So I was still really young when I found out I was going to be a mother, and I knew my S.O. at the time wouldn't be around much longer. I was struggling to find work with little experience, and affordable housing. It was a hard time. You know what got me through it? The same thing that helped me through my parents…

You could say, that's pretty cool!

-Distinct probability of an Asian female protagonist with genuine agency and kickassery (I say probability because this is still Hollywood)

"Who is he supposed to be?"

MY CABBAGES!

I never understood why people - including author Thomas Harris - ever transitioned into "rooting for him." I always wanted to see him fucking imprisoned or killed. And yet he keeps getting away.

...accurate. You forgot Amnesia.

Took me about three reads of the title before realizing it wasn't a "Doctor Who" article.

People really need to find a different word than "who" to use when referring to doctors in headlines. It messes some of us up.

It is a truth generally acknowledged, that a woman with possession of a sword, must be in want of fighting dragons.

So we have Victorian-era fanfiction of a modern AU fanfiction of a Victorian story!

Best fact about Marie Curie: her journals and papers are still radioactive and dangerous to touch. Marie Curie was the original badass motherfucker.

Darn now I miss Donna! She was so sassy and I'm pretty sure her and Capaldi would be EPIC!

Personally I disagree with you, but I think she was largely hampered by Season 7 for that.

While she certainly has her detractors, I'm not one of them. I thought in this season — some questionable behavior aside — she was very awesome. Kinda Sarah Janeish. She's no Donna, but then, who could be?

Great question, and I'd start with Vladimir Nabokov who tells us that fiction began on the day when a boy came home crying "Wolf Wolf" and there was no wolf. I love the idea of fairy tales as lies—true lies that exaggerate and bend reality in ways that enable us to flex our intellectual muscles and "think more." …

what do you think the modern equivalent of fairy tales are? do you think any of the stories current society creates have taken the place or fairytale? or do we still form these types of stories and pass them around?

In terms of translating, what factors did you consider when selecting particular words or synonyms? Were there any significant stylistic deviations you had to make in order for the stories to flow in English? Did you come across any particularly memorable German words that have since fallen out of usage? Finally, do…