Julie's Blog (Page 32)

So far I’m still three for three on the write-a-thon — three weeks, three stories. And, it’s been a while since we had a real cartoon controversy. This one is a little different, as it does not (as yet) involve any violence. To summarize: The New Yorker’s next cover isContinue Reading

I can’t honestly say I didn’t see this coming, but I still feel like this Slate essay, which claims WALL-E goes out of its way to equate obesity with environmental collapse misses the point in a dozen places. In case you don’t know the basic premise, 700 years ago theContinue Reading

Check out this delightful and heartwarming story about getting bigots to shut up by singing show tunes. Usually I have a problem with the whole loud bigots thing — ignore them and they never shut up — yell back and it validates them, plus escalates the situation — but showContinue Reading

End of first week: June 28 So far so good, as the first week’s story was completed, critiqued, and into rewrites by the time I broke for a barbecue and zombies. The second week’s story is going to be a bit of a challenge, as there is a big ole’Continue Reading