Still Nameless Feature: There's Probably Hope Somewhere

[helloladies]

At the end of every week, we gather at Lady Business HQ to share media thoughts and chat about the recent happenings in our tiny spheres of human experience. Feel free to join in, but note our comment policy if you're new! :D

As always, puns are welcome.

This week was so terrible that there are no words for it. Have a blanket fort.



We've discussed names like Chaturday, Business Casual, The Water Trough, and Ponies Express. Clearly we can use some help and would appreciate your suggestions (feel free to vote in the comments, too)!

Poll #17563 Potential Feature Names

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What should we call this adventure?

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[bookgazing]

I have done very little this week except finish The Geek Feminist Revolution which was wonderful. I did acquire a few books - Ms Marvel Vol. 5, Spinster, Negroland, Man Up and Amanda Palmer's book. And I got told my customer order for Ninefox Gambit came in over the weekend. Trouble is, I already want a ton of new paperbacks even though I just bought stuff. Help!

I'm watching a couple of series live because people from Merlin are in them. Versailles which has turned out to be terrible but Alex Vlahos plays French royalty who lived with his male lover so what are you gonna do. I am mostly ranking people's hair while watching it. And I started watching The Living and the Dead which is a bit of a meh historical/ghost story at the mo. However, it's by the people who made Ashes to Ashes and there have been mysterious instances of modernity showing up so there must be surprises in store. Colin Morgan is in that and I'm loving Charlotte Spencer who plays his wife.

[transcendancing]

Enjoy the book fest! It sounds awesome! Amanda Palmer's book is on my to-read list also. I am also trying to figure out how to read again after a few weeks of almost no reading because I couldn't deal. Now I can and I can't figure it out again all of a sudden. Lol. I'll get there!

[renay]

I can't wait for you to read Ms. Marvel! LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

[spindizzy]

GEEK FEMINIST REVOLUTION! *weak grabby hands of need* I might have to go into Waterstones tomorrow and pick up a copy. I'm worried I'm setting my expectations too high, even though I know Kameron Hurley writes stellar non-fiction, so I'm glad you thought it was wonderful?

(There is no help. Well, there's maybe aggressively abusing the library, which is what I do, but that just CHANGES the problem, it doesn't solve it.)

[bookgazing]

Bookseller advice - use the Click & Collect service online to check they have it (and if they don't then get them to transfer a copy down from another store). Most stores got a single copy but we're having trouble getting more in (saaaaad) and some shops that have a single copy sitting in probably won't sell it.

I really liked it (like, I almost cried, liked it) the only rough spot was the inclusion of the essay about winterfox. But what I will say is that she structures the collection so that the (I think) two essays after that one talk about power structures, authors having power and needing to be careful not to punch down on fans who have different opinions. But otherwise I felt like I learnt a lot about writing from this collection, enjoyed the new essays (especially the personal ones in places) & got to hold We Have Always Fought in my hands as a physical object which was super important to me.