Listing, Listless by Maggie Trapp
A poignant essay on the art and practice of list-making.
The Big List Of Small Dogs by Resonant and Anne. NC-17.
A dozen of fandom's most-respected fanfiction authors kvetch about the aspects of fanfiction that annoy them the most. Hysterical.
Choosing A Craft Name by Lady Pixie Moondrip
If you've ever moved in Wiccan circles, pardon the pun, or even if you haven't, I defy (defy!) you to read this with a straight face.
It's A Big Fat Revolution by Nomy Lamm
A brutally honest, soul-piercing essay on fat oppression, body image, and feminism.
A Short Catalogue Of Things You Think You Want by Zadie Smith
Thought-provoking, delicate prose.
A Woman's Place by Naomi Wolf
An inspiring and subversive commencement address.
I Have A Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr
The famous civil rights speech. If this piece doesn't make the fine hairs on the back of your neck stand up, best check yourself for a pulse.
Under The Nuclear Shadow by Arundhati Roy
The Booker Prize-winning author's quietly terrifying account of living in India during the India-Pakistan nuclear crisis of 2002.
It's Just A Ride by Bill Hicks
A visionary excerpt from one of the late comedian's excoriating live shows.
17th Century Nun's Prayer
In memory of Tom, who had this piece up on his kitchen wall.
Haiku Error Messages
Funny and apt.
Why Can't I Own Canadians?
Laura Schlessinger is a US radio "personality" who dispenses "advice" to people who call in to her radio show. Recently, she said that to an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22 and cannot be condoned in any circumstance. This very funny and devastatingly accurate open letter in response was penned by a US resident.
B Is For Bestseller by Mark Haddon.
A year after it was first published The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is still at the top of the bestseller lists and still winning awards. Its unlikely hero, a teenage boy with Asperger's syndrome, has captured the imagination of both adults and children. Here the novel's author Mark Haddon explains how he came to write it, why Jane Austen was his inspiration... and how he got over the problem of drawing dinosaur legs. Haddon is more than an author, he's a fellow book junkie!
Ten Sure-Fire Ways To Be Happy by Katie Hayward
Interesting.
Judith Beheading Holofernes
by Artemisia Gentileschi. One of my favourite paintings.
The Ely Lantern
My favourite piece of architecture.