Black Panther! And other things!
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catherineldfWow! So I liked Black Panther quite a bit and will certainly see it again!
I thought the women were awesome (but wanted some Angela Bassett kicking ass on screen time). Go see it if you haven't already!
And if you have seen Black Panther, but aren't watching Black Lightning, you should be. It's about a middle-aged African American superhero, pulled out of retirement to fight some seriously scary and realistic villains. There's great queer rep in the form of his eldest daughter, who's just discovered that she has powers too, and a great supporting cast. Good writing, good acting, well worth checking out.
Apart from this, I caught an interesting poetry reading with Stephanie Burt and Mary Jo Bang on Wednesday night. I don't often make it out to hear poets who aren't sfnal read, but this was definitely worthwhile. I'm supposed to be out at an opening at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts tonight, but instead I'm home nursing a small migraine, getting caught up stuff and reviewing scholarship applications for the PFund Foundation. This year, I'm doing LGBTQ+ returning and graduate students, last year I did college, and they're all pretty amazing. Books are moving along, I'm learning stuff, I'm writing a bunch and I'm trying to figure out how to do more with next to no time, whie also getting a lot of rest. It's complicated.
I updated my events list for the University of MN Women Who Write event in March and am getting some other stuff finalized. Day job is, of course, doubling down, because why not? Trying to remember to update out here more often.
I thought the women were awesome (but wanted some Angela Bassett kicking ass on screen time). Go see it if you haven't already!
And if you have seen Black Panther, but aren't watching Black Lightning, you should be. It's about a middle-aged African American superhero, pulled out of retirement to fight some seriously scary and realistic villains. There's great queer rep in the form of his eldest daughter, who's just discovered that she has powers too, and a great supporting cast. Good writing, good acting, well worth checking out.
Apart from this, I caught an interesting poetry reading with Stephanie Burt and Mary Jo Bang on Wednesday night. I don't often make it out to hear poets who aren't sfnal read, but this was definitely worthwhile. I'm supposed to be out at an opening at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts tonight, but instead I'm home nursing a small migraine, getting caught up stuff and reviewing scholarship applications for the PFund Foundation. This year, I'm doing LGBTQ+ returning and graduate students, last year I did college, and they're all pretty amazing. Books are moving along, I'm learning stuff, I'm writing a bunch and I'm trying to figure out how to do more with next to no time, whie also getting a lot of rest. It's complicated.
I updated my events list for the University of MN Women Who Write event in March and am getting some other stuff finalized. Day job is, of course, doubling down, because why not? Trying to remember to update out here more often.
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