Mitali Perkins looks at race in kids’ books and suggests five questions to ask when exploring how race is handled in fiction.
kidliterate says to adults everywhere: stop apologizing for reading kids’ books!
There are shapeshifters in the Star Wars universe. Really. How can the shapeshifters be so forgetable. How can you have shapeshifters in your universe and not use them?
Okay, I want a tauntaun sleeping bag. Complete with saddle and intestines!
ktsparrow on issues with scientists as superheroes.
American attitudes towards sex vs. violence, summarized. (Via rolanni.)