Updates/October 2019 Journal (Patreon)

Needed a third paid post to stay afloat this month. Sorry for not having something more substantial. 

Might as well use this space for updates. The blog has been progressing slowly due to life preventing me from writing more often (bouts of mental health crashes and a month of attempting to get a friend's domestic abuser removed from campus have taken up most of my time). I suppose the break has been good for me - it means I can stoke up some essays here and then regularly update the blog from here on out. Here's what you can expect from me in the immediate future:

Before the year is out, I'll probably be done writing about Never for Ever. We can expect The Dreaming essays to begin going up in... January, probably. 

"All We Ever Look For" will be posted next week, followed by... "Delius," I think. I don't have my notebook in front of me. Should probably transfer that list to a Word document like I've been doing with my other blog notes.

I've got a healthy list of requested essays lined up. Ashley Watts has commissioned me to write about the anime film Adolescence of Utena, the manga My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, The Man Who Fell to Earth and dysphoria, and Watership Down. Not sure when I'll get these essays done, but they're going to happen.

So. Umm. What would you like me to write about? When I've gotten a few of these essays out of the way, I'll probably post some topics I'd like to write about so y'all can commission pieces about them. Something will come to mind eventually.

I'm including this month's journal entry in this post, as I've read painfully little this month. Sorry, $2+ patrons. I'll make it up to you in November.

October: The Story of the Russian Revolution (China Mieville) - Continued after a break in.... February? Jesus. Not sure why I spent so much time away from this book. It's an elegant and vivacious account of the buildup and fallout of 1917, as readable as it is compelling. A great and honest read on a historical moment everyone should know intimately.

Catwoman (Ed Brubaker & various artists) - Fun. I've taken to calling Catwoman my patron saint, and this is why. The book definitely suffers from its 2003-ness in that every black character in it is either a drug dealer or a cop (the two genders), but it's a very neatly executed take on Selina, whose criminality is as much a part of her character as her compassion. Probably the second best DC book I've read this year.