“Sic Transit Gloria Mundi” by Josie Morway
Hey, so I lost my first Hugo last week! Yay! The folks who won are pretty great.
And hey, life’s been really hard for the last six weeks and I need to take a short break. See y’all after Labor Day.
- Olivia Waite reviews a couple of books; trans friends, please take note: Hurt/Comfort: Two Shapeshifting Books Reviewed
- I’m a Google Manufacturing Robot and I Believe Humans Are Biologically Unfit to Have Jobs in Tech
- From Petrea Mitchell: The e-mail Larry Page should have written to James Damore (there’s some great links at the end)
- Meet the Artist Using Ritual Magic to Trap Self-Driving Cars
- Fat Women Don’t Get To Be Androgynous
- And here’s an article about gender identity in Pakistan, which serves as a good reminder that gender is complicated.
- Why we fell for clean eating
Congrats on losing your first Hugo. As a long-time reader of your blog, I was pleased to have the opportunity to vote for you. Enjoy your time away, and I’ll be happy to see you return, hopefully refreshed and ready to take on the world again.