Monday, July 6, 2015

Margaret Atwood Is Drawing Cartoons About Being A Geeky Girl

The author of The Handmaid’s Tale is contributing a series of cartoons to the Kickstarter-funded anthology The Secret Loves of Geek Girls. Margaret Atwood Katy Winn / AP The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Anchor The Secret Loves of Geek Girls is a celebration of the stories we tell each other but never make public —until now. This non-fiction anthology of text stories...

I'm Not Interested In Guys Who Don't Read Books By Women

And no, I don’t want to give you any recommendations. Andrew Richard / BuzzFeed If I get one more message saying "So, does Harry Potter count?" I'm quitting OkCupid. When I rejoined the dating site after a breakup last winter, I added a line to the bottom of my profile: "You should message me if: not every book in your favorites section is by a dude." And message me they...

21 Book Lovers Share Their Favourite African Writers

We asked attendees at the Africa Writes literature and book festival to tell us their favourite African writers. Chinua Achebe – Christina, from Nigeria. "I first read him when I was eight years old." Bim Adewunmi / BuzzFeed Elnathan John – Angela, from London. Bim Adewunmi / BuzzFeed Tsitsi Dangarembga – Rumbi, from Essex. Bim Adewunmi / BuzzFeed Sefi Atta – Chibundu,...

Which Westeros House Do You Belong In Based On Your Zodiac Sign?

Everyone needs a house...

Which "Game Of Thrones" Actor Should You Date?

The things you’d do for love...
Netflix, we’re ready to binge-watch every second. As you may have heard, Netflix announced last year that it would be releasing a TV series based on the A Series Of Unfortunate Events novels. Nickelodeon Movies A teaser for the series appeared online today, and it was chock-full of many cool nuggets. Like Klaus' glasses. Eleanora Poe / Via youtube.com Of course, there was...