Happy Labor Day! I've spent much of the morning laboring on cleaning up my blog's sidebar, which is probably an exercise in futility since so few people still visit here, but I have this thing for tidying up. Admittedly I didn't get very far, just the very top (through the Liberal Coalition links) and the very bottom (from the Op-Ed links on down), and there are things I want to switch around or fix but can't do without Laura's help so they'll wait for another day. Meanwhile, I have almost a year's worth of saved blog posts that, at the time I read them, I knew I wanted to share, so without further ado:
- Melissa McEwan tells the full story of the modern Horatio Alger "bootstraps" tale. If you come from a privileged class of society, there are very often extenuating circumstances that help you along your way. By the way, Melissa's 11th blogiversary is coming up soon; here's what she wrote on her 10th. Also, do read her thoughts on how the internet is made of people, many working hard to make it a better, kinder place.
- Hallowe'en will be here before you know it, and it's never a bad idea to pass on this advice from my buddy Jill, whom I'll miss exceedingly when she moves further away from me.
- New York Comic Con is also coming up soon (we'll be at Artist Alley table B6 as in past years), and I found Heidi's thoughts on large cons and their (in)attention to comics very thoughtful reading. Elsewhere, Heidi notes the sea change in attitudes of comic industry bigwigs suddenly discovering women read the stuff. We all hoped the time would come when Friends of Lulu would no longer be needed, but I'm not sure we thought it would come this quickly.
- Know what else is coming up sooner than you think? Black Friday. Kevin Drum reviews the history of this so-called holiday.
- As someone whose long-term memory is often tricky, I enjoyed Martha's essay around her question: "Can my memory coexist on the same plane of reality as the memories of other people?" I tend to trust others' memories of me far more than my own, for good or ill.
- I'm still fascinated by mythology, so I loved this Mary Sue post by "Doctor Bifrost" on Wonder Woman and the paternal narrative. I just wish he'd have used an actual name to give his premise a bit more gravitas. See, Val D'Orazio uses her real name when writing about mythology and how some folks react when their personal mythology is challenged. Speaking of The Mary Sue and mythology, Katie Schenkel posted a great tribute to Parks and Recreation and the importance of Leslie Knope & co. to our modern mythology.
- Was Digby the first blogger to point out that Donald Trump is the far right wing's id? If not then she probably says it better than most, as usual.
- If you're still having problems explaining to people why someone saying "all lives matter" in response to "black lives matter" is not the proper response, you need to read this (via Laura).
- Mark Evanier has some wise words about deadlines and a warning about HFCS changing its name.
- Naturally, the hypersexist response to 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman more than meets the criteria of Lewis' Law.
- Paul Ford details one man's journey to politeness (via Arthur).
- We're often so blinded by the bully governor over the river that we forget the bully governor on our side. Lance Mannion has more about Andrew Cuomo. And because it's Lance, of course I have three other posts saved to pass along: the one about Republic politicians lying, the one about the God of the Christian Right, and the one about how none of us is perfect and sometimes we're a bit too quick to anger when it comes to dealing with disability.
- Wil Wheaton passes along this comic about a movie premise and its result, as well as his thoughts on gender in comedy. How dare that female animated character not wear a signifying bow or eyelashes?
- Neil Gaiman brings back a blast from the past - comic creator cards! I think I still have mine somewhere. A good many of them are autographed. I wish somebody would bring those back.
- PZ Myers tells us why humans venturing into deep space is a bad idea until we get our home planet act together.
- Lastly, you'll want to keep this interactive US map of fall foliage handy; thanks BoingBoing!
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