Tooting My Own Horn: A 5-Minute Guide to Mastodon
Apparently, it was August last year when I first heard about Mastodon. I made an account, then completely forgot about it until this week. After Sarah Jeong hopped on it… Read more »
Author Archives: Zoe Landon
She Bangs the Drums
It started in an arcade. That glorious storefront by the mall’s food court, lined in blue and/or pink and/or green neon, advertised with geometric text and CYBERSPACE GRIDS, SO COOL!… Read more »
Newsbunny
Why in the hell am I going to journalism school? I haven’t gotten that question directly, but friends and acquaintances have given me the narrowed eyes and cautious congratulations that… Read more »
A Woman’s First March
11:15am: N Vancouver and Skidmore The bus slowed down, though not much. Just enough for the driver to make eye contact with the dozen of us at the bus stop, mostly… Read more »
Don’t Tell Me the Odds
How common am I? Statistically speaking, I mean. And let’s limit things to just physical, in-born traits — nothing political or socioeconomic for now. If it’s within my control, it doesn’t count; I… Read more »
Shedding Fur
Pokémon came out when I was 10 years old. I was hooked. I would wake up comically early in order to catch the anime before going off to school. I… Read more »
Retreat
I’m not well-versed in religious studies, so it might’ve been rubbish for all I know, but a friend recently expressed a notion around the Buddhist hierarchy of care. First, care… Read more »
Name and Shame
I got to spend some time this week with someone I know from the Internet. In these situations, there’s a funny yet predictable thing that happens—we meet, in person, and… Read more »
Having Finished the 50-Book Challenge
I was never much of a reader. I didn’t mind that for most of my life—hey, more time for video games!—but as I got more serious about being a writer,… Read more »
Real Fiction
I recently finished reading John Scalzi’s Redshirts. I recommend it. Three quarters of the book is a fairly entertaining send-up of Star Trek in much the same way that Galaxy… Read more »