John (he/him) comes over to chat with Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) about Gideon the Ninth, Act IV, Chapter 27. Gideon goes to tea with the eighth. Everyone wants to punch Silas (and Babs, but he's not in this one). Claire has unexpected sympathy for Silas (who remains punchable). Han has unexpected sympathy for Glaurica.

Content Warning: John Gaius (implied), Death, Murder, Slavery, (Punitive?) Amputation, Torture, Abuse, Dios Apate (implied), Eugenics, Suicide,

Further Reading:

Richard Allen (2023) Toward a Philosophy of Melodrama

Rebecca Lesses (2009) Lilith

Mass Effect 3 (2012) Mordin Death Scene

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Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) dig into Gideon the Ninth, Act IV, Chapter 27. Harrow and Pal negotiate. Gideon and Cam negotiate. Gideon and Harrow open a door. Gideon and Harrow negotiate.

Content Warning: Pretty chill week all things considered. Oblique references to oppression and exploitation, scientific racism, death and human remains,

Further Reading:

Robert N. Proctor and Londa Schiebinger (2008) Agnotology: The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance

Stanley Cohen (2001) States of Denial: Knowing About Atrocities and Suffering

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Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) revisit Gideon the Ninth, Act IV, Chapter 26. Harrow falls back on her old patterns. Gideon seeks comfort. Silas makes an offer.

Content Warning: child death, murder, verbal abuse, cannibalism, lyctor sex, experimental abuse, genocide, torture, eugenics

Further Reading:

Vrinda Dalmiya. 2000. Loving Paradoxes: A Feminist Reclamation of the Goddess Kali. Hypatia 15(1):125-150.

Anastasia Pestinova (c. 2023) Transgressive Feminine: The Case of Baba Yaga

Nicky Falkof (2025) Trump and South Africa: What is White Victimhood, and How Is It Linked to White Supremacy? The Conversation.

Lucy Nicholas, Sal Clark, Christine Agius, and Kay Cook (2024) Antifeminist, Manosphere and Right-Wing Extremist Sentiments Among Men Who Use Domestic and Family Violence: Masculinism, Misinformation, and the Justificatory Logics of Violence. NORMA: 1-20. [Audio version available]

Lyz Lenz (2015) A Brief History of Dwarfism Pacific Standard.

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