π One option the New York Times didn’t mention in their piece about keeping a digital commonplace book: doing it on your own website.
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π This deep-dive into fans reverse-engineering knitwear like Bernie’s mittens & the fourth Doctor’s scarf sits at the center of a Venn diagram of two of my interests, fandom & textiles. I love it.
π Jess Zimmerman’s latest Dead Channel compares the old Internet to Faerie & tackles what it means to know someone’s handle. It resonated especially with me bc when I recently said “I’m Kiba” to someone I know outside of fandom, she said, “YOU’RE Kiba?”
π My granddaddy got his Ed. D. in 1972 and I just found the record for his dissertation in the UF catalog.
π Highly recommended: Library Ambience Sounds for Studying / Relaxing White Noise.
π I am a Book Person. I don’t love the shots this piece takes at Book People, but I appreciate its conclusion: it would be good to calm down about books. (The verbs attacks Book People are defending themselves against are published, rather than imagined.)
π The Power of German Playwright Bertholt Brechtβs V-Effekt: Oliver Mayer discusses the connection between the January 6 insurrection and Brecht’s work with alienation.
π Whatβs Behind the Label βDomestic Fictionβ?: Soledad Fox Maura writes about why we need to reconsider genre.
π An old piece that the Rec Center brought to my attention: How Writing Fanfic Introduced Me To Myself.
I’ve been feeling the need to do some fun, low-pressure writing. Fic may be just the thing.
π I continue to be proud of my city: Durham Moves to Protect Residents Against Natural Hair Discrimination