tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:561381Just a Sci-Fi Kid Like Mei'm a digital brat with an insect mindcaitri2026-01-01T03:36:01Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:561381:680229Falls Through the Door Like a Wild Wind2026-01-01T03:36:01Z2026-01-01T03:36:01Zpublic1HAPPY NEW YEAR! MAY YOU AND YOURS BE SAFE, WARM, AND WELL THS YEAR!!!!!!!!!! <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=caitri&ditemid=680229" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:561381:660373Year's End Round-Up Post2021-12-31T18:34:33Z2021-12-31T18:34:33Zpublic0<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;">My favorite reads of 2021:</span></span><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clarke</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Poppy War series by R.F. Kuang</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Slight Exaggeration by Adam Zagajewski</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Twelve Caesars by Mary Beard</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">A ton of fanfic</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Best TV:</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style=""><span style="font-size: small;"><font color="#050505" face="inherit"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I only consumed dramas, Marvel, and Witcher, really. Lovestruck in the City was almost definitely the best kdrama though, with The Witcher S2 in a narrow lead over Falcon and the Winter Soldier for American stuff.</span></font><br /><br /><font color="#050505" face="inherit"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">~</span></font><br /><br /><font color="#050505" face="inherit"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Publications:</span></font><br /><br /><font color="#050505" face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">*“‘I Killed Hitler’: American Exceptionalism and Triumphalism in Supernatural.” In: A Supernatural Politics: Essays on Social Engagement, Fandom and the Series. Ed. Lisa Macklem and Dominick Grace. McFarland & Company, Inc.: 28-40. * “Sample Essay: ‘Everybody’s Bi in the Future: Constructing Sexuality in the Reboot Fandom’.” In: Pop Culture for Beginners. Ed. Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock. Broadview Press, 2022. pp. 266-273. This chapter is an excerpted version from my 2015 article. * “Defining Fan Fiction: An Exercise in Archival and Historical Research Methods.” In: A Fan Studies Primer: Method, Research, Ethics. Ed. Paul Booth and Rebecca Williams. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press: 179-192.<br /></span></font>*1. “Pressed and Stitched: Empirical Bibliography and the Gendering of Books and Book History.” Huntington Library Quarterly 84 (1): 167-175 (Spring 2021). Special Issue on Women in Book History, 1660-1830, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg and Michelle Levy.<br /><br /><font color="#050505" face="inherit"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">~</span></font></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Honestly what even was 2021? What is time? Stuff happened? If I just zip through the year on my phone it was all dogs and cats which makes it seem so much better though.</span></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=caitri&ditemid=660373" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:561381:649264Happy New Year!2021-01-05T21:00:41Z2021-01-05T21:00:41Zawakepublic2I thought I had posted this earlier, but I had not. So HAPPY NEW YEAR!<br /><br />I didn't have the energy to do a round-up post for the end of the year. "I did stuff. I did not do things I wanted to do. I am tired."<br /><br />I am back to work this week and doing my best. Right now it helps that a lot of people are still on vacation so my email inbox has been managable. Tiny victories. I'll take 'em.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=caitri&ditemid=649264" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments