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Get Your Mermaids While They’re Hot

The new trend in fiction, evidently, is mermaids. We’re over vampires, werecreatures, fairies, and angels, and now it’s time to move on to another mythical creature; people seem reluctant to return to contemporary YA in the interest of exploring fantasy themes1. Looking at the different attributes and mythology associated with each of the trends that’s

Lugubrious Ducks

NPR: In Politics, Sometimes The Facts Don’t Matter? New research suggests that misinformed people rarely change their minds when presented with the facts — and often become even more attached to their beliefs. San Francisco Bay Guardian Editorial: Fix the BART police force – or disband it And until the BART board recognizes that it