, and in a way that I've come to expect from the show as a whole.'
I highly recommend her blog.
This post by John Scalzi ('25 geeks not to follow on Twitter') is hilarious, even more so for the behaviour of Scalzi's wonderful commentators. The post is a list of stupid-sounding geeky Twitter usernames (@AynRandBoyToy, @EnterTheBasement and so on). No sooner had Scalzi posted the list, his commentators set about creating accounts under these usernames. @BobaFart was one of the first to go, if I recall correctly.
I thought this post on BoingBoing was also pretty cool.
Finally, yet another clip demonstrating why Jon Stewart is a model of morality in an immoral world. He really hits his stride towards the end of the clip.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | M - Th 11p / 10c | |||
| Moral Kombat | ||||
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That's it from me for now.
I can't stop listening to Nightwish.