Weekly Reader 3-26-12

With the release of the cinematic adaptation of The Hunger Games, and my student’s interest and high praise for the film, I thought I could highlight some of what I am reading about it lately.

• This review from Feministing has some flaws, but some great points.
• Alternet on why you should be interested in the first place.
• The AV Club reviews the film.
• What the Occupy Movement can learn from The Hunger Games.

Weekly Reader

The New Yorker on Dracula and other Vampire related media.

Kathleen Fitzpatrick’s very moving tribute to her colleague David Foster Wallace.

Performing Subjectivities: Multi-Mimesis in These Waves of Girls

Jeanette Winterson reviews the new edition of Cosmicomics.

The Guardian interviews Feministing’s Jessica Valenti.