bodies bodies – Cannonball Read 17

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Blue Beetle, Volume 1: Metamorphosis by Tony Bedard, Ig Guera (Illustrator), J.P. Mayer (Illustrator), Ruy Jose (Illustrator)

Blue Beetle, Volume 2: Blue Diamond by Tony Bedard, Ig Guera (Illustrator), Marcio Takara (Illustrator)

August 29, 2023 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

One of my friends asked me to go with her to see the new Blue Beetle movie and I agreed, knowing nothing about the character. She knew that, as I’m notoriously not a comics reader, so she handed me two volumes of the comic when we went to see Across the Spiderverse together last month. I put it off until the last minute, but as we’re going tomorrow, I figured I better get to it. All I can say is that I hope the movie […]

Great Book—But Still Not Pleased With The Outcome.

The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA by Jorge L. Contreras

August 12, 2023 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

I love a good turn of narrative non-fiction. Back in the early years of my PhD—which was in genetics—the topic of gene ownership and gene patents was a huge deal. If you were working in the field, there was no way you could have avoided getting dragged into the discussion; whether you were hearing about it from a medical perspective, an agricultural perspective or a ‘shit, I was broke doing my degree all those years ago so you’ll never guess what I did*’ perspective, you […]

CBR15 Bingo: Bodies Bodies

Three Little Words by Jenny Holiday

July 4, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars CBR15 Bingo: Bodies Bodies (self-esteem issues, eating disorder) 15-word review: International supermodel Gia has an eating disorder, but eats when restaurant owner Bennet feeds her. Longer review: Gia Gallo is used to travelling in her job as a globe-trotting fashion model. Recently, she struggles with the fact that she doesn’t fit into the teeny tiny sizes of the clothes she’s supposed to model, and she’s not really sure if she’s not outgrown the whole industry, both in body size and motivation-wise. Having never […]

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