Reading

Nonfiction

James C. Scott, ( James Scott, resisting dominance )

Agustin Fuentes, Sex Is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary: ( not as detailed as I wanted )

Deborah Valenze, The Invention of Scarcity: Malthus and the Margins of History: ( Malthus and corn (and corn laws) )

Jane Marie, Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans: ( The bad kind of MLM )
Becca Rothfeld, All Things Are Too Small: ( in praise of excess )

Douglas Brinkley, The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion: ( a big day and its commemoration )

Anthony Shadid, Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War: ( shockingly, it's complicated )

Guru Madhavan, Applied Minds: How Engineers Think: ( they try things )

Theatre Fandom: Engaged Audiences in the Twenty-First Century, ed. Kirsty Sedgman, Francesca Coppa, & Matt Hills: ( live theater as a fandom source )

Dan Ariely, The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves: ( he's not wrong or exempt )

Tony Judt, When the Facts Change: Essays, 1995-2010: ( foresight that didn't help )

KC Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing: ( functionality is all )

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More of Oliver's shirts from Brilliant Minds

I'd like to point out that I first used the dw tag "zachary quinto owns me forever" in 2009. And I'm still using it. I mean, in fandom years, that's pretty much forever. Is this tag longevity due to my loyal and consistent personality? Or is it due to the fact that ZQ is...ZQ, and he has not decreased in hotness since I first used the tag? 🤷🏼‍♂️

Anyway, I added to the shirt catalogue. I'm updating at ao3, too.

Also, I made myself a Brilliant Minds icon. It's not great. If you have photoshop skills and make me a better one, you'll make me a really happy dog.

( shirts from eps 3 and 4 of Brilliant Minds )

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Fanart, sort of

As you all know...I am obsessed with Brilliant Minds, and, in particular, Oliver's shirts. (That is Zachary Quinto for the uninitiated.) I had this idea to create a catalogue of the shirts, and...I started! I'm not an artist, so these are...simple. But the idea is to track color and mood over the episodes. The costume and production design on this show are A+. They do a lot with showing emotional states with the characters' clothing.

Here it is at ao3.

I'm updating as I color/draw the shirts for each ep.

( You can also look at the the ones I've done here. )