I’m going to try to start posting more than just the Beach Boys posts here over the next little while — I’ve spent a few weeks concentrating on ‘proper writing’, and since late December I’ve been averaging ten thousand words per week, but that’s been split between various things, the biggest of which won’t be out for a long time, and I feel like this place is getting a bit threadbare. If I can keep that level of productivity up while making more regular posts here, I will.

Tomorrow, either a post on the tyranny of characterisation or something comicsy, but for now, links.

JaeKay looks at the “Coalition For Marriage”s briefing on equal marriage.

Loving The Alien: Superman And Masculinity

Debi is still watching Arrow so we don’t have to

Alex writes about a great scene from the Doctor Who story Robot

The new Faction Paradox novel is available to pre-order. This one is by my friend Lawrence Burton, who comments here occasionally, and should be great.

Feminist Aspie on stereotypes and self-fulfilling prophecies

How video games fund arms manufacturers

Hipster misogyny

Tom Ewing on Young Avengers and pop

Laura Edison on the war on sex workers

Millennium on The Happiness Patrol

And finally, my colleagues on Mindless Ones have been doing wonderful work recently. Like this, this, this and most of the rest of what’s on the site right now.