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On The Help and Abilene Cooper
I have seen this article all over Facebook again and I thought I would give my two cents. The original case was thrown out based on the time it took for the woman to make her claim (the author gave her a book with a note that said she named her main character Abilene, but that it was based on the woman who raised her, a maid by the name of Demetrie McLorn). Now, Abilene Cooper did ask, back in 2011, for a judge to look at the case again, but nothing came of it. So, then, my question is why did the second time around come to naught? What…
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Interesting Article on Gender in History, Life, and Fiction
This is a bit of a long article, but take some time and read it. It really is an incredibly well-written editorial on women’s role in history, gender roles, reality, language, stories, and cannibalistic llamas. http://aidanmoher.com/blog/featured-article/2013/05/we-have-always-fought-challenging-the-women-cattle-and-slaves-narrative-by-kameron-hurley/
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Elves, Jobs, Iceland
You know how I wrote about how possibly the best job ever is deciding whether Elves live in the hills and are angry at construction workers? Well, I was reading the entry on At the Intersection of Fiction and Reality (which you can see on my blog roll) and he is pointing out this article angry Elves that have hopefully been appeased by song.
