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Colin Spacetwinks: The Pious World of Christian Sonic the Hedgehog Fan Art (New York Magazine)
Colin Spacetwinks: The Pious World of Christian Sonic the Hedgehog Fan Art (New York Magazine)
Sonic exists right on the edge of “family-friendly” and “edgy as heck,” making him a potent figure for Christian youth. --- Sonic the Hedgehog is the most perfectly crafted piece of pop culture to pull into the Christian youth demographic. In the ’90s, Sonic the Hedgehog was legitimately cool. There is also nothing immediately objectionable about his existence. He’s made of bright colors and a family-friendly design with poppy music with no lyrics to be misconstrued as corrupting. […] More than even Mario, more than Crash Bandicoot and Spyro, more than Bubsy and dozens of others, Sonic is perfectly made for the whole of the internet and all the groups milling about on it. The blue blur is a smirking spiny mammal who somehow looks just as comfortable next to a quote from the Book of Revelations as he does in an Impact-font meme declaring “KISS MY ASS, DUANE.” And God bless that hedgehog for it.
·nymag.com·
Colin Spacetwinks: The Pious World of Christian Sonic the Hedgehog Fan Art (New York Magazine)
Simini Blocker #The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
Simini Blocker #The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
Sissix and Rosemary, again from Becky Chambers’ ‘The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet.’ I finished the second one last week as well, which has another cast of excellent characters. I love how cozy and lived in these books feel, while still being really thoughtful on challenging your perspective—it’s not something I’d come to expect from science fiction.
·siminiblocker.tumblr.com·
Simini Blocker #The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
Confessions of an Aca/Fan: Letting the Fur Fly: The Photographs of Brian Berman (Part One)
Confessions of an Aca/Fan: Letting the Fur Fly: The Photographs of Brian Berman (Part One)
"Technically, these photographs are beautifully constructed and each one shows us a distinctive human personality underneath the costumes. Does the objective gaze of the camera necessarily leave us trapped outside or is it possible for us to see some of ourselves in these people? Do these images estrange us from these Furries (featured today) or Cosplayers (featured next time)? Or do they allow us to recognize the creativity and craftsmanship of their work, the ways that they draw together personal mythology to move beyond the more mundane aspects of their everyday lives? What do you see when you look at these images?"
·henryjenkins.org·
Confessions of an Aca/Fan: Letting the Fur Fly: The Photographs of Brian Berman (Part One)