Alex
Lavender House
When you’re a cop in 1952 and your colleagues bust you in a raid on a gay bar, your career options become extremely limited. Former San Francisco Police Inspector Evander Mills’ retirement plan is to drink until his money is gone, then pitch himself into the bay. Until a widow sits down next to Andy at the bar and offers him a private gig—find out what happened to her wife.
Persuaded to take the case, Andy accompanies the widow to Lavender House, the family seat of recently deceased Irene Lamontaine, head of the Lamontaine Soap empire. At this secluded estate, where none of the residents, or the staff, need to hide their identities, Andy finds a bewitching freedom.
He also immediately finds himself a pawn in a family game of old money, subterfuge, and jealousy—and Irene’s death was only the beginning. The gates of Lavender House can’t lock out the real world, and it turns out that not even a soap empire can keep everyone clean.
A delicious story from an new voice in suspense, Lavender House is Knives Out with a queer historical twist.
A murder mystery set during the Lavender Scare and gay-bashing in 1950s San Francisco. Sometimes you want a neat little mystery that does exactly what the genre says it’s supposed to do. Sometimes you want it to be super gay. If that is the case and if you don’t mind a few graphic police beatings…
Et dire qu’on fait encore des présentations Powerpoint
Does powerpoint make you dim? We look at the debate, the evidence, the history. We might even throw in a little slideware liberation manifesto.
En une phrase: Les présentations Powerpoint cassent les fonctions cognitives qui servent à la communication et à la compréhension. Elles créent une préoccupation sur le format et brisent les histoires et les données en petits fragments d’une diapositive. Elles limitent la réflexion : on doit se limiter à maximum 6 points / 40 mots en…
Cultures féminines et féminisme : le soap opera et le nail art
Du roman sentimental aux blogs de nail art en passant par le soap opera, de nombreux médias s’adressent explicitement aux femmes. Tout en véhiculant des normes oppressives, ils ouvrent des espaces de réflexion autour de la féminité et des rapports entre les sexes.
En une phrase: La culture populaire féminine présente des contraintes de genre mais permet de les négocier, entre autres parce qu’on n’y retrouve pas le besoin de capital (culturel, social ou économique) des activités des classes moyennes. Un résumé personnel un peu plus détaillé La distinction de classe de Pierre Bourdieu a évolué : maintenant,…
audiobook recommendations for Pride
I made a playlist of audiobook recommendations for Pride on Libro.fm
If you get the audiobooks through the playlist, you support both my reviews and an independent bookstore of your choice.
This is great! Audiobooks are cool and LGBTQ+ books are even cooler, and this playlist, which is also hosted on my lovely Libro.fm, which has an amazing business model. Check out Jude’s list!
Wikiconcours 2023.1
Jawbone
Fernanda and Annelise are so close they are practically sisters: a double image, inseparable. So how does Fernanda end up bound on the floor of an abandoned cabin, kidnapped by one of her teachers and estranged from Annelise?
I labored through this entire book waiting for the payoff. It didn’t pay off. The ending made me so angry, not because it’s anger-inducing but because it’s empty. You’re telling me I went through all these convoluted, « I love hearing the sound of my voice »-type monologues for this? I should have listened to my gut and…
