Mr. Spock's Little Book of Mindfulness rubbed me the wrong way. It isn't really about mindfulness, the few life lessons it offers aren't universally applicable, and it doesn't really get at the nuance of Mr. Spock as a character.
I almost didn't finish this book, but I'm glad I did. I picked up The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness at a library used book sale because I love Paula Poundstone on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me and I suspected t...
Visual artists Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber bring us an uncanny library of book covers to peruse. The titles range from the hilarious (How to Brainwash Your Friends and Eat Their Lunch or Whether I Helped or Not, At Least it was App...
Mr. Spock's Little Book of Mindfulness rubbed me the wrong way. It isn't really about mindfulness, the few life lessons it offers aren't universally applicable, and it doesn't really get at the nuance of Mr. Spock as a character.
I almost didn't finish this book, but I'm glad I did. I picked up The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness at a library used book sale because I love Paula Poundstone on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me and I suspected t...
Visual artists Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber bring us an uncanny library of book covers to peruse. The titles range from the hilarious (How to Brainwash Your Friends and Eat Their Lunch or Whether I Helped or Not, At Least it was App...
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graphic-novel, humour, and canada
The Great Links (11)
I wrote about Star Trek’s 50th anniversary for the CCPA Monitor and what we need to see in the next 50 years. But I do need to make a correction: in the article I described Robert Beltran as “non-Native” when in fact he identifies as Latindio, of Mexican-Native American ancestry.
Constance Grady writes at Vox about “Why we’re terrified of fanfiction” and links opinions on fanfiction to gender divides in fandom communities.
Dr. Kayla Iacovino is an amazing Trekkie vulcanologist whom I’ve had the privilege of doing panels with at conventions, and now she’s profiled at CNN!
I wrote about the Star Trek programming at the 2016 Montreal Comiccon, starting with the most painful part (William Shatner’s comments on a panel with Kate Mulgrew and Brent Spiner) but moving into a discussion of what worked, including the awesomeness of Mulgrew and Nichelle Nichols (The Mary Sue).
Erica McGillivray has a really lovely piece about Star Trek: Beyond and why we need stories like Star Trek that show us working together to build a better future.
I joined the Priority One Podcast to talk about the rumour that the new Star Trek Discovery lead could possibly be the “Number One” from “The Cage.” Take a listen.
Victoria McNally has written a great article at Revelist about the women in Star Trek fandom who were instrumental in shaping modern fandom and ensuring the franchise’s 50+ year legacy.
