Between the Devil and Deep Blue Sea
May 17, 2019
Links
“Why A Pro-Life World Has A Lot of Dead Women In It” by Jennifer Wright (timely and necessary especially now that women’s bodily autonomy is under attack by the government in the United States and abroad)
“Russian Doll Is Natasha Lyonne's Most Personal Work. She’s Been Writing It for a Decade” by Estelle Tang (on aging, beauty, and being kind to our younger selves)
“The Complete Guide to Deep Work” (I have mixed feelings on productivity as a way of life but as someone that coasted for most of her life and then suddenly was no longer able to, this article was a real eye-opener)
“How Hans Christian Andersen Revolutionized Storytelling” by Maria Popova (the endurance of fairy tale logic long after monstrosity transcends humanity)
“The ‘Female Byron’” by Nicholas Dames (Lord Byron brought a bear to Cambridge because Trinity College didn’t allow dogs and somehow, Letitia Elizabeth Landon surpasses him)
Book
The Queen of Attolia by Meghan Whalen Turner— For the last week or so, my one track mind has been focused on Game of Thrones, and in particular, the Lannister twins’ and how their storyline ended because I’ve had certain opinions about their characters since 2011, when I first read the A Song of Ice and Fire series and well, let’s just say my entire thesis on them has been validated. To me, The Queen of Attolia is an alternative version of the Lannister twins with a queen with a heart of ice and her one-handed lover although in this story, they aren’t related and well, she’s the one who had his hand cut off to begin with. I consider it one of the most romantic books I’ve ever read and maybe it’s just the mood I’m in but I’m hankering for a reread.