Top 10 Blog Posts for April 2013
The following were the most popular posts on my blog for the month of April. The repeats have me a tad baffled, as at least two of these posts are in the top 10 list of my most popular posts of all time. Weirdness. Here’s the list: 10. “Academic Spotlight: Disability in Science Fiction: Representations of Technology as Cure edited by Kathryn Allan“ 9. “Retro Nostalgia: Gattaca (1997) and Framing the Multivalent Ethical Dilemma“ 8. “Movie Review: Oblivion (2013)“ 7. “Death Star Economics and Ethics? (Or, What Would You Do With a Death Star?)“ 6. “Retro Nostalgia: Metropolis (1927) and the Torment of Humanity’s Dreams“ 5. “Book Suggestions for ‘American’ Lit Syllabus (a terrible title…)“ 4. “Literary Explorations: Gender Normativity, Genre Fiction, and Other Such Nonsense“ 3. “Top 10 Cats in Science Fiction and Fantasy“ 2. “Top 10 Overused Fantasy Cliches“ 1. “To the Hugo Defenders: Check Your Financial Privilege at the Door“ Anywhoodles!
Link of the Week: Star Wars + Navajo = Awesome
The Daily Times reports that the Navajo Nation Museum and the Parks and Recreation Department are working with LucasFilm to translate Star Wars into Diné bizaad, the traditional language of the Navajo people. There’s more detail at the link, obviously, but for now, I think it’s appropriate for us all to jump up and down in celebration. Because this is too awesome…