Kindle vs. Sony eReader

Bookslut's new editor Caroline Eick's thoughts on the war going on between Kindle and Sony eReader lovers:

It is a war! People go nuts about this stuff. Sherman Alexie was in hot water over claiming he wanted to kick some dude in the balls for having a Kindle. Or something. I heard about this at some Future of Publishing event. My reaction was to slump down in my chair and start braiding my hair.

My thoughts exactly.

Wearing sandals during the summer

Since I started my feminist blog, friends and strangers love to quiz me on my definitions. "Discrimination" is an especially contentious term and whenever I dare offer a definition, it is usually met with suspicion and sarcasm.

Yesterday a friend asked me whether the practice of accepting professional women to wear sandals during the summer discriminates against men who are usually expected to cover their toes all year long. It is the second time I get this very same question (the first time it was about men not being allowed in "nice" clubs in sandals) so I thought I would open it up for discussion here as well.

Tell me what you think!

Cool things I find on the Internets

¶ Jim Hanas launches The Arab Bank— a serial short story set in Cannes during the Cannes Film Festival. He is writing the story during the duration of the actual festival (May 13-24). You can receive notifications about each new installment via twitter, facebook, RSS or email.

¶ Wanda Sykes delivers a kick-ass White House Correspondents Dinner Address. "Rush Limbaugh hopes the Administration fails. Rush Limbaugh... I hope his KIDNEYS fail!

¶ A German suburb goes "carless".

¶ Laura Barcella seeks submissions for a Madonna Essay Anthology

¶ This spring Zadie Smith is teaching a weekly fiction seminar at Columbia University under the title "Sense and Sensibility". Here's her reading list.

Do you wish I didn't share these with you? Let me know.