Marvel Rewatch of the Incredible Hulk – the least Marvel-y of the Marvel films. Continue reading
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Marvel Rewatch: Iron Man
In preparation for Infinity War, we’ve decided (probably like a lot of people) to rewatch the entirely of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Continue reading
Happy birthday Mass Effect
I know so many people are going to write about Mass Effect, but fuck it. So am I. I was relatively late to the world of Mass Effect. Computer games had been part of my life for a long time, but dedicated player I was not. I remember getting a NES for Christmas but our … Continue reading
Death-bed conversions
One of the things that I found fascinating when studying the Reformation was the discovery of reliquaries. These objects, containers holding all sorts of religious emblems of veneration (from the last breath of Christ to hands, ribs, feet, blood, pieces of the true cross and everything in between) were far outside my cultural framework. Having … Continue reading
My top reads from 2016
So out of my utter annoyance from not being able to find Station Eleven in the science fiction section of a bookstore, I decided that I wouldn’t read any science fiction or fantasy novels in 2016 that were written by white men. That meant that I could read any books by women, or books by … Continue reading
My 22 year old self just squee’d
Here follows a really quite geeky post. When I was an undergraduate, I absolutely loved studying the Reformation and Early Modern German history. I had to take a European history course in my second year and my professor just sold it to me without even trying. So hooked. Anyway, he still gave me the best … Continue reading
All the Peace of Westphalia action
Yesterday we had a double dose of Peace of Westphalia tourism – we were in Münster as mentioned yesterday but we also made a stop in Osnabrück. The Peace of Westphalia was made up of several treaties 1 – The Treaty of Münster which ended the 80 years war between the Dutch Republic and Spain … Continue reading
My sci-fi/fantasy feminism test
I thought I better put this down here so I can link to it, rather than just to Rendevous with Rama all the time. I thought I ‘d make it harder than the Bechdel test because…well…books are different than films and you can explain harder concepts…well…maybe. So: 1: does it have at least 2 female … Continue reading
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