latest ARTICLES by l.e.h.
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Editorials, FeaturesAmazon Homemade vs Etsy: Nerd Items to Buy (and a Few to Skip)
We’ve heard of Etsy, the one-stop-shop for “artisan” or “handmade” products. Etsy shops have some amazing, one-of-a-kind products… and some…
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Editorials, Features, LiteratureIn Praise of the Smaller Fan Convention
We’ve all heard of the big fan conventions – San Diego Comic Con, New York Comic Con, and the like.…
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Editorials, FeaturesA Cosplay Tip for the Rest of Us: #Cospositive
This past weekend I attended my local fandom convention. For reasons of embarrassment and charity, for one of the Friday…
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LiteratureThe Chronicles of Harriet Tubman Will Make You Believe in Steamfunk
This is the last of my Summer Reading List book reviews: reviews I did of older books that had been…
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Editorials, FeaturesNo More Diversity Panels, It’s Time to Move On
Spurred on by my previous comments about the Hugo Awards, I’ve been observing and participating in online conversations about diversity…
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Editorials, FeaturesThe Hugo Awards: 3 Reasons I Care and You Should Too
The Hugos, sometimes called The Science Fiction Achievement Awards, were awarded this past weekend at the 73rd WorldCon, held in…
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Literature, ReviewWhispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction
About 5 years ago, I was in my local science fiction paperback book store, now closed, when I found Whispers…
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Editorials, Features, Media, Movies, ReviewBlade Trinity: Perspective Hurts
This is the third and final installment in my re-viewing of the Blade trilogy, Blade, Blade II, and now Blade:…
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Media, Movies, ReviewBlade II: The Re-Watchening
I got a great response to my re-view of Blade, the first movie, mostly in the form of comments about…
