Blog Posts from Sep, 2011

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Uncle Chuck

My Uncle Chuck, sitting in my chair

My Uncle Chuck died of cancer. He was probably the only male role model I had growing up, what little I saw of him before he retired. His death reminds me that it’s important to reconnect with the people you love before they disappear.

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Mystical pregnancy in science fiction and fantasy.

The “mystical pregnancy” of scifi/fantasy genres can be viewed as “torture porn,” especially when you consider how often and how similarly it’s portrayed: woman’s body is used to create horrible abominations. Woman gets over trauma and skips off to have Further Adventures. WTF?

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