Eddie Kingston on mental health and professional wrestling.
Grafton Tanner on how algorithms change how we view older media.
Tressie McMillan Cottom on the politics of how a certain senator dresses in congress.
Worth Reading: October
No Echo did a profile about the old Connecticut hardcore band Cornerstone.
Judith Butler on TERFs.
Emma Berquist on the dreadful true crime podcast genre.
Michael Brendan Dougherty on safetyism.
Honors
Just a quick post to announce that I am no longer our honors program chair. The college has decided to move control of Honors to a staff member who will be overseeing a bunch of projects like that. I am grateful I got to teach three sections of honors composition and oversaw other classes that ran in different departments like Biology, History, and Math. I may or may not still be a part of the committee, so stay tuned.
Worth Reading: September Edition
Ian Williams on the death of Dafney Unger
David Roth on the return of crowds to sporting events
Digital Antiquarian on 1995's interactive fiction
Jessa Crispin on surveillance software in white collar jobs
Benj Edwards on shareware software in the old days
Joseph Anthony Montecillo on the return of Bryan Danielson
Episode 88: Be Right Back!
Worth Reading: August 2021
Benj Edwards on the first website on the World Wide Web 30 years ago.
An oral history of the Hoboken club Maxwells in Beliver Magazine, where I saw some gigs back in the old days.
Hardcore Gaming 101 on the incredible River City Ransom series.
Colette Arrand on the return of CM Punk.
Natalie Shure on the bloodthirst of "feminists" who support war.
Veronica Esposito interviews Shelley Jackson's son.
Sally Bryden reviews a new collection of Jamie Hernandez's wrestling comics.
Episode 87: Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy was a massive influence on me when I was growing up. Honestly, I'm not sure if I would have ended up the person I am today without it. Join me, won't you, for a pretty long episode discussing this plus how the game holds up today.
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