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The Cthulhu Bookmark
A friend of mine from the University is a very gifted crocheter (apart from being an accomplished neuroscientist). Recently she made a competition on her blog where the contesters had to reply to a few questions and there were awesome … Continue reading
Female characters in fantasy-fiction Part 2: “Strong” Female Characters
Why do we even need to specify “strong” when referring to female characters? Why such is not the case for their male counterparts? Maybe because in fiction, we saw too many females portrayed as damsels in distress, empty shells of love interests for … Continue reading
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Tagged bechdel test, fantasy, feminism, fiction, miyazaki, movies, person of interest, the avengers, the fall, tv shows, writing
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Female characters in fantasy/fiction Part 1: Female Warrior Armors Suck!
No one would be surprised to hear me say that strong female protagonists are very dear to me 🙂 To be honest, I may not judge a book by its cover, but I certainly evaluate it by its female characters … Continue reading
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Tagged art, diablo, fantasy, female characters, fiction, movies, video games
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Antimicrobial resistance : The ticking bomb
… A ticking bomb that probably has already exploded, but no one tells us (and I personally prefer it this way). Antimicrobial resistance is a very broad term that is used when bacteria, virus, fungi or parasites develop resistance against drugs. … Continue reading
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Tagged antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance, bacteria, drug resistance, health, pharmaceutics
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7 things I hate reading in novels
It’s been a while… since the last time I wrote a blog post. But I’m not dead or anything. Just busy. But since last week, I’m also very sick. I am stuck at home, agonizing. So why not write something? It’s … Continue reading
Home Stage, by David Perkins
I stumbled upon this amazing work from the photographer David Perkins, who represents dancers in their home environment. http://www.davidperkinsphotography.com/home-stage/ It combines the mystical world of dancers and the beauty of the photography. Here is the link to his blog and … Continue reading
Alena Tkach’s Little Big Adventure
I redrew this detail from Alena Tkach’s work, the Little Big Adventures Of A Cat Lost In The Woods. The story is about a cat who gets lost in the forest. He makes cute little friends like him and finally finds his … Continue reading
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Tagged Alena Tkach, art, cats, Children's books, cute, digital art, drawing
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10 things Shakespeare has taught us
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The art of pacemaking
The anatomically correct modelling of a heartbeat created by a supercomputer: (video from supercomputational life science YouTube channel
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The Book of the Seven Forbidden Wisdoms
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Tagged art, curse, demon of music, demon summoning, digital art, fantasy, gay, lesbian, lesfic, magic, magic realism, magic reality
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The Book of the Seven Forbidden Wisdoms 