Tolkien

It takes some especially bendy thinking to argue that Elves who are fighting a fallen angel over magic rings can’t have melanin in their skin because that wouldn’t be realistic.

Declaration

Dealing with problems by pretending they don’t exist has a such a good track record, we should make it the law that everyone else has to pretend they don’t exist, too.

Critical

It’s impressive how fast the “Students must confront the harsh truths about the world” crowd turned into the “Students must not be made to confront the harsh truths about the world” crowd when it turned out that one of the harsh truths is “Racism isn’t solved yet.”

Medievalists

So much white patriarchy to smash, so little time.

First

Happy Thanksgiving to US and US-connected folks. May all your racist uncles be sober and quiet.