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[wishfulclicking]

Before I drop these links, I have to say I am having a hard time thinking of 100 things to blog about. Perhaps I should forget about the challenge. I looked at my poetry ficathon prompt and kind of stalled out. Why is January so rough?

Extended Review of An Education: It's this role and Blink that most makes me consider Carey for Great Gatsby.

As long as Jenny is in the school's good graces, she's given every chance to reform; once she's gone she might as well be a stranger. Her disillusioned attack on the system's one-sided model of education now seems silly; it doesn't need to provide a reason for educating its students, because it has a monopoly. The students are the ones who have to justify themselves.

Why 2012 was the Year of the E-single: I have yet to fully get in on the ebook wave, though I am a big reader, I have yet to purchase an e-reader, and probably won't for a while, if ever; at most I will someday have a tablet and then read through that app. The article focuses on the nonfiction popularity, questioning how fiction will break through; I could easily see shorter fiction stories getting a hold. If you know of any authors I should check out, link me to them.

Alyssa Rosenberg discussing one problem with colorblind casting in NBC's Deception.
I'm linking this less for Deception ( a show that looks rather generic in a way that I wish it didn't because I like Laz Alonso and Meagan Good) and more about an unwillingness in most network television to deal with race and other issues. Addressing it doesn't have to be a Very Special Episode, but ignoring it--especially in this case--is kind of ridiculous.

Not all stories are only about race. But none of our lives are untouched by our racial identities. Colorblindness is a form of privilege, of refusing to connect with people by hearing about their experiences, and of refusing to benefit by understanding the role race plays in your own. And in terms of enriching the stories you tell, it’s also a tactic that may keep you safe from causing offense, but at the cost of embracing a drab and narrow spectrum for your characters to live in

Comments

[eggcrack]

Give those 100 things a shot! If it turns out to be not your thing after all, it's okay.

I can relate to the header of this post. XD

[wishfulclicking]

I have so many things saved on my read it later list that I meant to post about it is ridiculous. I think the best approach is just making a 100 things tag and having the topic be rather general; currently thinking about 100 Media things.