Terry Pratchett, renowned for writing hilarious stuff (particularly the Discworld books) has sadly passed away. As a sort of In Memoriam thing, I thought it might be cool to talk about some of his characters, particularly the girls and women given the venue. Here are some thoughts I have as someone who’s read several (but

I think the thing I love about this monologue is that both Sasheer AND her harasser seem mutually troubled by the incident. <3

Remember that Hobby Lobby ruling, and how one of the problems listed in the dissent was how widely its precedent could allow “sincere religious belief” to be deployed as an unwarranted shield? And remember how there was a widespread no, no it just affects this one case. (That one was already false long before this

So during the Q&A part of Orphan Black’s Comic-Con panel, a girl called Taylor stood up and demonstrated in epic fashion why it really matters whether characters of marginalised identities are represented and humanised: Both transcript and video (Taylor’s bit starts at about 1 minute 50). I was going to try and say something to