I’ve fallen behind. Here are links:
SF Arts and a NYT article on cheap SF weekends.
Criticism of Left Behind, the evangelical sci-fi fantasy novel series. The novels are terrible, of course, and the characters are poorly drawn, and the moral universe is distinctly un-Christian… in short, it’s like a lot of other crappy sci-fi/fantasy, except it pretends to be, well, Saved.
Queer Eye criticism. I’m surprised this didn’t crop up much, much sooner, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the Fab Five are just sarcastic and frivolous enough to deflect any sincere criticism. That’s an important coping skill for many people growing up gay, or otherwise different from the other ducklings, I might add.
Secretly Ironic 