Tag Archives: Anita Blake

Sporking For A Good Cause: Laurell K. Hamilton’s Shutdown (Anita Blake 22.5)

Posted on January 23, 2019 by

First things first here is a list of charities that you can (and should) donate to in order to help people directly affected by the government shutdown here in the US. Many of these people aren’t going to get paid … Continue reading →

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The Great Big Anita Blake ReRead: Blue Moon

Posted on January 14, 2019 by

Strap in folks, we’re about to talk about what Blue Moon does decently, what the book gets wrong, and what parts of the book should’ve been killed by magical fire in the woods of Tennessee Continue reading →

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The Great Big Anita Blake ReRead: Burnt Offerings

Posted on December 30, 2018 by

Content warnings: this installment of The Great Big Anita Blake Reread talks about rape and racism in mild detail (and they’re connected in my analysis of Hamilton’s writing in this book) that include repeated references to what winds up being … Continue reading →

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The Great Big Anita Blake Reread: The Killing Dance

Posted on November 29, 2018 by

There are interesting aspects to The Killing Dance, but as usual, they’re nearly lost thanks to all the weird and upsetting shit that happens and all of the absolutely pointless relationship drama. Continue reading →

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Too White Bread for This Shit: Race and Racism in Laurell K Hamilton’s Urban Fantasy Series

Posted on August 7, 2018 by

“I’m so white-bread, if you cut me I’d bleed bleached flour! I have no ethnicity to me, and I’ve always wanted some.” – Laurell K. Hamilton in an interview excerpted from Locus Magazine. I’ve been reading Laurell K. Hamilton’s urban … Continue reading →

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The Great Big Anita Blake Reread: Bloody Bones

Posted on July 18, 2018 by

For this installment of my reread series, I’ll be changing up the format in order to look at “The Good”, “The Bad”, and “The Just Plain Borked” parts of the novel. If this all goes well, this will be what … Continue reading →

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The Great Big Anita Blake ReRead – The Lunatic Cafe

Posted on January 31, 2018 by

Content/Trigger Warning: References to sexual violence, sex work/er shaming, and well… a snuff film in the text that I describe in medium detail. I still can’t believe it was in the book. I cover the ableist language in the title … Continue reading →

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Urban Fantasy 101: Sexual Assault in the Genre – Part One

Posted on December 22, 2017 by

Content warnings: this installment of Urban Fantasy 101 will be dealing with sexual assault in the genre. This means that I will be quoting and talking about sexual assault with vivid and graphic language largely pulled from the books that … Continue reading →

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The Great Big Anita Blake Reread – Circus of the Damned

Posted on October 11, 2017 by

“He’s dead, Richard, a walking corpse. It doesn’t matter how pretty he is, or how compelling, he’s still dead. I don’t date corpses. A girl’s got to have some standards.” — Anita on why she won’t give in to Jean-Claude … Continue reading →

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There’s a really creepy conversation about “Catholic School Girls” in the latest Anita Blake book…

Posted on July 10, 2017 by

Content Notes: This piece focuses on a conversation about child sexual abuse (CSA) by Catholic priests and a joke about “Catholic school girls” alongside talking about rape and CSA survivors in the Anita Blake series and how they’re treated. I … Continue reading →

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