messy queer representation
Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya (Autostraddle)Seeing someone familiar fail gives us permission to fail, too. Or, at least, to be softer with ourselves when we do fail. (…) I want queer representation that is varied and dynamic and expansive. That’s what queerness is all about.
Vox Populi, Vox Deorum: Elections in ASOIAF, Part I
In ASOS, the election of a new Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch is the first opportunity GRRM has to describe a Westerosi election. And thanks to Samwell Tarly and Jon Snow’s POVs being right at the heart of the contest – the campaign manager and his winning candidate, respectively – we have a wealth of information on how the elections process works in the Night’s Watch. So how do the black brothers run their elections?
An amazing look at the elections for Commander of the Wall in ASOIAF. Full nerdery ahead − I highly recommend it.
AI Is Threatening My Tech and Lifestyle Content Mill
As the editor of a content mill that generates great articles every 4.2 seconds, like “Five Hacks for Your Roku” and “Seven Hacks for Your Roku,” I feel the need to take a stand against the rise of AI articles and the threat they pose to my team of human writers, who we treat like robots.
Simon Barthélémy