Three links, and then I get myself the hell to bed: Via yhlee , a discussion of the new Patricia Wrede book, The Thirteenth Child , and its problematic notion of European-analogues colonizing a Native-less America-analogue. Via the comments on that discussion, a similarly thoughtful discussion of the ways that steampunk glorifies imperialism and glosses over the problematic parts of Victorian times and a simply gorgeous photo gallery of people of color. Crash-thud now. read more
