for the ask violence - sandman for 12, 18, 22, and 24??? i predict at least one mention each for cori and lucienne đđ©”
12. the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them
for tv!mansand...Rose Walker. in the comix Rose is such a bland character, the girl version of neilman's typical "everyman" protagonist. imho the show made her coming-of-age arc much more compelling, and it puts a Black woman at the center of a narrative usually only given to yt ppl. i wish more fans would explore her character beyond using her as a prop in fics for Morpheus to Be A Better Person.
18. it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...
y'all, Lucienne was holding up the Dreaming through sheer force of will for over 100 years. she was Dream's first raven. she's Librarian in a world made of and dedicated to stories. people should have more nuanced takes on her than "rigid, respectable Rule Follower." also people should stop stereotyping her as a "mom" figure or someone who experiences zero emotions beyond anger. in other words, fandom should read some fucking black studies before it gets to engage with black characters.
22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores
...the Dream to Danny pipeline. i love Danny!Dream and what he represents as the culmination of a character arc. also Nick Robles drew him so so pretty and people be asking for him to not exist. how dare.
24. topic that brings up the most rancid discourse
[stares dead-eyed into the camera]
mansand fandom has a major problem with antiblackness. most fan spaces do, it's a condition of living in a world whose systems are based in antiblackness. but...my god. people bend over backwards to claim they're not racist while perpetuating racist ideologies. best example of this is the fandom's approach to Hob Gadling. i've seen hundreds of fics that explore in depth how a slave trader could become a progressive dude in the 21st century, and no one questions that maybe the real problem is why we feel the need to write and rewrite redemption arcs for fictional white people, or why we feel compelled to put white characters' guilt at the center of stories that are actually about the conditions of Blackness. why is a cis white British man the lens people automatically reach for as relatable? why do fans care So Much about making this dude "morally good"?
this isn't about Hob Gadling. it's about how people put a lot of energy and effort into redeeming white characters while ignoring nonwhite characters. it's about how people think of white characters as "neutral." it's about how fandom aligns queerness with whiteness, while ignoring sexism, racism, ableism and classism in its depictions. it's about how "don't like don't read" is NOT praxis for these issues. it's about how fandom needs to examine its biases, because this shit ain't transformative if it's just reproducing the same oppressive norms that exist in the real world.
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Activists are posting their hauls on TikTok to raise public awareness.
Liz Wilson, 37, a mother of two in Pennsylvania, diving head first into a dumpster outside a store. She posts her finds on TikTok, where she is known by her 1.2 million followers as Salty Stella.Credit...Cory Foote for The New York Times
Nov. 21, 2022Updated 5:11 p.m. ET
At the third Duane Reade of the night, Anna Sacks, 31, a dumpster diver who goes by @trashwalker on TikTok, hit the jackpot. Half a dozen clear trash bags sat along Second Avenue not far from her home on Manhattanâs Upper East Side.
Kneeling on the ground, Ms. Sacks untied the bags with a gloved hand and, using her iPhone flashlight, pulled out her haul: Tresemmé hair spray. Rimmel London Stay Glossy lip gloss. Two bags of Ghirardelli sea salt caramels. Six bags of Cretors popcorn mix. Wet mop refills. A Febreze air freshener. Toe warmers. A bottle of Motrin. All of it unopened, in the packaging and far from the expiration date.
âOh my God,â said Ms. Sacks, digging out a 6-pack with one can missing. âMy mom loves Diet Dr Pepper.â
The total value was perhaps $75, but money wasnât the point. Ms. Sacks, a former investment bank analyst, films her âtrash walks,â as she calls them, and posts the videos to expose what she sees as the wastefulness of retailers who toss out returned, damaged or otherwise unwanted items instead of repurposing them.
Fed up with the profligate practice, dumpster divers like Ms. Sacks have started posting videos of their haul on TikTok in recent years as a way of shaming corporations and raising awareness of the wasteful behavior.
A search of #dumpsterdiving on TikTok brings up tens of thousands of videos that collectively have billions of views. They include a video by Tiffany Butler, known as Dumpster Diving Mama, who found several handbags in the trash last year outside a Coach store in Dallas, all of them apparently slashed by employees. Ms. Sacks bought the bags and made a TikTok calling out the fashion brand. After the video went viral and sparked outrage (and was picked up by Diet Prada), Coach said it would stop âdestroying in-store returns of damaged, defective, worn and otherwise unsalable goods,â and instead try to reuse them.
Most of the dumpster activists target mass retailers like CVS, TJ Maxx, HomeGoods and Party City. Luxury fashion brands tend to keep a tighter control over their excess inventory and sometimes pay to have unsold items burned.
A video posted this month by Liz Wilson, 37, a mother of two in Bucks County, Pa., who goes by Salty Stella, shows a dumpster at a nearby HomeGoods store filled with Halloween-themed mugs, plates, dog bowls and holiday decorations. âThis is absolutely horrendous,â Ms. Wilson told her 1.2 million TikTok followers. âThe only reason these things were thrown away is because Halloween is over.â
Ella Rose, who goes byGlamourDDive, posted a video two months ago showing a dumpster outside a TJ Maxx store, filled with Zara dresses,grooming products by Fekkai and clothing from Victoriaâs Secret.
At a time when corporations tout their commitment to the environment, the sight of $500 handbags or even $6 Ghirardelli chocolates discarded in a dumpster can be a bad look.
âCorporations donât want people to see the overproduction, the wastefulness, the lack of donation,â said Ms. Sacks, who has 400,000 followers and has received significant media coverage. âTo change behavior, itâs important to expose the wastefulness.â
Michael OâHeaney, executive director of The Story of Stuff Project, an environmental group in Berkeley, Calif., that raises awareness about waste through storytelling, called Ms. Sacks and other eco-minded dumpster divers âmetal detectors for flaws in the system.â âWhat theyâre finding in the trash are a fascinating lens into our waste economy,â said Mr. OâHeaney, whose organization recently filmed a trash walk with Ms. Sacks.
Some do more than just raise awareness. Ms. Wilson puts together âStellaâs Kitsâ â which contain feminine hygiene supplies like pads, tampons and flushable wipes assembled from dumpster dives â and distributes them at homeless shelters and other places where women experience what is known as period poverty.
While Ms. Wilson also posts to YouTube and Instagram, she said that her videos get the most reactions on TikTok. âPeople are just shocked and saddened,â she said. âEvery day, I get the same reaction: âOh, my god. Why do stores do this?ââ
Mark Cohen, the director of retail studies at Columbia Business School, said that the practice is based on the cold calculation that âthe simplest and most expediate way for a retailer to dispose of something, typically of low value, is to mark it out of its stock and dump it.â
Merchandise that was returned cannot always be resold because of regulations meant to protect consumerâs health â including food, some over-the-counter drugs and health and beauty aids, Mr. Cohen said. Items that have been damaged or worn, or are out of season like holiday decorations, may have lost too much value, even for third-party buyers.
âAs egregious as it is to see seemingly perfect product put into a landfill,â Mr. Cohen said, âitâs the shortest and least expensive path.â
Activists like Ms. Wilson and Ms. Sacks would prefer to see retailers donate items to charitable organizations and others in need. âWe should be incentivizing corporations ideally to produce less in general,â Ms. Sacks said, but if thatâs not possible, they should âdonate or sell it through, or store it for the next year, rather than destroy it.â
Many retailers say that they do, in fact, donate unsold goods, but some merchandise still needs to be sent to landfills. âThe thought that everything leftover can be donated is a nice thought to hold,â but unrealistic, Mr. Cohen said.
CVS, for example, said it diverted 50 percent of its unsold merchandise last year to recycling or reuse, and donated about $140 million worth of goods to charities including Feeding America. CVS works âwith nonprofit organizations to arrange for damaged or near-expired goods from our stores to be donated to communities in need,â said Ethan Slavin, a spokesman.
Andrew Mastrangelo, a spokesman for TJX, the parent company of TJ Maxx and HomeGoods, said that âonly a very small percentage of merchandise from our stores goes unsold,â and that most of the unsold merchandise is bought by third parties or donated to charities.
Walgreens, which owns Duane Reade, said it donated 10 million pounds of goods in 2021. âWalgreens works diligently to divert from landfill unsold or discontinued products such as food, toiletries and household items,â said Candace Johnson, a spokeswoman.
Even so, some items cannot be donated, including perishable products within one month of expiration. âProducts that do not meet applicable standards for donation or liquidation,â Ms. Johnson added, âmay be discarded in the trash.â
Discarded merchandise is perhaps most abundant around the holiday season. Last Halloween, Ms. Wilson said she found more than 120 Halloween-themed dish towels outside two HomeGoods stores near her home, all in perfect condition.
Ms. Wilson has a circuit of dozens of retailers around southeastern Pennsylvania that she visits every week. She never comes up empty. âI could go to a dumpster today and get a bunch of stuff,â Ms. Wilson said, âand go back to the same dumpster 24 hours later and find new stuff in it.â
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Liked on YouTube: Sci-Fi Short Film "Apotheosis" | DUST || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlcuKadMBlE || Explore the DUST Multiverse on our App: https://bit.ly/DUSTChannel Selene, a young aerospace engineer, dreams of going to space, but was born naturally in this near-future society where the first generation of genetically engineered humans has come of age and has more privileges than those born like Selene. When her mother loses her job, Selene decides to compete against these genetically engineered humans in order to secure a job position on the first habitable space colony, Rusk Venture's Ourania. However, she'll be competing against her friend Fabrizio, Rusk's engineered son. Their friendship is pushed to the limit as their willpower and determination are put to the test. "Apotheosis" by Max Pearce Connect with the Filmmaker: https://ift.tt/VHtocZ7 "Apotheosis" Credits: Selene - Rene Leech Fabrizio - Dor Gvirtsman Minerva - Jane Casserly Rusk - Ross Turner Trainer - Vincent Stalba Newscaster - Wei Wilson Swimmer 1 - Hallie Kingsey Swimmer 2 - Oscar Martinez Baile Swimmer 3 - Rielle Oase Swimmer 4 - Keanu Ross-Cabrera Director - Max Pearce Produced by - Maria Sara Santoro Co-Producer - Brian DeAngelis Written by - Max Pearce & Maria Sara Santoro Director of Photography - John Burroughs Hanle Production Designer - Maria Sara Santoro Edited by - Riley Sweeney Lynch Costume Designer - Sonya Berg Visual Effects by - Shaman Marya Music by - David Myles Lewis Associate Producers - Hatuey Rodriguez, Josh Powell First Assistant Director - Tony Gx Shi Second Assistant Director - Yizhi Shi First Assistant A Camera - Catalina Parra First Assistant B Camera - Amber Rose Jones Second Assistant A Camera - Sayali Upadhye Second Assistant B Camera - Caleb Smith, June Kim Steadicam Operator - Lars Struck Gaffer - Louven Ryes Key Grip - Laura Stone G&E Swings - Sean Farley, Chris Hall, Chris Ube, Cory Ewing, Devon Johns Sound Design - Carter Tate Sound Recorder - Evan Hartney Sound Mixer - Vera Tin Art Director - Cat Johnson Set Decorator - Addison Rolleri Hair and Make-up - Kaia Langois Set Production Assistants - Ziqi Huang, Bingliang Li, Victoria Interiano, Greg Shell, Elizaveta Kaminski, Tayla Dixon Script Supervisors - Santos Herrera, Ian Kent, BTS Photographer - Rielle Oase Storyboards - Nhan Le Concept Art - Catherine Wu Additional Visual Effects by - Josh Steede Colorist - John Burroughs Hanle Titles and Credits by - Craig Lief On-Set Lifeguards - Devon Coates, Kyle Brandstater USC Faculty Advisors - Mike Fink, Brenda Goodman Festivals & Distribution/Licensing - Sandrine Faucher Cassidy Catering by - Too Tasty Catering Stock Footage Provided by - Pexels A USC Short FIlm Subscribe to the DUST and ALTER newsletter: https://ift.tt/OeWPSBf Subscribe to DUST on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2aqc5vh #DUST #scifi #shortfilm About DUST: DUST presents thought-provoking science fiction content, exploring the future of humanity through the lens of science and technology. From timeless classics to cutting-edge movies, series, short films, and podcasts, DUST acquires, produces and distributes all content types. DUST is also available on Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, AppleTV, Fubo, IMDBTV, iOS, Peacock, Roku, Redbox, Samsung TV, Sling, STIRR, Tivo, Vizio, Xumo and 7Plus. On our OTT platforms, we offer cutting-edge and classic feature films, series, podcasts, and our entire shorts library. #TheFutureAwaits Watch on the DUST App: https://bit.ly/DUSTChannel Subscribe to the DUST Newsletter: https://bit.ly/signal_newsletter" Connect with DUST Website: https://ift.tt/UdAKuWp Sign-up for DUST newsletter: https://ift.tt/a1FEv05 Watch DUST on your TV: Available on Roku, Samsung TV, Apple TV, Android TV...and more Watch more on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2amTSen Follow Us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2aqYgtZ Follow Us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2amAhRt Listen to the DUST podcast: Apple: http://bit.ly/DUST-Audio Spotify: http://bit.ly/DUST-Spotify Stitcher: http://bit.ly/DUST-Stitcher Castbox: http://bit.ly/DUST-Castbox iHeart: http://bit.ly/DUST-iHeart About Gunpowder + Sky: Creating content that resonates and impacts pop culture conversation, by empowering creators to take risks and experiment relentlessly in the pursuit of novel stories and formats. https://www.youtube.com/watchdust
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CALIFICACIĂN PERSONAL: 6 / 10
TĂtulo Original:Â Terrifier 2Â Â
Año: 2022
DuraciĂłn: 138 min.
PaĂs: Estados Unidos Â
DirecciĂłn: Damien Leone
Guion: Â Damien Leone Â
MĂșsica: Paul Wiley Â
FotografĂa: George Steuber Â
Reparto:Â David Howard Thornton, Lauren LaVera, Elliott Fullam, Sarah Voigt, Kailey Hyman, Griffin Santopietro, Owen Myre, Casey Hartnett, Samantha Scaffidi, Felissa Rose, Tamara Glynn, Nedim JahiÄ, Jason Lively, Johnathan Davis, Charlie McElveen, Amelie McLain, Gilbrando Acevedo, Cory DuVal, Jackie Adragna
Productora: Dark Age Cinema, Fuzz on the Lens Productions
GĂ©nero: Horror
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10403420/
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Have a sketch, cause itâs been awhile since Iâve drawn the Scarlet Prince fully!
So hereâs the difference in my style from March to August as well as the change to his official design! ^^
[I also might clean this up in the future and make this a full drawing instead of a sketch! :âD]
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2, 3 and 15?
2. Did you reread anything? What?
I reread The Book Thief, because I taught it in my practicum! Honestly, I didnât love the book the first time around, but I appreciated it more when I reread it through the lens of teaching it--it is a very skillful book.
Technically, I could also say I reread Carmilla, but this time I read Carmen Maria Machadoâs brilliant edition of it, which is SO much better than the original, even though it only adds an introduction and a few footnotes. She manages to reclaim the whole story and queer it using just those small changes.
3. What were your top five books of the year?
1) Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (review)
2)Â Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, edited by Carmen Maria Machado (review)
3)Â This Is What it Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow (review)Â
4)Â Of Ice and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst (review)
5) Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy (review)
15. Did you read any books that were nominated for or won awards this year (Booker, Womenâs Prize, National Book Award, Pulitzer, Hugo, etc.)? What did you think of them?
I was a judge for the Lambda Literary Awards this year! So I read... a lot of books nominated. 30? Something like that. By January, I was reading a book a day. Some of them, I absolutely loved, like Alice Isnât Dead by Joseph Fink, Gnarled Hollow by Charlotte Greene, and A Study In Honour by Claire OâDell. Others... I didnât like as much.
[from the end of year book ask post]
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Three Dresses
Book: Love Hacks - Iâm replaying these and itâs got me in a mood.
Pairing: Mark Collins x MC (Cori Larson)
Rating: G
Summary: Cori canât decide on a dress to wear for Markâs company party, and Mark reminds her why it doesnât really matter.
Note: PB owns Mark Collins and MC; Iâm just expanding their world a little.
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âArgh!â Cori Larson cried, staring at herself in the full-length mirror. The navy blue dress she wore draped beautifully across her lithe frame, showing just enough skin to still be demure. Her toned arms, tanned from the summer sun, were showcased by cap sleeves, and a full-length skirt fell perfectly from her slim hips. She hated it.
âMark!â she yelled from their bedroom, gathering her skirt in her hand and plodding in her socked feet to where her boyfriend Mark Collins sat watching a Giants game in the living room. She stopped in front of him with a huff, letting the satin swish down to the floor and cutting off his view of the screen. âWhatâs wrong?â he asked, his glance traveling appreciatively over his gorgeous girlfriend. He may have been missing the Giantsâ at-bat, but at least the scenery was worth it.
âThis dress. I hate it.â
âSo why are you wearing it?â
Cori rolled her eyes and huffed impatiently. âBecause I need your opinion on it. Should I wear it tonight? How does it look?â She twisted to the side, smoothing a hand down her flat stomach and scowling at the offending garment. Mark watched her carefully; he knew that his next words were crucial to his well-being.
âYou look beautiful, Cor, you know I always think you do.â
Mark reached out to grasp the hand dangling at her side, squeezing it gently. âBut if you donât like this dress, you should change.â Cori smiled at him as she turned and breezed back to their bedroom. âThanks, Sweetie, I think Iâll try that new green dress I bought last week!â Sweeping into the room she tugged the blue dress off and threw it across the bed. That one wouldnât be seeing the light of day any time soon.
âWhere are you . . . ,â Cori muttered, flipping through the hangers in an attempt to find said green dress. âAh! There!â Pulling it out, she shimmied into the short frock, admiring the way the fabric swished around her thighs. With itâs short, flared skirt and lace-trimmed bodice, it was a fun little number that Cori had picked up on a whim last week when sheâd been shopping with Brooke. The deep, forest green made her normally-blue eyes skew a light emerald color and offset her thick, chestnut hair perfectly. Cori twirled around in front of the mirror to check it from all sides. âOh, this is cute,â she murmured, âand itâs super fun.â She paused, her lips screwing into a frown. Maybe it was too fun for a work party.
Shuffling back into the living room, Cori resumed her stance in front of Mark, who was now intently watching the Giants as they attempted to get out of a bases-loaded situation in the bottom of the eighth, with the score tied 3-3. His eyes flickered up to Cori, then back to the TV in an attempt to see the pitch. âThat one looks amazing, Cor,â he said, eyes glued to the pitcher winding up. âWear that one, I like it. Yes!â Mark pumped his fist as the Giants defense made a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning. He reached over to grab the bottle of beer sitting on the end table (Cori was taking forever; heâd been ready half an hour ago and he was thought a little pre-game drink wouldnât hurt), taking a swig before he realized Cori was still standing before him, arms crossed over her chest. He looked at her with raised eyebrows. âUhhh . . . you good?â
âNo Iâm not good!â Cori wailed, sinking down on the couch next to Mark in a swirl of verdant material and peony perfume. âIâm trying to look amazing for your party tonight and you donât even care.â The crossed arms made a reappearance as she glared at Mark. He sighed softly, careful to not let her hear, and reached out a hand to gently grasp her bare knee. Rubbing his thumb softly against the smooth skin, Mark reassured Cori.
âBabe, I told you I liked it. I think youâre gorgeous,â he leaned over and kissed her on the forehead. âAnd wonderful.â A kiss on the nose. âAnd I love you,â he finished, gently kissing Coriâs pout. She sighed softly against his lips and flopped back against the cushions. âI just know itâs a big night for you, a fancy party with your whole team there, and your new promotion, and I want to look perfect. I donât want to embarrass you.â She let her head loll against the back of the couch and faced Mark. He shook his head at her, a soft smile spreading across his face.
âCori Larson, you could never, ever, embarrass me.â She raised her eyebrows. âOkay, maybe if youâve had three beers and two shots and karaoke âMy Heart Will Go On,ââ he conceded, âbut definitely not because of a dress. You look amazing, no matter what youâre wearing.â Mark stood and offered Cori his hand. âSo. You ready to head out?â
Shaking her head, Cori rose and headed back down the hallway; Mark couldnât stifle the groan that escaped his throat as he flopped back down on the sofa. âCori! Come on, you look great!â
âOne more!â she called back. âI promise!â
Mark picked up his beer and drained the bottle, hoping that Cori would settle on something soon. He would never understand women. All that work when they could just throw on jeans and a t-shirt and look freaking beautiful. And Cori? Mark smiled to himself, thinking of his girlfriend in the other room. Cori could wake up from a three-day bender and cover herself in a dirty bedsheet and she would still be the most stunning thing heâd ever laid eyes on. He sighed, his stomach clenching in anticipation as he thought of the small, black, velvet box in the back of his sock drawer. It was going to happen soon; her birthday, maybe, or the anniversary of the day they met at college. Whenever it was, Mark knew he would be the luckiest man in the world when Cori agreed to marry him.
âOkay, I think this one is alright. What do you think?â Cori swept into the room, jolting Mark from his reverie. His mouth went dry and his heart sped up at the sight of the woman before him. This dress, number three, was stunning. Deep garnet, the dress was made of delicate lace, hugging Coriâs body in all the right places. The lining of the dress covered the crucial parts, leaving her glowing skin peeking through the material. With its long sleeves and high neckline, the dress was the perfect combination of classy and sexy, and the flare at the bottom added just enough style. Cori had twisted her locks into a purposely-messy bun, a few tendrils escaping to frame her heart-shaped face, and her makeup was subtle yet sophisticated. Mark was breathless.
âYou donât like it?â Cori asked, crestfallen. She took a step back and Mark reached out, grabbing her wrist. âCori, my god, you look beautiful,â he said honestly. He pulled her into him, his large hands coming up to cup her face gently. She smiled up at him, her eyes glittering with happiness.
Mark led her over to a table where Cori had placed candid photos of their friends and family, picking up a small silver frame and handing it to her. The picture inside was of the two of them back in college, taken just after theyâd completed a mud run on campus. Their smiles were contagious, pure joy reflecting from their faces. Cori grinned straight at the lens, while Mark was caught in profile, his gaze focused on the young woman beside him. When theyâd moved in together, Mark had insisted on setting the picture out, even though Cori had put up a fight. âI look awful!â sheâd exclaimed. But Mark had gotten his way, and every time he looked at it he was reminded of how much he loved her, as much back then as he did now, and how far theyâd come throughout the years.
âPlease tell me I donât look like I did that day,â Cori laughed, staring down at their younger selves. She shook her head and set the frame back down in its spot on the table. âYou know I hate the way I look in that picture.â Mark turned her to face him, brushing his fingertips over her cheek and smiling down at her.
âWhen I look at that picture of us, all I notice is how beautiful you are. I donât see the mud and the sweat, or the ponytail, or whatever it is you see, Cor,â Mark said truthfully. âEvery time I look at you, no matter what youâre wearing, or if you have makeup on, or your hair isnât washed, all I can see is you, and you are absolutely gorgeous.â He stared into Coriâs eyes, willing her to believe just how amazing he thought she was. âSo, in that blue dress, or the green one, or this one, or a muddy t-shirt, Iâm always gonna think youâre the most beautiful thing Iâve ever seen.â
Eyes glistening with tears, Cori grinned up at Mark, unable to believe that this wonderful man was actually hers. âDonât make me cry, Collins. I canât mess up my makeup,â she laughed, carefully swiping a finger under both eyes. She grasped Markâs hand in hers, running her thumb over his knuckles. âThank you, so much, Sweetie. I know I freak out about stupid, little things and I really appreciate you putting up with me. Itâs nice to know no matter what I wear, youâll still love me.â Cori crossed the room to grab a small clutch that sheâd placed on the arm of the sofa and turned to face him. âReady?â
Mark smiled softly and went to her, placing a hand on her lower back and guiding them to the door, anticipating spending tonight and, soon, the rest of their lives together. âAs long as youâre beside me, Cor, Iâm ready for anything.â
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The challenges facing Black men â and the case for action
New Post has been published on http://khalilhumam.com/the-challenges-facing-black-men-and-the-case-for-action/
The challenges facing Black men â and the case for action
By Richard V. Reeves, Sarah Nzau, Ember Smith âTo be male, poor, and either African-American or Native-American is to confront, on a daily basis, a deeply held racism that exists in every social institution,â writesâŻourâŻBrookings colleague Camille Busette. âNo other demographic group has fared as badly, so persistently and for so long.â To meet this âappalling crisis,â Camille calls for nothing less than âa New Deal for Black menâ. Creating this New Deal is one of the core priorities of the Race, Prosperity and Inclusion Initiative, directed by Camille, but also of the new Boys and Men Project launched today out of the Center on Children and Families. The elements of this New Deal will likely consist of intentional policymaking in the fields of education and training, the labor market, family policy (especially for fathers), criminal justice reform; and tackling concentrated poverty. This is one area where it is reasonable to hope for some bipartisan action. Witness the creation in 2019 of a new Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys, charged with recommending policies to âimprove upon, or augment, current government programs.â This bipartisan Commission, consisting of 19 members, will âinvestigate potential civil rights violations affecting black males and study the disparities they experience in education, criminal justice, health, employment, fatherhood, mentorship and violence.â The Commission is required by law to report annually and âmake recommendations to improve the social conditions and provide vital guidance for Congress on effective strategies to reduce the racial disparities in education, criminal justice, health and employmentâ.  The legislation to create the Commission was introduced in the House by Representative Frederica Wilson (D-FL) and sponsored in the Senate by Marco Rubio (R-FL), Kamala Harris (D-CA), and Cory Booker (D-NJ). This is a welcome and positive development. It will be important for the Commission to fully understand the challenges facing Black men specifically, in order to target policy appropriately. Black boys and Black men, in particular, run the gauntlet of a specific brand of racism, at the sharp intersection of race and gender.  Here, we provide some key facts on Black menâs outcomes in eight important domains, compared to Black women, white women, and white men.Â
1. Education
In 2019, 28% of Black men ages 25-29 had a bachelorâs degree or higher, compared to 30% of Black women, over 40% of white men, and nearly half of white women, according to the National Center of Education Statistics in 2019. The gap is greater still at higher education levels: only half as many Black men have a Masterâs degree (4%) as Black women (9%), white men (8%) and white women (13%):Â
2. Upward mobility
Black women and white women raised byâŻlow-incomeâŻparents (those in the bottom 20% of the income distribution) have similar rates of upward intergenerational mobility, measured in terms of their individual income as adults. Black men, by contrast, are much less likely than white men toâŻrise upâŻthe income ladder, according to Raj Chetty and his team at Opportunity Insights who have crunched the numbers onâŻ20 millionâŻAmericansâŻin the 1978-1983 birthâŻcohorts.âŻA third of white men raised by low-income parents end up in the top 40% of the income distribution as adults, compared to only 19% of Black boys. The figure below shows the probability of moving up the income ladder for children raised by low-income parents by race. The data shows that Black men raised by low-income parents face twice the risk of remaining stuck in intergenerational poverty (38%) as Black women (20%) in terms of their individual income. Note however that Black women fare worse in terms of household income than in individual income, especially compared to whites â itself a reflection, in part, of the worse outcomes for Black men. Â
3. Earnings
Black workersâregardless of genderâearn less than white workers, and white men have substantially out-earned white women and Black workers since 1980, according to Current Population Survey data. For both Black and white workers, men earn more; but the gender gap is much smaller for Black workers. The figure below shows the weekly earnings of full-time workers (hourly and non-hourly) for Black and white workers by gender since 1980. The results are striking: Black men earn $378 less per week than white men and $125 less than white women. Overall white women have seen the biggest increase in earnings, overtaking Black men in the 1990s.Â
4. Labor force participationÂ
The labor force participation rate for Black men aged 20 and over is 5.6 percentage points lower than for white men, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates (note that this excludes the incarcerated population). Many men and women face different considerations when deciding to participate in the labor force â so here for simplicity we compare Black and white men in terms of labor force participation:Â
5. Unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic
Black men have the highest unemployment rate of civilian non-institutionalized Black and white men and women over age 20, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There was a large race gap in unemployment (independent of gender) even before COVID-19 swept the U.S. Prior to March 2020, Black men consistently had among the highest unemployment rate of Black and white workers. Unemployment shot up for everyone in April, and Black women faced higher unemployment than Black men for two months. As unemployment began to fall for most in June, Black menâs unemployment rose and remained high through September (the last month data is available). In September, 12.6% of Black men were unemployed, compared to 6.5% of white men. Â
6. Life expectancy
Women live longer than men, on average â but there are big race gaps, too. Life expectancy is lowest for Black men (among Black and white people), according the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, both at birth and at age 65. For white men, life expectancy at birth is about 6 years lower than at age 65. But for Black men, that gap is over 9 yearsâshowing that Black men are more likely to die prematurely.
7. COVID-19 death
Black men have been the most likely among Black and white Americans to die of COVID-19 at a rate 2.4 times that of white men, according to CDC data through July 2020. The figure below showed that 80 of 100,000 Black men in the U.S. had died of COVID-19 by July 4.
8. Criminal justice
Black men face a much higher chance of being incarcerated, according to Bureau of Justice data. The figure below shows the proportion of state and federal prisoners of each race and gender, compared to the shared of the U.S. adult population. Black men are overrepresented among prisoners by a factor of five (32% v. 6%).
The case for actionÂ
These are hard facts but ones that have to be faced in order to respond to the once-in-a-generation moment of racial reckoning taking place in the U.S. right now. Policymakers should consider Black menâs experienceâand these select factsâthrough the lens of âintersectionality,â a framework pioneered by KimberlĂ©Â Crenshaw for examining how identities can combine to create specific nodes of disadvantage. Intersectionality points to the need to see individuals in the context of a wide range of identities, rather than in simple binary terms, such as male or female, Black or white or gay or straight. This can highlight the position of âmultiply-burdenedâ groups, as Crenshaw puts it.  On many social and economic measures, Black men fare worse not only than white men, but white and Black women, as we show above. Part of the cause is that Black men are âuniquely stigmatized,â according to studies of implicit bias conducted by political scientists Ismail White and Corrine McConnaughy: more than 40% of white respondents rank âmany or almost allâ Black men as âviolent.â White men are less than half as likely to be described in this way, at about the same rates as for Black women, while white women are very unlikely to be labeled as violent. Itâs no surprise, then, that Black men are also more likely to be stopped by the police, more likely to be frisked, more likely to be arrested, more likely to be convicted, and more likely to be killed by law enforcement. As Rashawn Ray, a Rubenstein Fellow at Brookings argues, âBlack men have a different social reality from their black female counterpartsâ, he writes. âThe perceptions of others influence black menâs social interactions with co-workers and neighbors [and] structure a unique form of relative deprivationâŠIn this regard, the intersectionality framework becomes useful for illuminating black menâs multiplicities and vulnerabilities.â Given the weight of evidence on the specific, and unique plight of Black men,âŻgeneral policy recommendationsâŻwill not suffice. Breaking the cycle of intergenerational disadvantage for Black boys and men requires first a deeper understanding the gendering of their race â and the racialization of their gender â and second, a battery of specifically tailored policy interventions: a New Deal for Black Men, no less.Â
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I know thereâs a lot of people that probably read way more than I do on here and I have so many books for my Kindle so I just wanted to share a list of all the books I have. These are just in the order of the most recent on my Kindle so I apologise if you were looking for it in alphabetical order. Rest of list will be under the cut just because thereâs so many books. 400+ books. Oopsies~Â
A Game Of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Sweetness (Bold As Love Book 1) by Lindsay Paige
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need To Know by Ben Dupré
50 Political Ideas You Really Need To Know by Ben Dupré
50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need To Know by Adrian Furnham
Answers for Aristotle: How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to A More Meaningful Life by Massimo Pigliucci
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Crimes Against Humanity by Adam Jones
The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckÂ
The Satanic Verses: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
1776 by David McCullough
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
End the Fed by Ron Paul
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
John Adams by David McCullough
Killing Kennedy by Bill OâReilly
Killing Lincoln by Bill OâReilly and Martin Dugard
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow
Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom by Ron Paul
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella by Stephenie Meyer
To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee Harper
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Colorado Kid by Stephen King
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
Geraldâs Game by Stephen King
Hearts In Atlantis by Stephen KingÂ
Insomnia by Stephen King
It by Stephen King
Just After Sunset by Stephen King
Liseyâs Story by Stephen King
Misery by Stephen King
Night Shift by Stephen King
Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
Rage by Stephen King
Roadwork by Stephen King
Rose Madder by Stephen KingÂ
Salemâs Lot by Stephen King
Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
11/22/63: A Novel by Stephen King
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
Black House by Stephen King
Carrie by Stephen King
Cell by Stephen King
Christine by Stephen KingÂ
Cujo by Stephen King
Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King
Desperation by Stephen King
Different Seasons by Stephen King
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
Dreamcatcher by Stephen King
Duma Key by Stephen King
Everythingâs Eventual by Stephen King
Firestarter by Stephen King
Four Past Midnight by Stephen King
Thinner by Stephen King
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
Under the Dome: A Novel by Stephen King
UR by Stephen King
The Dark Half by Stephen King
The Dark Tower by Stephen King
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen KingÂ
The Green Mile by Stephen King
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
The Long Walk by Stephen King
One Flew Over The Cuckooâs Nest by Ken KeseyÂ
The Regulators by Stephen King
The Running Man by Stephen King
The Shining by Stephen King
Song of Susannah by Stephen King
The Stand by Stephen King
The Talisman by Stephen KingÂ
The Waste Lands by Stephen King
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
Wizard and Glass by Stephen KingÂ
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History by Peter Heather
Fifty Shades Darker by E L James
Fifty Shades Freed by E L JamesÂ
Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James
The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniÂ
Les MisĂ©rables by Victor hugoÂ
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
The Civil War, a Narrative: Fort Sumpter to Perryville by Shelby Foote
The Civil War, a Narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian by Shelby Foote
The Civil War, a Narrative: Red River to Appomattox by Shelby Foote
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Deadlocked: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel by Charlaine Harris
The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanÂ
Hannibal by Thomas Harris
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Tinkers by Paul Harding
The Princess Bride by William Golding
Red Dragon by Thomas HarrisÂ
Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock by Sammy HagarÂ
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Aliceâs Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Cash: The Autobiography by Johnny Cash
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Last Words by George Carlin and Tony HendraÂ
Napalm and Silly Putty by George Carlin
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin
The Third Reich at War by Richard J. Evans
The Third Reich in Power by Richard J. Evans
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy 1917-1963 by Robert Dallek
Washington by Ron Chernow
When will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops by George Carlin
Brain Droppings by George Carlin
The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
Last Battle by C. S. Lewis
The Magicianâs Nephew by C. S. Lewis
All Together Dad by Charlaine Harris
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Dead and Gone by Charlaine HarrisÂ
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz by Denis Avey
Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis
The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From the Living Dead by Max Brooks
The Hitchhikerâs Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsÂ
Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsÂ
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas AdamsÂ
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
The Ultimate Hitchhikerâs Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Awash with Summer Roses by Kestra Pingree
Black Widow: A Tense Thriller by Raven Creed
The Infiniti Investigates: Hattie Jenkins and The Infiniti Chronicles Books 1 to 5 by Pearl Goodfellow
Flesh and Bone: A Sweet Inspirational Romance (A Guitar Girl Romance Book 2) by Hope Franke Strauss
Beneath These Stars (Lucy Mitchell Book 2) by Hannah Ellis
I Laugh While You Cry: How to Train Yourself to Overcome the Impossible, Chase Down Your Dreams, and Become a Real-Life Superhero by Cruze Weston
Olivia, Mourning (The Olivia Series Book 1) by Yael Politis
A Life Worth the Fleeting Suns by Leon Huet
Hitler Here by George Thomas Clark
Worth the Wait by Rachel Tonks
Dragon Cursed by Mia Hall
Girl With No Fingerprints by Mark Bailey
Conceit (Se7en Deadly SEALs Book 1) by Alana Albertson
Touched By Time (Time Travel/Mail-Order Brides Romance, Book 1) by Zoe Matthews
Damn the Diets: How to Recover from Restrictive Diets, Dogmas, Eating Disorders and Body Degrading by Kayla Rose KoteckiÂ
Lost Girls by Celina Grace
Inconvenient Murder: An Inept Witches Mystery by Amanda A. Allen
Letting Go: A Contemporary Romantic Thriller by Anthony Awtrey
Jammed (A Charlie Cooper Mystery, Volume 1) by Deany Ray
Captive (The Submerged Sun Series Book 1) by Vanessa Garden
Bone And Cinder: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller (Zapheads Book 1) by Scott Nicholson
Chasing Beautiful (Chasing Series Book 1) by Pamela Ann
Donât Call Me Kit Kat by K. J. Farnham
The Minimalist Mind: The 21 Mental Makeover to Stop Worry, Improve Mood, Focus Better and Master Your Emotions with Ease by David Winter
Dream Job (The Dreamwalker Chronicles Book 1) by Gregory PettitÂ
A Fariesâ Tale: In Love Thereâs War: Would You Destroy Everything to Protect the Love of Your Life? by Rebecca Torrellas
Beyond The Lens (Lucy Mitchell Book 1) by Hannah Ellis
Trophies (Emma Kane/Jacob Thorne Book 2) by Todd Travis
Hot Husband (Hot Guys Book 1) by Starla Cole
Beyond (Beyond Series Book 1) by Maureen A. Miller
Of No Value: A Vietnam War Era Memoir bu Derrick Wolf
An Uncommon Sense (Sensual Healing Book 1) by Serenity Woods
Grounded (The Grounded Trilogy Book 1) by G. P. Ching
The Light of the Fireflies by Paul Pen
Necromantia Vol. 1-3 (Three Book Set) by Matthew Buza
Monday (Timeless Series #1) by E. L. Todd
Absolute Knowledge by Drew Cardell
The Marriage Will Not Take Place by Marguerite Steen
Rune Scale (Dragon Speaker Series Book 1) by Devin Hanson
Start Again: A Novel (Start Again Series #1) by J. Saman
Daisy Darling Meets A Man by Lindy Dale
Sentence of Marriage (Promises to Keep Book 1) by Shayne Parkinson
Dragonfriend by Marc Secchia
The Roommate (A New Adult Novel) by Shae Buggs
Mine to Take (Mine- Romantic Suspense Book 1) by Cynthia Edan
Devil in the Countryside by Cory Barclay
A Million More Tomorrows by A.R. Goodheart
Contract: Snatch (Sei Assassin Thriller Book 1) by Ty Hutchinson
1000 Yards - A John Milton Short Story (John Milton Series) by Mark Dawson
Army Investigations: A 5-Books Army Romance Series by Lola Silverman
The Serial Killer Books: 15 Famous Serial Killers True Crime Stories That Shocked The World (The Serial Killer Files) by Jack Rosewood
By Your Side: A Journey of Two Sisters Through Love and Sacrifice by Misty Proffitt-Thompson
Fractured Eden by Steven Gossington
The Power of Productivity: How to do More in Less Time by Leonardo D. M.
The Money Switch: How to Escape the 9-5. Aquire Financial Freedom and Generate Passive Income for Life by Lee Stan
The Hunger House by Conor Mcguire
Shy Girls Write It Better (Some Girls Do It Book 1) by May Sage
Justice Buried (Starbright Series Book 1) by Hilary Thompson
Haunted (The Haunted Love Trilogy Book 1) by Ann-Marie King
After the Cure by Deirdre GouldÂ
Multiple-Victims Murder by Arnon Edelstein
The Notice (Storms of Transformation Series Book 2) by Daniella Bova
Body by You: The You Are Your Own Gym Guide to Total Womenâs Fitness by Mark Lauren and Joshua Clark
Retrieval (The Retrieval Duet Book 1) by Aly Martinez
The Purple Rock (The Reverend P J. MacFarlane Series Book 1) by Angus MacVicar
Nightsong: A Neanderthal Mystery by M.J. Rhodes
Broken Leaves of Autumn by Eli Hai
The Raven (The Secret Chronicles of Lost Magic Book 1) by Aderyn Wood
Bells Above Greens by David Xavier
Jeffery Dahmer: A Terrifying True Story of Rape, Murder, & Cannibalism (The Serial Killers Books Book 1) by Jack Rosewood
Sinful Cinderella (Dark Fairy Tale Queen Series Book 1) by Anita Valle
The Resistance is Dead: Book One: The Outbreak by Kevin Mooseles
The Mules of Borgo San Marco by W. H. CanawayÂ
The Post-Apocalyptic Readerâs Guide: The Ultimate Stockpile of Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian Books, Movies, Television, Games & More by J. Thorn
Accidentally Married to the Billionaire - Part 1 (The Billionaireâs Touch) by Sierra Rose
Samâs Song: A Sam Smith Mystery (The Sam Smith Mystery Series Book 1) by Hannah Howe
Schooled (Travesty Book 1) by Piper Lawson
The Dog That Laid Eggs: Every Monster Comes From Somewhere by Jonathan Maas
Break Your Busy - Set Your Creativity Free by Richard Conner
Heir of Illaria: Book One of the Illaria Series by Dyan Chick
Emerge by Heather Sunseri
Rite of Rejection (Acceptance Book 1) by Sarah Negovetich
Hammers of Time: Wood Cow Chronicles: Backlands by Rick Johnson
Neanderthal Seeks Human (Knitting in the City Book 1) by Penny Reid
Escorted by Claire Kent
Edwin Brook: Dire Recompense by Daeus Lamb
 Less Than Human by Allen Long
The Magic Mines of Asharim by Pauline M. Ross
Fearless Author: Prepare, Publish and Launch Your Own eBook by Ashley Emma
Soul Watch by Ember T.
Decimation: The Girl Who Survived by Richard T. Burke
Slenderman (Emma Frost Book 9) by Willow Rose
Sex, Lies & Sweet Tea (Sex and Lies Book 1) by Kris Calvert
The Ceiling Man by Patricia Lillie
The Dead of Summer by Heather Balog
Living Well, Spending Less!: 12 Secrets of the Good Life by Ruth Soukup
Rite To Silence: London Calling Private Investigator Crime Thriller Series Book 1 by Solomon Carter
Fade (Paxton Locke Book 1) by Daniel Humphreys
Red Rover, Perdition Games by L.E. Fraser
The Sun and the Moon (Giving You ... Book 1) by Leslie McAdam
Sirtfood Diet: A Beginners Guide & Recipe Book on Sirtfoods & Their Amazing Benefits by Faye Froome
Daughter of Heaven: The True Story of the Only Woman to Become Emperor of China by Nigel Cawthorne
After Days: Affliction (The After Days Trilogy Book 1) by Scott Medbury
The Last City of America by Matthew Tysz
A Secret Kiss (Falling For Sakura #1) (The Princeton Brothers) by Alexia Praks
Like Soul Series (Books 1-4) by Val Conrad
The R.E.M. Effect by J.M. Lanham
A Totally â80s Romance (Boxed Set Books 1-3) by Addison Moore
The Weight of Happiness: On Food, Body, and Spirit by Ayelet Kalter
The Abducted Odessa Omnibus by Roger Hayden
The Children of Wisdom Trilogy by Stephanie Erickson
The Dreamerâs Lotus: The Sacred Symbol (The Lucidity Series Book 1) by Mike Dickerson
Crossroads (Crossroads Saga Book 1) by Mary Ting
Surviving Valencia by Holly Tierney-Bedord
The Colur of Death by Frances Lloyd
Blackthorn (Taurian Empire) by Nate Johnson
Lullaby of the Dead: Every Ghost Has a Story (Opus of the Dead Book 1) by Lynn Lamb
Follow the Shadows by Jocelyn Carew
Magic of Thieves (Legends of Dimmingwood Book 1) by C. Greenwood
Enter the Uncreated Night by Christopher Rankin
The Elven by Bernhard Hennen
Crow Hollow by Michael Wallace
The Evolution Trigger (Evoulution Trigger Trilogy Book 1) by C.S. Won
Ghost of A Girl: A Thriller! by Theo Cage
Blood Eagle: A Riveting Historical Thriller by Julia Derek
Sanityâs Thief: An Eric Beckman Paranormal Thriller (Eric Beckman Series Book 2) by Al Macy
Effortless Writing: The Simple Way to Write and Guarantee Remarkable Results by Kerry Miller
Conquer Your Dreams: A Sailorâs Dairy Thatâll Propel Your Dreams to Reality! by Jagadhees Thirumoorthy
The Dead and the Missing (Adam Park Thriller Book 1) by A. D. Davies
Until There Was You (Starlight Hill Series Book 3) by Heatherly Bell
The Marriage Lie: A Bestselling Psychological Thriller by Kimberly Belle
Eversea (The Butler Cove Series Book 1) by Natasha Boyd
Today Will Be Different by Maria SempleÂ
Out of Practice Aphrodite (The Goddess Chronicles Book 1) by S.E. Babin
Hum A Radiant Sickness by Patrick Bryant
Underneath - A Merfolk Tale (The Under Series Book 1) by M.N. Arzu
Burned by the Soul (Struck from the Heaves Book 1) by William Stadler
The Eyes of Abel by Daniel Jacobs
The Elephant in the Room: A Journey into the Trump Campaign and the âAlt-Rightâ by Jon Ronson
The Substitute: The Wedding Pact #1 by Denise Grover Swank
Davenport House by Marie Silk
Butterfly Islands (Chronicles of the Twenty-One Butterflies Book 1) by Chris Seabranch
Kiss Me Again by Kimberley James
The Sitter by Sharon Hawes
Crane (Legends Saga Book 1) by Stacey Rourke
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
The Girl Who Stole a Planet (Amy Armstrong Book 1) by Stephen Colegrove
A Rhapsody of Dreams by Tami Egonu
Beautiful Lies by Heather BentleyÂ
Dance: Cinderella Retold (Romance a Medieval Fairytale Series Book 3) by Demelza Carlton
Love, Alchemy by Eden Ashley
The Thousand Year Curse (A Curse Books Book 1) by Taylor Lavati
Damaged by Timothy W. Long and Time Marquitz
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank by Anne Frank
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
Extracted (Extracted Trilogy Book 1) by RR Haywood
A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin
A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
Z-Minus: The Zombie Apocalypse Series (Book 1) by Perrin Briar
Her Dear and Loving Husband (The Loving Husband Trilogy Book 1) by Meredith Allard
The Alpha Plague: A Post-Apocalyptic Action Thriller by Michael Robertson
The Snow and the Darkness by Matthew Warren Wilson
In The Dark by Pamela Burford
The Abducted: Odessa - A Small Town Abduction - Â Book 0 by Roger Hayden
Our Cosmic Story: Exploring Life, Civilization, and the Universe by Mathew Anderson
Dragon Trials (Return of the Darkening Book 1) by Ava Richardson
A Beautiful Mess by T.K. Leigh
Imperfect Chemistry (Imperfect Series Book 1) by Mary Frame
The Way We Fall (The Story of Us Book 1) by Cassia LeoÂ
Unraveling You by Jessica Sorensen
Bound by a Dragon (The Dragon Archives Book 1) by Linda K. Hopkins
Gothic Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Wicca Candle Spells: The Complete Wiccan Candle Spell Handbook by Karen Bonderud
The Destroyer by Michael-Scott Earle
Wicca Earth Magic: Connect with All Living Things on Earth, and Learn How to Live in Balance with Nature by Karen Bonderud
Recycling Humanity by Heather Lee Dyer
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Wisehouse Classics Edition) by Marcus Aurelius
The Fallen Star by Jessica Sorensen
And Then She Flew by Jen Labesky
Sacred Bloodlines (The Sacred Guardians Book 1) by Wendy L Owens
The Ghost Files by Apryl Baker
Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes (Rose Gardner Mystery, Book 1) by Denise Grover Swank
Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century by Sean Patrick
UnEnchanted (An Unfortunate Fairy Tale Book 1) by Chanda Hahn
Silence by Natasha Preston
Pretty Hexed: Cozy Witch Mystery (Witches of Winterfield Book 1) by Sara Bourgeois
The Ultimate Sherlock Holmes Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle
Cora and the Nurse Dragon by H. L. Burke
Sun & Moon: An Inspirational Contemporary Romance ( A Guitar Girl Romance Book 1) by Hope Franke
Star Crossed by Katalina Leon
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle
All I Want is You (Forever and Ever Book 1) by E. L. Todd
Frotwootâs Faerie Tales (Book One: The Unseelie Court) Part 1 of 6 by Charlie Ward
Blood of Requiem (Song of Dragons Book 1) by Daniel Arenson
Dragonâs Curse (The Dragon and the Scholar Book 1) by H. L. Burke
Firebolt (The Dragonian Series Book 1) by Adrienne Woods
The Chronicles of Dragon: The Hero, The Sword, and The Dragons (Book 1 of 10) by Craig Halloran
Rise of the Dragons (Kings and Sorcerers-- Book 1) by Morgan Rice
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
In the Shadow of Lakecrest by Elizabeth Blackwell
The Original Dream by Nukila AmalÂ
Made You Up by Francesca ZappiaÂ
While You Were Mine by Ann Howard Creel
The Protector: A Sexy, Angsty, All-the-Feels Romance with a Hot Alpha Hero by Jodi Ellen Malpas
Illidan: World of Warcraft by William King
The Phoenix Descent by Chuck Grossart
The Last Dragonslayer: The Chronicles of Kazam. Book 1 by Jasper Fforde
Of Noble Birth by Brenda Novak
Stealer of Flesh (Kormak Book One) (The Kormak Saga 1) by William King
A Shade of Vampire (New & Lengthened 2015 Edition) by Bella Forrest
Genesis (Extinction Point Series Book 4) by Paul Antony Jones
Extinction Point (Extinction Point Series Book 1) by Paul Antony Jones
Exodus (Extinction Point Series Book 2) by Paul Antony Jones
Revelations (Extinction Point Series Book 3) by Paul Antony Jones
Silver Road (The Shifting Tides Book 2) by James Maxwell
Spearwielderâs Tale: The Dragonâs Dagger by R.A. Salvatore
Spearwielderâs Tale: The Haggis Hunters by R.A. Salvatore
The Lord of Discipline: A Novel by Pat Conroy
Golden Age (The Shifting Tides Book 1) by James Maxwell
Welcome to Night Vale: A Novel by Joseph Fink
To Find a Mountain by Dan Ames
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling
The Deep by Nick Cutter
Binge by Tyler Oakley
Spearwielderâs Tale: The Woods Out Back by R.A. Salvatore
The Food Of Love by Amanda Prowse
Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell
The Gingerbread House by James Richard
Harry Potter and the Sorcererâs Stone by J. K. Rowling
The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
Fatal Hearts by Norah Wilson
Victim: An Extreme Horror Novel by Sam WestÂ
Paranormal Intruder: The Terrifying True Story of a Family in Fear by Caroline Mitchell
Fire Angel by Susanne Matthews
Maggieâs Mistake by Carolyn Brown
The Book of Kells by R. A. MacAvoy
Wake in Winter by Nadezhda Belenkaya
The Forgetting Time: A Novel by Sharon Guskin
Iâm Yours (Bold As Love Book 2) by Lindsay Paige
Whatever It Takes (Bold As Love Book 3) by Lindsay PaigeÂ
Always (Bold As Love Book 4) by Lindsay Paige
Our Happily Ever After (Bold As Love Book 5) by Lindsay Paige
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#OscarsSoDiverse: âO.J.,â â13th,â and âNegro,â Focusing on the Color Line
#OscarsSoWhite is suddenly SO last year, as The New Yorkerâs cover this week announces. Now itâs #OscarsNotSoWhite, as diversely pigmented actors and actresses populate some of the yearâs most memorable feature films. From Fences to Hidden Figures to Moonlight, an array of stories about race and its impact on lives both real and imagined filled the screen and have the opportunity to compete for some of 2016âs most sought-after movie prizesâbest actor and actress, best film, and even best director.
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For my money, though, the most interesting category from a race-in-America perspective goes to Best Documentary film. Three of the five nominated films in the DOC category try to get at the question of the role of race in American life, and each one succeeds in various ways of pointing out the perennial problem of Americaâs original sin. I am Not Your Negro, 13th, and O. J.: Made in Americaâall three made by black film makersâpush the boundaries of our understanding of the issues African-Americans face in our society and demonstrate the enduring legacy of chattel slavery, Jim Crow segregation, and the devaluation and twisted logic fraught in the social system based on judgment of human beings based on the color of their skin.Â
Perhaps the most fascinating of these three films is Ezra Edelmanâs O. J.: Made in America. This seven-and-a-half-hour-epic traces the life and legacy of fallen American hero everyone came to know simply as O.J. From football legend in the 1970s to TV ad man (running through airports for Hertz) and B-grade actor in the 1980s to alleged wife killer in the âCrime of the Centuryâ in the 1990s, O. J.âs story is a cautionary tale about race, class, and privilege in glitzy L.A. and how the lens of racial bias colors all of our judgments, no matter which race you are classified as belonging to.Â
This well-worn story of the murder of Simpsonâs wife, Nicole Brown, and the unfortunate Ron Goldmanâa waiter who was simply returning a forgotten item from the restaurant he worked atâwould seem an odd choice for making a film documentary for a contemporary film maker. But Edelman, the bi-racial the son of Marian Wright and Peter Edelman, perhaps had it in his DNA to deconstruct the most talked about trial of his youth and disentangle the threads of racism, sexism, heroism, and any other -ism tied up in this tragic tale of woe-all-around.Â
I was not inclined to spend the time watching a series of five 1.5 hour-long episodes to get to the bottom of whether or not O.J. was guilty. I had lived through the âYear of Living Dangerouslyâ as the crime was reported on and sensationalized, and as the trial was broadcast daily by breathy journalists and pondered over nightly by millions of Americans. But while attending the Washington Ideas Forum put on by The Atlantic this fall, I heard Ta-Nehisi Coates call the film the best documentary of the year and then interview Edelman about the making of the film. I became intrigued and wanted to see what all the fuss was about.Â
It is not a pretty story. It takes us through the allegations that Simpson, a black man, had killed his sexy and glamorous white wife in a jealous rage one night and then jetted off to a motivational speaking engagement. The details are horrifying, and Edelman does not back away from any of the gore or titillating facts of the case. We are re-introduced to the entire cast of characters: the sly defense attorney Johnnie Cochran (âIf it [the glove] doesnât fit, you must acquit.â), the hapless prosecutors Marcia Clark (white) and Christopher Darden (black); O. J.âs friends and detractors, who regularly were paraded into our living rooms back then thanks to the rise of daytime talk shows; the uber-bad-cop Mark Fuhrman whose reputation and career took hit after the media portrayed his as the fall guy; and perhaps most notably the grieving father of Ron Goldman, whose dogged determination to nail the SOB finally brings Simpson to his knees and knocks that cocky smile off of his face.Â
But the film is so much more than a seedy whodunit. Edelman takes the opportunity to explore how O. J.âs family got to California (the Great Migration), how he rose from lower-class circumstances as a result of his athletic gifts to become the classy ânew blackâ role model, one that whites could readily embrace, and how he attempted to erase race from the equationâexpecting people to judge him based on his abilities, not on his skin tone. It is also a story of how celebrity culture kills the soul, of spousal abuse and how womenâs claims about their abusive husbands are consistently devalued, and how the lived experience of race in America could so completely color the way one looked at the O. J. trial. If you were white, O. J. was obviously guilty; if you were black, there were no end of explanations as to why he was innocent and being framed.Â
Most of the players are still around and offer âcolor commentaryâ on their roles throughout the trial phase of the film. We see footage of them then and now. We also hear from some of the jurors who (spoiler alert!) found O.J. innocent mostly because they were not going to give their sainted hero up to Whitey after all of the bad things they had experienced at the hands of âthe Manâ throughout their lives. It is shocking, mesmerizing, absorbing TV (the series aired on ESPN), and I canât say Iâve ever seen anything like it. Most of all, as Time Magazine called the O. J. story, it is âAn American Tragedy,â played out in five parts.Â
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Ava DuVernayâs 13th takes as its subject the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitutionâthe one that outlawed slaveryâand demonstrates how what might seem as a throw-away phrase in this two-sentence amendment has become a catalyst for mass incarceration and the ruination of the lives of multiple generations of black American males. The film boasts an impressive array of talented scholars and social commentators, including Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, CNN talking head Van Jones (who predicted the Trump victory), New Jersey junior Senator Cory Booker, and 1970s radical activist Angela Davis, to name but a few.
âNeither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime . . .  shall exist within the United States. . . .â
 13th could be called a more âstandard-styleâ documentary, providing insight and information on a topical subject in about 90 minutes. Documentaries of this sort are the fondue of modern American intellectual life. You can become conversant on any subject by dipping into a melting pot of ideasâstirred regularly by experts on the matterâand emerge feeling satisfied (knowledgeable) but craving more.Â
The inspiration for 13th in part comes from Michelle Alexanderâs breakthrough book The New Jim Crow, which provided the first mass-marketed insight into mass incarceration when it was published in 2010. The book became a New York Times bestseller and inspired a fresh look at Americaâs prison industrial complex through a racial lens, leading to a call for criminal justice reform that continues to this day.Â
DuVernay features Alexander prominently throughout the film, citing statistics and historical developments that led to our current situation whereby every third black male in America can expect to spend time in jail as compared to every seventeenth white male and where 40 percent of our entire prison population is black. The film is full of harsh facts like this, often presented in stark black and white graphics, almost like a teacher writing notes on a chalk board. It shows how our prison population grew from 370,000 in 1970 to more than 2.3 million in 2014âa vast increase during a time when crime was actually going down. The causes for this developmentâBill Clintonâs 3-strikes policy, mandatory minimum sentencing requirements, the militarization and over-funding of the police forceâall conspire to take judgement out of the justice system and lock up more of our (mostly black) citizen and for longer periods of time, often for minor offenses.
13th is a whirlwind tour of our âcrimigrationâ systemâas young black men are moved from urban blight to prison in a few easy steps. We hear about the school-to-prison pipeline and the prison industrial complex run often by private corporations for profit. We get history lessons, from Nixonâs call for âlaw and orderâ to Reaganâs criminalization of drug abuse to Obamaâs plea in 2015 for massive changes in how we deal with the growing crisis (and costs) of nearly five percent of our population being locked upâthe highest percentage of any nation on earth. All of this is presented to the soundtrack of hip hop, with Public Enemy coming out looking like prophets for calling out these social outrages at the dawn of the rap era. DuVernayâs film is shouting at all of us. âWe are tolerating this,â one of her many guests says. We are all, therefore, complicit. 13th is a damning documentary of the American justice system, and no one is spared its fury.Â
I am Not Your Negro, on the other hand, serves its bile cold, which makes it all the more difficult to swallow. It chokes in your mouth and you want to vomit. This spoken word documentary, directed by Haitian-born filmmaker Raoul Peck, apparently recounts word-for-word the 30-paged treatment that author James Baldwin created to sell his publisher on his idea for another blockbuster book in the late 1970s when his star seemed to be waning.(Excerpts from Baldwins other works are also included.) The pitch hangs on the fact that Baldwin was friends with the three most lionized American black martyrs of the 1960sâMedgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and works its way through Baldwinâs grieving over their deaths and what each man meant to him and to the American black civil rights movement. Â
Though the book was never completed (and McGraw-Hill sued Baldwinâs estate for the $200,000 advance Baldwin received), the treatment itself is its own mini-masterpiece of analysis of the black manâs plight in modern American life. Baldwin was such a character, such a force on our countryâs incessantly race-obsessed scene in the 1950s and 1960s. His articles and books were devoured by the literati and bohemian crowd alike for their sharp, acerbic insights into white American consciousness. And the film shows wonderful clips of Baldwin during his heyday, most tellingly when he debated William Buckley at Englandâs Cambridge University in 1965 and when he appeared on the Dick Cavett show in 1968. Baldwinâs fire proves too much for his white counterpartsâthe lost look on the face of the typically unflappable Cavett when the incendiary Baldwin lets off a riff about how blacks are treated is alone worth the price of the ticket. Â
Actor Samuel Jackson gives voice to Baldwinâs prose as a jazzy aural backdrop infuses the proceedings with a âBirth of the Coolâ vibe. But the authorâs prophetic vision is what dominates the film as Baldwin tells how his conscience urges him back to America from his Paris expat hangouts as the country begins its long-overdue civil rights saga. And he recounts in detail where he was and what he felt when each towering figure was gunned down and how he felt compelled to visit their wives and families after each assassination. He doesnât speak of the toll these visits took on his own consciousness. He doesnât need to. The pain and outrage inform every sentence of this sharp, acid script. It is a wonder that the man didnât just self-immolate on screen, so full of passionate observation and Cassandra-like foreboding was he, desperate to make white America understand what it was doing to its own citizens and its own self.Â
Of course, I was particularly taken by the photographs of Jimmy Baldwin with Medgar Evers and his children. Having now met the grieving widow and daughter, having stood on the very driveway where Evers was executed, having touched the places where the bullet entered his home and rested on the kitchen counter, I was choked with emotion to see those scenes replayed. âWhy is our history so sad?â I wondered. âWhy must we relive this nightmare again and again?â Â
James Baldwin and Medgar Evers in the carport of the Evers home in Jackson, Mississippi, where Evers would be gunned down several months later.
 These are the questions Baldwin seems to wrestle with, as well, and his answers point not only to government policies, but to the culture itself. Baldwin, it turns out, was a film buff from an early age. And this is where the film offers some relief but also some context. We see film clips of such varied fare as Birth of a Nation (the film also makes a brief appearance in 13th), Imitation of Life, Guess Whoâs Coming to Dinner, as well as Doris Dayâs and Gary Cooperâs works (films Baldwin hated for their sickening portrayal of pathetic white innocence).Â
Baldwinâs mother and his auntie would frequently take him to the picture shows when he was young to escape their daily drudgery. There, at the age of 5, Baldwin was enthralled by a tap-dancing Joan Crawford and fell in love with Bette Davis, who possessed similar âbug eyesâ just like his. He later came under the spell of his white school teacher who mentored him, brought him books to read and took him to various cultural events all over New York City. Because of her, âI could never hate white people,â he reveals, which make his dire predictions of where America is headed all the more heart-rending. âTo look around America today,â he tells us from the grave, âis to make the prophets and the angels weep.â Â
James Baldwinâs words writ large at the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.
It's hard to tell which of these films (if any) will be showered by Oscarâs gold tonight. All three are deserving. Perhaps, as often winners are wont to say, âItâs an honor just to be nominated in such good company.â Baldwinâs takedown of Hollywood kitsch may cost Peck the Oscar; DuVernayâs rage at the institutional racism that pervades our current justice system may come on too strong for most Oscar voters (most of whom, as we well know, are not black); so perhaps itâs the languorous, complex, perfectly-attuned-to-our-times O. J. film that Edelman serves up that will win the honors. Thereâs also the distinct possibility that these three ârace filmsâ will cancel themselves out and one of the other two nominated films (one on autism, the other on refugees) will take home the prize.
 No matter. The Academy of Motion Pictures has finally broken through the color barrier and nominated three exceptional studies of black American life. This in itself is worthy of celebration. Perhaps now that we see the problems more clearly we can begin to make some progress? I can hear Jimmy Baldwinâs wry, hoarse, infectious, catty laugh all the way from heaven. âDonât bet on it,â heâd say.
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off the rack #1203
Monday, March 5, 2018
 Jee-Riz Comics and Appraisals had another successful Capital Trade Show yesterday at the Jim Durrell Arena on Walkley Road. Many thanks to Spider-Man super fan Jeremy for dropping by our table.
 I'm not a movie buff so I didn't watch the Oscars last night. It's on our PVR so I'll get to it eventually. I read that someone mentioned Len Wein and John Romita Senior during the telecast so I look forward to seeing that in context. I still get excited whenever I see comic book references on TV.
 Moon Knight #192 - Max Bemis (writer) Jacen Burrows (pencils) Guillermo Ortego (inks) Mat Lopes (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Crazy Runs in the Family part 5. This issue ends in an episode of Fantasy Island. The conflict between Ra and Khonshu is coming to a head, Marc's head. I'm not a big fan of psychological drama but I love Jacen Burrows's art so much that I can't stop reading.
 The Terrifics #1 - Jeff Lemire (writer) Ivan Reis (pencils) Joe Prado (inks) Marcelo Maiolo (colours) Tom Napolitano (letters). This is the fourth New Age of Heroes comic book to hit the racks and the one that I was most looking forward to because Plastic Man is on this team. The team is lead by smart guy Mr. Terrific and includes Metamorpho and Linnya Wazzo AKA Phantom Girl (thank-you Google). I loved Ivan Reis's art when he drew Green Lantern so I hope he does some spiffy things with the malleable Plastic Man. Jeff Lemire introduces this team quite nicely and the surprise guest on the last page made we want to continue reading.
 Cal Exit #2 - Matteo Pizzolo (writer) Amancay Nahuelpan (art) Tyler Boss (colours) Jim Campbell (letters). It's hard to remember why I wanted to read this second issue since #1 hit the racks over 7 months ago. Now that I have gotten through this very dense comic book I find that I don't care for these characters or their gun happy world. Another thing I didn't like was the stark colours. The recent gun violence in real life has also influenced my decision to stop reading this as well.
 Avengers #682 - Al Ewing, Jim Zub & Mark Waid (writers) Sean Izaakse (art) David Curiel (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). No Surrender part 8. It's no coincidence that Hawkeye and Red Wolf are in this critical issue. Clint put the threat of Bruce Banner down for good but as we all know in comic books, death never lasts. Cosmic beings make anything possible. The colours on the first page nearly turned me off but it was only because David Curiel was trying to make the flashback scenes look old timey.
 Mera: Queen of Atlantis #1 - Dan Abnett (writer) Lan Medina (pencils) Richard Friend (inks) Veronica Gandini (colours) Simon Bowland (letters). This 6-issue mini spins off of the current goings on in Aquaman. Mera is recuperating from her magic induced injuries on land and isn't as powerful as she used to be. One of her missions while healing is to try and assure the surface world that the war in Atlantis won't impact them. As much as I love green-eyed redheads, I just couldn't get too excited about this story. Mera's diplomatic mission can go on without me.
 Hungry Ghosts #2 - Anthony Bourdain & Joel Rose (story) Leonardo Manco & Mateus Santolouco (art) Jose Villarrubia (colours) Sal Cipriano (letters). These two creepy tales have a European flavour. One will be very foreign to North American readers and may turn their stomachs. The other is about supernatural creatures that would only scare children. Both would be good with a glass of Chianti.
 All-New Wolverine #31 - Tom Taylor (writer) Marco Failla (art) Nolan Woodard (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). This is a fun one issue team-up with Gabby and Deadpool. I like these little interludes between all the drama.
 The Demon: Hell is Earth #4 - Andrew Constant (writer) Brad Walker (pencils) Andrew Hennessy (inks) Chris Sotomayor (colours) Tom Napolitano (letters). The heroes continue their journey through Hell to try and keep Belial from creating a gateway to Earth. Many monsters will be mashed before the end.
 Saga #49 - Fiona Staples (art) Brian K. Vaughn (writer) Fonografiks (letters). This might be the only comic book on the racks where the artist's name is listed first in the credits. Congratulations to Fiona on her marriage to Ben.
 Spectacular Spider-Man #300 - Chip Zdarsky (writer) Adam Kubert & Juan Frigeri (art) Jason Keith (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). There were some dumb things in this issue that turned me off this title again. The worst bit was at the end. It rhymes with crime gravel. Not even the back up story with the Black Cat by Chip Zdarsky, Goran Parlov and Giada Marchisio managed to cheer me up. Have fun whenever you end up Spidey.
 Detective Comics #975 - James Tynion IV (writer) Alvaro Martinez (pencils) Raul Fernandez (inks) Brad Anderson (colours) Unknown (letters). Batwoman is judged by a jury of her peers to see if she should be allowed to stay in the Bat-family. The path Kate chooses will be interesting to follow into the future.
 Star Wars: Darth Vader #12 - Charles Soule (writer) Giuseppe Camuncoli (pencils) Daniele Orlandini (inks) David Curiel (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). Vader deals with who is trying to kill him as only Vader can. I want to see how successful his terrorist tactics are.
 Silencer #2 - Dan Abnett (writer) John Romita Jr. (pencils) Sandra Hope (inks) Dean White & Arif Prianto (colours) Tom Napolitano (letters). Code of Honor part 2. Honor AKA the retired Underlife assassin Silencer survives the hit on her and Talia al Ghul. In her attempt to call off her old employers she finds out there is no honour among bad guys. If you like Hit-Girl or the Punisher, I think you'll like this new age hero.
 Action Comics #998 - Dan Jurgens (writer) Will Conrad (art) Ivan Nunes (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). Booster Shot conclusion. Superman and Booster Gold were on the verge of being executed by General Zod and his evil son, and wife with the Eradicator thrown in for good measure, last issue. This is where Dan Jurgens shows us how they snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. It is the definition of deus ex machina. To make matters worse, at least for me, the good guys return to the present to find a situation where a tragedy has just occurred. Guess how that's averted? Time travel sucks.
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Character List
A very long list of all my characters. Ones with a (p) next to their name are pets)
Aaron Dayson
Ace
Adam Ryder
Adrian Moore
Akako Nakamura
Akuzen (p)
Alek Blythe
Alice Young
Amber Prescott
Amelia Stone
Amy Reeves
Andor Conway
Andrew Chase
Anthony Marsh
Anton Carter
Anubis
Apollo (p)
April Knight
Arial Fain
Arina Demeter
Axel Kay
Bailee Forester
Benjamin Himura
Bethany White
Blaze
Blitsu
Buddy (p)
Cain Fogrin
Callum Flint
Captain (p)
Casper (p)
Cedric Foxwell
Cedrus
Charcoal (p)
Charlie Higgs
Chris Farraday
Connor Redford
Cory Redford
Cyrus Holten
Daisuke Myers
Daiterokos The Darkness Guardian (p)
Daitoka
Dakoto Kade
Dale Marsh
Damien Shaw
Daniel Howard
Darren Foster
Dave Benton
Death
Dieter (p)
Doctor (p)
Dylan Key
Dyos
Earthina Charms
Eclipse (p)
Edward Hogat
Emil (p)
Endel
Famine
Felix Mallard
Flame (p)
Frazar
Fritzi (p)
Fuyuki Kokawa
Gabriel Clarke
Gage Borne
Gakisu (p)
Gobutsu
Gokama (The Five Demon Rejects)
Gwendoline Frost
Hachika (p)
Halonar
Hanako Nakamura
Hannah Anderson
Harry Benton
Haru Matsura
Hayden Beckett
Hika (p)
Hikari
Hiken (p)
Him
Holly Parker
Hunter Mason
Ichikama (The Five Demon Rejects)
Indi (p)
Isabella Rose
Issac Keeton
Ivon Hameln
Jace Preston
Jack Larson
Jade Bennett
Jake Lynn
Jalik
James Turner
Jamie Sandervall
Jared Landon
Jasmine Parker
Jason Wright
Jasper Greyfield
Jax Keyson
Jay Evans
Jei
Jessica Elson
Jika (p)
Josh Houghton
Kai Sharp
Kaleb Darley
Kali Rose
Karasu Amos
Kashi
Katie Lynn
Katran (p)
Katsua
Keitsu
Kimiko Acton
Kinzoku
Kira
Koji Rhodes
Komi (p)
Kurami (p)
Kyle Houghton
Lakondai
Laura Hensworth
Lave
Leader
Len Finox
Leon Taggart
Lestat Atrum
Liam Barker
Lilith
Lilly Webb
Lou Newton
Lucas Fettel
Lucy Newton
Luke Lynn
Lupus Greyrose
Mark Newton
Masha Timkowski
Matthew Lawson
Max Rockwell
Mayu Chou
Megan Robinson
Melody Parisa
Mikato
Mitzuo
Moku Shimizu
Moriyu
Nanuk (p)
Nao
Nashimi
Natalia Timkowski
Nathan Evermore
Neil Murray
Neko (p)
Nikama (The Five Demon Rejects)
Nimuka
Nito Bowen
Niyuka Fellers
Nukai
Oliver
Oscar Castro
Palude Alienis
Percy Dustin
Pestilence
Petal Stewart
Pierce Lander
Pumpkin (p)
Rahku
Ray Denton
Rayner Valkyrie
Red Blackwood
Rena Finville
Riley Cross
Robert Marr
Rogue Withers
Rose Chiyasha
Roshiwa
Rowan Harper
Ruka Kaori
Ryan Lawson
Rymashi
Ryshi
Saber Tate
Safia Dalton
Saki Moran
Sakisu
Sammy Deville
Sanuma (The Five Demon Rejects)
Sara Gale
Scar (p)
Sekimo
Sergei Fellner
Seth Wright
Sevchenko
Shadow
Shane Astor
Shezmu (p)
Shikimako (p)
Shikama (The Five Demon Rejects)
Shiyu Goldsmith
Sizorath The Ancient
Sky Linnet
Skylar
Soma Netherfield
Sonya West
Sophie Dalton
Stan Gazman
Steve Dixon
Sukami (p)
Sven Reinhard
Swaera
Sylvester Rakin
Sylvia Black
Syther (p)
Taika (p)
Tatsu Kimura
Taylor Sharp
The Butcher
Thomas Rakin
Timaru
Titan (p)
Tokayu
Tommy Blake
Toshi (p)
Tristan Maxwell
Tsukai
Tsumi (p)
Tulip Winfield
Tyler
Tyson Dulcet
Valtor
Vance Blythe
Vanessa Samson
Ventor
Vindi (p)
Vogel (p)
Volker (p)
War
Yami Chevic
Yumi Chevic
Zayne Naoru
Zefron Mason
Zephyr Maxwell
Zero Miller
Zethan
Zuka (p)
Zulik
Zumaka (p)
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The the Prince in the light, a night set for a Scarlet moon...
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BOI!!!!! >:D
*Haha took me long enough!!!
*Ohh boi- I tried out some extra layers of shading! And Iâm quite happy about how this came out!
*i hit over 56 layers during this project!!!
*I used over 5-7 layers for the normal body shading!!! for each separate piece: hair, pants, etc was over 4 ^^
*How many hours this took? I have no clue XD
(This project if I remember was started a long while ago so hour wide I donât know-)
*Now Iâm gonna crash and sleep, Â next morning Iâm cry cause I have school work(Itâs like 1 in the morning here right now-)
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The Predicaments Of Defining Glitch Art Artists often find themselves on a frontline, reflecting on the cultures, politics and technologies of their time. Over the last decades, audiovisual media and computers have gradually gained more and more importance in an art field that is still fundamentally ruled by classical media forms and genres. Noise itself is of course not new; similarly, contemporary glitch art relates to a long history of noise art and artists battling in different ways against media forms and their flows and conventions, including especially what I have outlined as the convention of transparent immediacy. While not being new, noise art arises unpredictably in new forms across different technologies and cultural scenes. Over time, noise artists have migrated from exploring the grain, the scratching and burning of celluloid (for example, a colour box by Len Lye, 1937) to the magnetic distortion and scanning lines of the cathode ray tube (a significant work being Nam June Paik in magnetTV in 1965). Subsequently, glitch artists wandered the planes of phosphor burn-in, as Cory Arcangel did in panasonic TH-42PWD8UK plasma screen burn, in 2007. With the arrival of LCD (liquid crystal display) technologies, dead pixels were rubbed, bugs were trapped between liquid crystals or plastic displays and violent screen cracking LCD performances took place (of which my favorite is %SCR2, by Jodi, under the Pseudonym webcrash2800 in 2009). To some artists, myself included, it has become a personal matter to break the assured informatic flows of media. While normally, transparent media screens generate conventional impressions of immediacy, there is a desire to force the viewer to think beyond his comfort zones. Glitch artists make use of the accident to âdisfigureâ flow, image and information, or they exploit the void â a lack of information that creates space for deciphering or interpreting the process of creating (new kinds of) meaning. Through these tactics, glitch artists reveal the machineâs technĂ© and enable critical sensory experience to take place around materials, ideologies and (aesthetic) structures. Their destructive or disfiguring processes have no technological name, definition or explanation (yet). For this reason, it is necessary to not only define and categorize glitch at technological levels, but also to look closely at how specific media are exploited on a more complex techno-cultural level. The artists I discuss here include Ant Scott, 5VOLTCORE Gijs Gieskes and Jodi. Of course many other artists whose practices are invested in the moment(um) or culture of glitch could have been included here. An actual historiography would for instance also include signal processing artists like Karl Klomp, Lovid, Morgan Higby-Flowers and Max Capacity, aesthetic glitch-tricksters like Jon Satrom, jonCates, fabric artist Melissa Baron, and databend generative artists such as stAllio!, glitch-irion Pixelnoizz and Hellocatfood. This historiography is still unwritten (partly because it is still in progress).
As is clear by now, the inherent openness of glitch as a concept makes glitch art difficult, if not impossible, to define. Although a glitch can take place strictly within the computational system, the majority of artifacts that are called or referred to as glitches within glitch art are not purely informational, but make sense only through a synthesis of agents and contexts involved. Glitch is post-procedural (a break from a procedural flow) and so, dialectically connects to, while departing from, a linear and informational model of media communication (âinformation source-> encoder-> channel-> decoder-> destinationâ), while also incorporating contextual and social processes of interpretation and making meaning. Furthermore, it is necessary to recall that the word âglitchâ in âglitch artâ is often used as a metaphorical concept, even by glitch artists, and therefore varies from the standalone technical or informational term âglitchâ. Ant Scott. SUQQE. Digital screenshot. 2002. The complexities that must be faced by a theorist or researcher when trying to define or demarcate some kind of âessence of glitch artâ (if this is even possible) come to the foreground upon close engagement with Ant Scottâs (Beflix) work. For years, Ant Scott has been a leading figure in the realm of glitch art. From 2001 until 2005 he published hundreds of glitch images â static and animated â on his blog, appearing here as the first glitch artist actually using the term âglitch artâ for his work. These images donât have a common source; further, some of them are âfoundâ glitch artifacts turned into or framed as art, while others are intentionally made from scratch by the artist. Ant Scott describes his series glitch
(2007), a collection of 25 âworksâ (small digital renders of lo-fi captured glitches) accessible via his home page, as the best of his âpure glitchâ phase. The images, which at first might appear bewildering, are actually created from computer crashes, software errors, hacked games, and megabytes of raw data turned into colored pixels.02 They originate or are con- 02 | Ant Scott, GLITCH #12, GLITCH ART, 2007, http://www.Ant Scott.com/works/glitch.php id=12. structed from thorough trial and error processes,to which Scott carefully reassigns colours, and crops select areas of interest. The result is the works that make up the glitch series. Ant Scottâs working process presents all kinds of dilemmas in the quest for a definition
and categorisation of glitch art. What kind of âglitchâ is this âglitch artâ exploring? How can the glitch be explained as an unexpected, abnormal mode of operation, when the artistâs working process and what he aims for are these abnormalities to begin with? Can the
intended error be really described as erroneous? On the other hand, Scottâs wide-ranging interrogation of glitch aligns with other aspects of glitch that I have outlined. A glitch can indeed exist within and across different systems, for instance the system of production
and the system of reception. Similarly, a glitch can depend on different actors within these systems; not just the technological elements that Shannon described, but also the ideological and cultural contexts of the technology, which brings aspects of time, place and structure (aesthetics) into the art work, all of which differ between different publics, involved in the process of making meaning. Despite glitch art having no solid, or single definition through time and place, just as Virilio argued that it is helpful to describe a difference between non-figurative and disfigured art, I believe it is useful to make a similar distinction between different dimensions of âglitchâ in âglitch artâ. Glitch art then potentially incorporates a range of works that are post-procedural, deconstructive, accidental and so on, alongside works more focussed on a final end-product, aesthetic or design.
THE GLITCH MOMENT(UM) By Rose Menkman (2011) (Pg 33-35)
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I finally finished this up!! May 22nd huh? Ouch I took a long while ^^â
I took awhile to finish this due to me trying to figure out the art I should be making, and how that will affect everyone! I want to make art that people will smile at! Not be bored and see it as repetitive, Iâve come to the conclusion that I should make art Iâm happy to make. Canon or non-canon! So if anyone was waiting for this to be finished Iâm really sorry!
-I was testing out shading! Making it more smooth instead of using the water color brush which  has a rougher look to the over all shading!! I can say this looks alright? I think I should have done just a few more layers but no matter what I did it just looked too messy so I kept it like this ^^
-Fun Fact! The lens was actually used from the sketch! I tend to finalize the lens when I draw Cory in my sketches because flat colors never look right on it?? Idk, but that saved me a bit of time! Minus having to adjust it to the actual line art ^^â
-But Yee! Again I was testing out perspective here (and a comic like look, thatâs why thereâs borders)! I think I did well! Itâs just the antlers look too flat still! Iâve tried many times to fix this but I gave up in the end and just used the sketch as a guide ;^;
-Hm I think thatâs about it! Have a great rest of your day!! Or night? Time zones are funky XD
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