4/26/15 review of Dana Cain Collector Supershow

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the 2015 Dana Cain Collector Supershow.

The Dana Cain Collector Supershow is basically a toy collector's show in Denver, Colorado. My thread discusses the different types of people who attended the show and the various types of toys I saw at the show. I mention some board games, action figures, and tin lithotype toys. But I really focus on dolls, and Barbie dolls in particular. There are a decent amount of pictures in this thread.

Here's a link to the website for Dana Cain's events.

4/26/15 review of 31 Hours of Myopia at Museum of Contemporary Art Denver

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver's 31 Hours of Myopia event. This was a closing event for the Mark Mothersbaugh show Myopia.

My review is a sort of journal entry. It discusses an open mic night for electronic instruments, Mothersbaugh's voluminous body of postcard art work, some aspects of Mothersbaugh's work that reminds me of ageplay fetishism, a karaoke and dance party, an bedtime story and interview session Mothersbaugh did for us via Skype, some of the interesting people I saw at the event, and some issues I had with people who didn't want me at the event.

Here is a link to the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver's website.

Here is a link to Mark Mothersbaugh's website.

4/12/15 review of Bolshoi in Cinema's Romeo & Juliet

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi's cinema screening of their performance of the Romeo & Juliet of Prokofiev and Grigorovich.

In my thread I discuss some aspects of the ballet's music. I also discuss the interesting style of dance Grigorovich uses for this ballet, as well as the purpose for which Grigorovich used ballet in general.

Here is a link to a trailer for the Bolshoi's version of Romeo & Juliet by Grigorovich.

The Bolshoi's program of ballets screened is cinemas shows all over the world. It's a great experience. I highly recommend it. Here is a link to the website.

4/12/15 review of film Marfa Girl by Larry Clark

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the film Marfa Girl by Larry Clark.

In my thread, I discuss the mood, atmosphere, and form of the film, the way the film is open about sexuality yet also a bit stereotypical at times, and the soundtrack of the film.

Here is the trailer for Marfa Girl. This film is easily one of my favorites of the decade. I highly recommend checking it out.

4/5/15 review of The CELL's Violent Extremism & US Response panel

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of a panel that had been put on in 2015 by Denver's Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (The CELL), on Violent Extremism and the US Response.

This event had been a great chance for me to see folks such as Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham. The panel dealt a lot with understanding how the Middle East is untangling its complicated past.

Here is a link to The CELL's website.

4/5/15 review of film Bande de Filles by Celine Sciamma

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the film Bande de filles by Celine Sciamma.

In my review, I compare the film to works by Joyce Carol Oates, Cheryl Strayed, and Osamu Tezuka. I discuss how the film explores individual growth through a commitment to one's life path. I discuss some of the fun moments in the film, as well as some of the nice visuals. I also compare the film to Love Hina, Switchblade Sisters, and The 400 Blows. I'm not totally sure all those comparisons are more than simply capricious.

Here is the trailer for the film Bande de filles.

3/15/15 review of RedLine Denver's Playing With Beauty and Role Play exhibits

Here is the link to my March 15, 2015, Twitter thread on RedLine Contemporary Art Center's exhibits, Playing With Beauty and Role Play.

In this thread, I mostly give pictures of the works I liked the most from Playing With Beauty, which was a photography show. The show included pieces by Ogawa Kazumasa, Cecil Beaton, Jock Sturges, Susan Junker, Thomas Alleman, Libby Barbee, Paula Gillen, Ranluka Maharaj, and Jordin Page Wommack.

Here is the link to the RedLine Contemporary Art Center's website.

3/15/15 review of Bolshoi in Cinema performance of Swan Lake

Here is the link to my March 15, 2015 Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi Ballet's performance of Swan Lake, which was shown as an encore screening at the Sie Film Center in Denver.

In the thread, I give some background on the Bolshoi Ballet's program of performances screened in cinemas around the world. I discuss a lot of the history of Swan Lake. I discuss some of my favorite performers. And I discuss some elements of dance such as power versus poise & using dance as a sort of visual percussion.

Here is the link to the Bolshoi Ballet's website for its cinema screenings.

And here is a video for the Bolshoi's performance of Swan Lake.

3/15/15 review of the film Relatos Salvajes, by Damian Szifron

Here is the link to my March 15, 2015 Twitter thread about the film Relatos Salvajes, by Damian Szifron.

In this thread, I show how the film shows characters integrating into society by using society to stake their own claims. I think of the film as a series of stories about social experimentation. I also discuss the connection between science and savagery, and the homonymity between words like "savage" and "salvage."

Here is the trailer for the film Relatos Salvajes.

3/8/15 review of film The Duke of Burgundy

Here is the link to my March 8, 2015, Twitter thread review of the film The Duke of Burgundy, directed by Peter Strickland.

The Duke of Burgundy has remained my favorite narrative film of this decade. In this thread, I discuss the conflict between vanilla and BDSM desires. I also discuss the "power of victimhood," as well as selfishness and the desire to please in relationships. I discuss how sometimes the doms in BDSM relationships are more vulnerable than the subs. I also discuss some of my favorite scene, fetish and other, in the film.

If you haven't seen The Duke of Burgundy, I highly recommend it -- though I would also mention that it is very fetish-oriented. Here is the trailer for the film.

I would also mention that the soundtrack for The Duke of Burgundy, by Cat's Eyes, is wonderful. Here's the opening credit song.

3/8/15 review of Denver Roller Derby 2015 season opening bouts

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Denver Roller Derby's opening bouts of 2015.

The opening bouts featured the home teams for Denver Roller Derby playing against each other. In the thread I discuss my favorite home teams, my favorite player names, and my awkward and clutzy experience shotgunning some beers with the Shotgun Betties.

Here is the link to the Denver Roller Derby website.

3/1/15 Twitter thread about being bullied

Here is the link to a Twitter thread I did about being stalked and bullied in my neighborhood.

These threads pop up every now and then on my Twitter timeline. They aren't in keeping with other stuff I tweet about. But I want to put them into this blog because they have been a pretty big influence on my art and, obviously, on my life in general.

3/1/15 review of RedLine Denver exhibit Just Playing

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of RedLine Contemporary Art Center's 2015 annual resident artists' exhibit, Just Playing.

In this thread, I talk about some of the interactive artworks at the show. I also provide a lot of pictures of various works (mostly installation pieces), in full or in detail.

RedLine Contemporary Art Center is probably my favorite art space in Denver, Colorado. Here is a link to their site.

3/1/15 review of Scholastic Art & Writing Awards exhibit at History Colorado Center

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards exhibit that took place at the History Colorado Center in early 2015.

This exhibit was a statewide exhibit of work by teens. The show was enormous, with a ton of great visual art work. In this thread, I mostly highlight the works I liked. I also discuss the HCC's 1968 exhibit, which gave a snapshot of the United States in 1968. That was a fabulous show. I provide a lot of pictures in the thread. I also mention having seen Joyce Carol Oates at the Tattered Cover Book Store, where she'd been speaking about her just-released book, The Sacrifice.

Here is a link to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards website.

Here is a link to the History Colorado Center's website.

3/1/15 review of book The Tolerance Trap, by Suzanna Danuta Walters

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of Suzanna Danuta Walters's book The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, and Good Intentions are Sabotaging Gay Equality.

In my thread, I explore how the book compares tolerance, inclusion, and equality. I explore Walters's arguments against clinging too closely to genetics as a justification for gayness. I also explore how Walters's work examines patriarchy, heteronormativity, and bigotry.

Here is a link to the NYU Press edition of The Tolerance Trap.

Also, I bought this book at the Tattered Cover Book Store, a bookstore chain in the Denver metro area.

2/8/15 review of San Fran (Yerba Buena, Cartoon Art Museum, CJM, MoAD SF, GLBT Historical Society, Asian Art Museum, and Japantown)

Here is the link to a Twitter thread I did that is... mostly... about a February 2015 trip I took to San Francisco.

The thread discusses trips I took to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Cartoon Art Museum, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, the Museum of the African Disapora, the GLBT Historical Society, and the Asian Art Museum. It also talks about the time I spent at Japantown, which is a fabulous mall-like fantasy land full of delicious Japanese restaurants. It also has one tweet about the Anne Carson book Nox, which I'd just read, and a couple tweets on the first Colorado General Assembly meeting I ever attended.

Here is a link to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Here is a link to the Cartoon Art Museum.

Here is a link to the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Here is a link to the Museum of the African Diaspora.

Here is a link to the GLBT Historical Society.

Here is a link to the Asian Art Museum.

5/11/14 review of book The Sadeian Woman, by Angela Carter

Here is the link to a Twitter thread review of the book The Sadeian Woman, by Angela Carter.

This is a quick review of Angela Carter's book on the works of the Marquis de Sade. Carter's book has influenced a lot of my own creative work, mostly from the way Carter connects, through Sade, politics and pornography. However, I would say my work is still more influenced by the works of Sade himself.

This is another Twitter thread I didn't find right off. But I was reminded of it from another thread. I did a deeper search and found it.

1/31/15 Twitter thread about politics and pornography

Here is the link to a Twitter thread I did on politics and pornography in January of 2015.

The basic idea of this quick thread was to show how people interested in pornography could also be interested in politics. It's sort of naive. And it's hard to believe I thought this was an actually new thought in 2015. But it still lays out some ideas that have guided a lot of my creative and political philosophy over the past few years. There are also some references to Sade, Camille Paglia, and Angela Carter.

1/31/15 review of Denver community hearing on race, policing, and justice

Here is the link to a Twitter thread on Denver's January 2015 community hearing on race, policing, and justice.

This event was held by Denver's Shorter AME Church and Brother Jeff's Cultural Center. The meeting was held after the police shot and killed an unarmed LGBTQ girl, Jessie Hernandez. The meeting brought together the police, politicians, and residents from all around Denver. The hope was to create a place of discussion and a start for reconciliation.

I'm really disappointed in myself, because I did not mention Jessie Hernandez's name in the entire thread. Strange. Here is a link to one Denver Post article about her.

Brother Jeff is one of Denver's best community leaders. Here's a link to his website.

1/25/15 Twitter thread about scary living situations

Here is the link to a Twitter thread that's not in line with a lot of other threads here. It's about scary living conditions I was facing in 2015.

I've dealt a lot with stalking in my life. Twitter eventually became a place where I could discuss some of my feelings about being stalked, targeted, bullied, etc. This is one of the threads in which I discussed that.

12/19/14 review of L.A., Little Tokyo, Wiseman's National Gallery, Taschen's Rolling Stones show

Here is the link to a Twitter thread I did on a trip I took to Los Angeles in December of 2014.

I didn't see this thread as I was going through the December 2014 threads. But I had a feeling I'd find it. So I did some deeper searching. And here it is.

This thread discusses a lot of my experiences on that trip. I discuss my trip to Little Tokyo -- Kinokuniya, Orochon Ramen, and Cafe Demitasse. It discusses my trip to Book Off. It gives a review of the Frederick Wiseman documentary National Gallery. It gives a review of the Taschen Gallery's Rolling Stones photography exhibit. And it talks about some other stuff I was about to do on the trip.

I'll come back and provide links for some of the stuff discussed here. There's a lot.

1/12/15 review of the book Birth of the Pill, by Jonathan Eig

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of The Birth of the Pill, by Jonathan Eig.

My Twitter thread review sees The Birth of the Pill, the story of the invention of the birth control pill, as a story of scientific teamwork. It discusses the importance of the pill to women's rights. It discusses some key figures in the work. It discusses some of the book's interesting biological and engineering insights. And it points to some other interesting works worth reading.

Here is a link to Jonathan Eig's book The Birth of the Pill, on the W.W. Norton website.

Also, I bought this book from the Tattered Cover Book Store, a bookstore chain in the Denver metro area.

1/10/15 review of MSU Center for Visual Art show Greater Than the Sum

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Metropolitan State University Center for Visual Art's show Greater Than the Sum.

Greater Than the Sum was the 2014 juried exhibit of the National Collage Society. In my Twitter thread, I discussed the way the exhibit showcased means of expression through collage. I discussed how I liked works that explored body image issues and landscapes. I also gave a lot of pictures of works I liked.

Here is a link to the Metropolitan State University's Center for Visual Art. Probably one of the best galleries in the Denver metro area.

And here is a link to the National Collage Society's web page about the Greater Than the Sum exhibit.

1/10/15 review of the film Mr. Turner, by Mike Leigh

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of Mike Leigh's film Mr. Turner.

In my Twitter thread I discuss how the film is a portrait of 1800s society. I discuss how the film addresses communication: human communication and communication about art. I discuss some contrasting aspects of Turner's personality. I also discuss how the film explores the tension between the private and the public.

Here is the trailer for the film Mr. Turner.

12/27/14 review of the novel Sanshirou, by Natsume Souseki

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of Natsume Souseki's novel Sanshirou.

In this Twitter thread I say how Sanshirou is my favorite of the Souseki books I've read. I discuss the characters of Sanshirou and Bocchan. I discuss the philosophy and the Joycean feel of the book. And I discuss a possible influence in this novel on Kenzaburo Oe.

The edition of Sanshirou I read was from Penguin Random House. You can find it here.

I bought the book Sanshirou from Kinokuniya in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles. Here is their website.

12/27/14 review of the film Wild

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the film Wild.

My Twitter thread discusses my emotional connections to the film; the film's theme of redemption; the phenomenon of Cheryl Strayed's reputation going viral on the PCT; and the interesting characters of the film.

Here is the trailer for the film Wild.

The film Wild is based on a novel by Cheryl Strayed. Here is a link to the novel on Cheryl Strayed's website.

12/27/14 review of the film The Imitation Game

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the film The Imitation Game.

In my Twitter review, I discuss Benedict Cumberbatch's fashion; the work done at Bletchley Park; comparing Turing's WWII work with other people's work; LGBTQ people's contributions to STEM; the story's structure; and the actors' performances.

Here is the trailer for The Imitation Game.

12/27/14 review of film Big Eyes by Tim Burton

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Tim Burton film Big Eyes.

In my Twitter thread I discuss how the film's colors are like those of William Eggleston's photos; how the visuals, as well as the form and pacing, are similar to and different from those of other Burton films; the relationship of Walter and Margaret Keane; and the film's view of San Francisco.

Here is the trailer for Big Eyes.

Here is a link to William Eggleston's website, since I mentioned the colors of his photos in my review.

12/2/14 review of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of Armistead Maupin's novel Tales of the City.

My Twitter thread discusses the novel's interesting form, Maupin's great talent at storytelling, the novel's stylistic mash-up feel, and how I felt San Francisco 2014 compared with the San Francisco of Maupin's novel. I was pretty naive.

Here is a link to Tales of the City on Maupin's website.

I also bought this book from the Tattered Cover Book Store, a bookstore chain in the Denver metro area.

11/29/14 review of One Colorado's report Transparent: The State of Transgender Health in Colorado

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of One Colorado's report Transparent: The State of Transgender Health in Colorado.

One Colorado is Colorado's leading advocacy group for LGBTQ Coloradans and their families. Their Transparent report was the first report of its kind in the United States. It was a study of the quality of healthcare for transgender people in Colorado. Incredible report. My thread basically gives some of the highlights.

For some strange reason, my thread also gives a two-tweet review of the film The Theory of Everything.

The most recent version of One Colorado's Transparent report is at this link.

You can also learn more about One Colorado by visiting this link.

And for anybody who would like it, here's the trailer for the film The Theory of Everything.

11/27/14 review of The Secret History of Wonder Woman, by Jill Lepore

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of The Secret History of Wonder Woman, by Jill Lepore.

Jill Lepore's book discusses the creator of Wonder Woman, William Moulton Marston. My thread discusses the connection between WM Marston and feminist leader Margaret Sanger; Marston's lovers and creative partners, Elizabeth Holloway and Olive Byrne; and the influence of fetish on the Wonder Woman stories.

Jill Lepore's book The Secret History of Wonder Woman was published by Penguin Random House. You can find the book here.

Also, I bought The Secret History of Wonder Woman at the Tattered Cover Book Store, a bookstore chain in the Denver metro area.

11/11/14 review of The Peripheral, by William Gibson

Here is a link to my Twitter thread review of the novel The Peripheral by William Gibson.

In my review, I compare The Peripheral to the film Blow-Up and The Matrix. I discuss some of the time travel and body-switching elements. I also wonder if sci-fi apocalypses are social corollaries for the crisis that precedes an individual's "hero's journey." This review also discusses Gibson's visit to the Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver to promote The Peripheral.

Here is a link to The Peripheral on William Gibson's website.

Also, I bought The Peripheral at the Tattered Cover Book Store, a bookstore chain in the Denver metro area.

11/9/14 review of MCA Denver show Myopia, by Mark Mothersbaugh

Here is a link to my Twitter thread review of the Museum of Contemporary Art show Myopia, by Mark Mothersbaugh.

This thread compares the MCA Denver's show to a previous show they'd done by Bruce Conner. It talks a bit about how DEVO influenced me. And it gives a bit of insight into my own fetish-based opinions about Mothersbaugh's works.

The MCA Denver has a page documenting the 2014 Myopia exhibit. You can find it here.

Also, you can see Mothersbaugh's visual art at his Mutato Visual website.

10/21/14 review of The Neon Jungle, by John D. MacDonald

Here is a link to my Twitter thread review of the novel The Neon Jungle, by John D. MacDonald.

My review thread gives a little context on MacDonald's novel. It also talks about the novel's relation to the Korean War and its themes of addiction. It also gives a little comparison to later MacDonald novels.

The edition of The Neon Jungle that I bought was from Penguin Random House. You can find it here.

I also bought MacDonald's book The Neon Jungle from the Tattered Cover Book Store, a bookstore chain in the Denver metro area.

10/19/2014 review of the novel Borderline, by Lawrence Block

Here is a link to my Twitter review of the Lawrence Block novel Borderline, which I posted on October 19, 2014.

In the review, I discuss Lawrence Block's story structure, his characters, the sexuality of some of the characters, the sex scenes of the book, some of my past Lawrence Block reads, and some of the influences Block has had on my own writing.

The edition of Borderline I read was from Hard Case Crime. You can find it here.

Also, I bought this book from the Tattered Cover Book Store, a great bookstore chain in the Denver, Colorado area.

9/14/2014 review of Nan Desu Kan

Hello! This blog is an attempt to put links to all my Twitter threads into a "table of contents," but also give the threads a little more context, updates, etc.

This post is related to my September 14, 2014, Twitter review of the Nan Desu Kan convention. Here's a link to the thread.

This review shares a thread with my review of the TEDxMileHigh Convergence event, which I covered in my previous post.

Nan Desu Kan is an annual anime convention held in Denver. It's the largest anime convention in Colorado and the 13 surrounding states. The 2018 Nan Desu Kan event takes place August 31 through September 2nd. Here's a link to the event.

One part of Nan Desu Kan I loved in 2014 was the fan vids. Here are some of the fan vid artists I saw at Nan Desu Kan. Here is a video by Vivifx.

Here is a video by lolligerjoj.

Here's is a fan vid for Mawaru Penguindrum by Brianna King. I don't think this was the Mawaru Penguindrum fan vid shown at the 2014 Nan Desu Kan, though.

By now -- even in 2014 -- people knew that fan vids, AMVs, are works of art in themselves. They can be really beautiful, really funny, etc.

I also watched a panel on Sailor Moon while at Nan Desu Kan. I didn't actually know that Sailor Moon had had a live-action TV show! Wow!

I hadn't actually known until researching for this blog post that there had ALSO been a plan for a live-action American TV show of Sailor Moon! Looks like it would have been wonderfully awful -- something like the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers meets Limozeen: "but they're in space!"

My Twitter thread also talks about a panel put on with Japanese lolita fashion label Angelic Pretty. I really liked them, so it was cool to see them. Here's a link to the Angelic Pretty website.

While at Nan Desu Kan I also met with the band Kazha. They have a J-pop style, but sing in English. They're really cool people -- I chatted with them for a bit. I also bought their album Evolution. Here's a song from that album.

Apparently Kazha has very recently announced a comeback. That's pretty cool! I definitely wish them a lot of success. They're really awesome people. I hope to meet them and watch them and chat with them again one day.

9/14/2014 review of TEDxMileHigh Convergence event

Hello! This blog is an attempt to put links to all my Twitter threads into a "table of contents," but also give the threads a little more context, updates, etc.

This post is related to my September 14, 2014, Twitter review of the TEDxMileHigh Convergence event. Here is a link to the Twitter thread.

TED talks are, of course, ubiquitous by now. I actually hadn't known until talking with my friend one day that TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design. I'd previously always thought they were just named after some guy named Ted. Or maybe Teddy Ruxpin.

TEDx talks are -- as everybody probably knows -- independent TED talks that take place all over the country. We have a few here in my home state of Colorado, including the Denver-based one, TEDxMileHigh.

2018's TEDxMileHigh is coming up soon. Here's a link to the event's website.

In my Twitter review of the event, I referenced a few of the talks.

Here is the talk by Brad Buchanan, on the connection between rural and urban spaces.

Here is the talk/performance by cellist Ian Cooke.

Here is the talk by Heidi Heissenbuttel on the benefits of increased inclusiveness in all levels of education.

And here is the talk by Susan Chandler about the connection between our physical sense of motion, emotion, and our cognitive capacities.

Susan Chandler's talk discusses the martial art of Aikido. One of the organizations at the 2014 TEDxMileHigh event was the Colorado Aikido group Rocky Mountain Ki Society. They're pretty cool. Here's a link to their website.

Another organization at the TEDxMileHigh event was the Denver Public Library. They were there to push their program Volume, an online library completely comprised of Denver-based musicians and groups! This is an incredibly valuable resource. And it just shows what a great music town Denver is. Here is a link to the DPL's Volume program.

To promote Volume, the Denver Public Library had a little stage set up for performances by some of the acts on the Volume roster. I watched a set by The Outfit. They were a really great band, though I think they disbanded in 2017. Here's a link to a great set of music they did for Daytrotter on July 21, 2014.

You'll notice in the Twitter thread that I also did a review of an event called Nan Desu Kan. My next blog post will relate to that event.

This blog project is a work in progress. So please feel free to give me feedback. Thank you.

8/24/2014 review of Kurt & Courtney, by Nick Broomfield

Here is a link to my August 24, 2014 Twitter review of Kurt & Courtney, by Nick Broomfield.

The Twitter review is rather short. But Nick Broomfield's documentary Kurt & Courtney is really good.

Broomfield's documentary style is a lot like that of Michael Moore's style in Roger & Me. Broomfield doesn't shy away from asking questions, even if he feels those questions will anger people a lot or get him in deep trouble. In this case, the documentary basically ends with a kind of ugly confrontation between Broomfield and Courtney Love.

Here is the trailer for Kurt & Courtney.

In my thread, I also mention Nick Broomfield's documentary Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam. I think it would be worthwhile for theaters to re-screen this documentary today, as it makes a lot of important points about how sex is used in the context of blackmail -- when it really shouldn't be.

I actually got started watching Nick Broomfield's documentaries by watching his documentary Fetishes, which is wonderful. Broomfield has done a lot of other documentaries, including two on serial killer Aileen Wuornos, as well as Biggie & Tupac, on the lives of the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.

I was also excited to learn that Nick Broomfield has another documentary out: Whitney "Can I Be Me", about Whitney Houston. I need to see it!

Another thing I mention in my Twitter review on Kurt & Courtney is Charles Kingsley's book The Water Babies, which is a lovely book -- especially the illustrations by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Here's one illustration.

8/24/2014 review of Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space, by Lynn Sherr

Here is a link to my Twitter review from August 24, 2014, of Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space, by Lynn Sherr.

The Twitter review summarizes my feelings about how Lynn Sherr's work describes Ride's space journeys, effects on the course of NASA, and personal life.

Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space was published in June of 2014. Here is a link to the Simon & Schuster page for the book. This page includes a few videos about Sally Ride, as well as Lynn Sherr, who was a close friend of Ride's.

Here is one of the Sally Ride videos from the Simon & Schuster website.

8/13/2014 review of Behind the Burly Q, by Leslie Zemeckis

Here is a link to my Twitter review from August 13, 2014, of Behind the Burly Q, by Leslie Zemeckis.

My review mostly summarizes Zemeckis's process of tracking down the great living burlesque stars, some of the stars she spoke with, and some interesting quotes.

You can find Leslie Zemeckis's book Behind the Burly Q at this link.

Also, as I mention in my Twitter review, Zemeckis's Behind the Burly Q is also a documentary. Here's a YouTube video of it.

It might also be worthwhile to note that Zemeckis has some other awesome-looking works out that I haven't seen or read yet, including Goddess of Love Incarnate: The Life of Stripteuse Lili St. Cyr.

Zemeckis also apparently has another book coming out this year called Showgirls. It sounds like it will be scandalous and fun!

8/10/2014 review of Robert A. Heinlein in Dialogue with His Century, by William Patterson

This is a link to my Twitter thread from August 10th, 2014, on the second volume of Robert A. Heinlein in Dialogue with His Century, by William Patterson.

https://twitter.com/PreemiMaboroshi/status/498598881404678145

This volume of Patterson's work discusses Heinlein's life from 1948 to 1988. My thread discusses some of Heinlein's political ideals, his support of America's space program, some of Heinlein's travels, and some of the celebrities Heinlein met.

Here is a link to more info on the book from the publisher, as well.

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765319630

Also, here's an interesting link to a page by the Cato Institute on the book. It includes a YouTube video with Robert Heinlein.

https://www.cato.org/events/robert-heinlein-dialogue-century