my, the internet is full of things

[jazzfish]

Been awhile since I had a good linkspam.

Canon is Kayfabe: "We're not here to watch writers be consistent. We're here to watch writers come up with awesome moves in the game of consistency."

Coercion versus Care: "Compliance isn't sufficient. Something closer to obeisance is advisable, just to be on the safe side."

The Ones Who Take The Train To Omelas, a short parody by John Holbo, with lovely travel posters. Holbo has also written an essay about the story, which is also worth reading.

Frank Oz on life as Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy and Yoda: "To my absolute mortification, as I'm telling this story I burst into tears. I apologise for my unprofessional display of emotion. 'No, don't worry! So much of the time I'm a fencepost that people project their childhood on to, and that's a great compliment.'"

And, from early 2020 but still deeply relevant, LGM Book Review: Dying of Whiteness

A lot of people are wondering whether this will finally be the disaster that undermines [Trump's] support among the base. Reading Jonathan Metzl's Dying of Whiteness is a good way to cure yourself of this delusion. ... Metzl goes to hospitals where people simply tell him they would rather die than have Obamacare go to the undeserving.
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Until whites stop preferring to kill themselves rather than admit non-whites as full citizens of the nation, fascism will continue to be a serious threat to the rest of us. And to themselves too, but they will be A-OK with that.

Comments

[sartorias]

Loved the Omegas thing--I thought I was the only one who asked those questions.