Sidetracks - June 26, 2025

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Anna

1. Recently I attended Wiscon, a feminist SFF convention, which was held online this year. Because it was a busy weekend I didn’t end up going to that many events as I would have liked. One of the things I missed was the vid show. So I was happy that Betty posted some highlights You can also check out a playlist of almost all the vids.

2. This article comparing urban form in the US and China is really interesting!

Renay

3. Jenny wrote Anatomy of a Sex Scene: A Gentleman Undone, Cecilia Grant and it is great. I would read a whole series of these (hint hint).

4. For my birthday, I got an air fryer so I've been all over the internet bookmarking tasty-looking recipes, or unhinged ones (no in-between) like this corndog recipe. Google is useless now, so if anyone out there has a fave dish for the air fryer that's not spicy (my stomach cannot handle heat), hit me up.

5. It's been eight weeks and I have eight issues of Intergalactic Mixtape! It doesn't feel like there should be that many. I launched a book rec form so I can potentially do more themed rec lists in the future.

6. Given the news…this video is back in rotation and it's been wilding watching a new generation discover it. And by that I mean Boomers, because that's where I saw it going viral.........on Facebook.