In part due to high-profile cases like the prosecution of the founders of Pirate Bay and, more recently, the American attempt to legislate the Internet via SOPA and PIPA, the subject of online piracy has become ubiquitous. I’ve never figured out where I stand on piracy — in fact, I…
Movies Chronicle (**** – liked) My Neighbour Totoro (***** – loved) Books Adult fiction: The Night Circus (**** – liked) Ready Player One (**** – loved) Double Dexter (**** – liked) Adult non-fiction: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (**** – liked) Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That…
If I went to Hogwarts, I’d want to be Sorted into Slytherin. But not because I like power or ambition, because I see myself as cunning or ruthless, or even because I like the idea of being a “bad girl.”
(But first, happy birthday to my Aunt Marilyn!) Let me get one thing out of the way: it’s not that I actively dislike Joss Whedon or his work. I recognize that it’s above par in a lot of ways. It’s clever, the banter is snappy, there’s an individualistic touch of…