I'm not sure what you mean by "both sides"— sides as in "KLK is feminist" versus "KLK is misogynistic", or "KLK is feminist" versus "KLK is not feminist"? If the former, I'd rather not engage in a discussion— a lot of that would have to be focused on aspects of the show I don't like to think about (That scene in last…

If you're in the States, I think you can watch the simulcast sub on Funimation's website, for the record.

Wait… Kill la Kill has a feminist bent? Please explain. It certainly subverts some tropes, but I can't read any of it as feminist.

Both the opening and ending themes are gorgeous, visually and aurally. I normally get sick of anime themes, but I don't think I will get sick of Space Dandy's.

Wait, D'Angelo's B- was enough to tip The Wind Rises' odds of being good to 50%? By my estimation, a B- is a lot closer to "good". Everybody knows minuses are made up anyways.

That's really heartening to hear— I suspect I might like both White Teeth and NW a little more since, though I loved Smith's writing, I found the "American" voices jarringly inauthentic (Kiki was supposed to be southern?!) If I like NW, I'll start on White Teeth (but perhaps after some more Calvino.)

I love If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, and it's why I started on Cosmicomics in the first place. I'm liking Cosmicomics a little less, but it's nice to savour every now and then.

Conversely, I feel that reading the short stories (Drown, a little more so) really enhances one's reading of Oscar Wao. The circular nature and effects of abuse are huge themes for Diaz and the stories really informs one's reading of Yunior's attitudes and actions in Oscar Wao.

I've just picked up Zadie Smith's NW and her short novella (?) The Embassy of Cambodia. I haven't read White Teeth but I liked On Beauty well enough, even though I found its American setting inauthentic and odd. I'm also reading short stories from Italo Calvino's Cosmicomics from time to time— I might pick up Invisible…

Boyle was the MVP for me this episode. I'm also really glad he found somebody— I don't mind his storyline with Diaz, but I found his new romance quite charming. I'd chew on shiso leaves and eat moss salads with him.

"Ashanti." Gina was exquisite tonight.

The McNuggets in Canada are better than those in the States, and cost double. So they still might be made from pink goop in America.

My roommate was only sold on Archer after watching the three part Pirate King episodes. If those don't sell you, I'd give up. (I can't recall if doing this really spoils anything, though.)

Carol was his ex-wife; she left him for Susan. Now excuse me as I regret a childhood of watching Friends reruns.

Whatever your opinion is on Allen's innocence, it's really shitty that Wiede persistently refers to Farrow by her new name after she changed it to protect her privacy.

Captain Holt in tears?! I can't handle that much emotion from him.

Normally celebrity deaths feel so remote for me, but I feel this loss viscerally. I regret all the future roles I won't see him in, and cherish the films that we have. RIP.

Why do we set films in Asia and cast all white protagonists? (Don't tell me that ex-pat is anything but a euphemism for a white dude.) I don't think Nikki Reed or whatever generic dude they'll surely cast are big draws for American audiences, either.

Wait, Fraction's run on Thor is great? I couldn't stand The World Eaters, and quit the book during it. Does it get better?

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