I just had to use that in a post somewhere! What’s piqued your media interests lately?
arts & entertainment
music, stage, writing, comedy, cinema, telly, arts, sport, crafts, photography – all this and more!
Shameless plug for the Humble eBook Bundle – DRM free, proceeds direct to authors
Pay what you want and help charity, too.
Update on “We Will Not Go Quietly” zine: now fundraising for printed copies
The editors of We Will Not Go Quietly, a zine by survivors of sexual assault, have prepared a PDF version, but cannot afford to print as many copies as they’d like. They have set up a Pozible campaign.
Indulge me for a moment…
…while I talk about archery.
Gratuitous Cumberwatching
It’s in the garden and it wants to be adopted!
Doctor Who: S7 Ep5 –The Angels take Manhattan
Conflicting responses from me in this episode – I liked the noirish atmosphere and the big picture, BUT just how many annoyingly obvious plotholes can one episode have?
On the averting of civil unrest and slime on the carpet
It was, as always, a matter of protocol. Of discretion. Of careful etiquette. Of, ultimately, alcohol. Or at least the illusion of alcohol.
Doctor Who: S7 Ep4 –The Power of Three
I meant to put this up yesterday as a traditional HaT Whoydensday, but didn’t because of reasons. So it’s a day late.
Cowboys and Aliens: mismanaging audience expectations
James Bond and Indiana Jones in the Wild West versus aliens with frickin’ lasers – but what was missing?
Obnoxious pantomime alert: “trAnnie”
And the Sydney Opera House legitimises this. This is vicious, blatant sexist transphobia, masquerading as light-hearted entertainment.
Hoyden About Town 