Dead Celebrities 2018

I teach Left Hand of Darkness each time I get Science Fiction to teach (last time was 2015). The students always love it, even the ones I know are very socially conservative. The discussions are great, and especially for college kids, super respectful. Last time, when we read it at the very end of the spring semester, I had a graduating senior student come out as trans to me and then (through her own initiative, not my doing, of course) to the class. The highest compliment I can pay LeGuin is that she changed that young woman's life through her writing. Thank you for that, Ursula, from someone who witnessed the power your words had.

Thenomain

I will miss her intelligence, her clarity, and her respect for the world.

Ortallus

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hedgehog

Mark E Smith, from The Fall. Also Jeremy Inkel from Frontline Assembly. The former had been ill for ages, and the latter from complications of asthma. 60 and 34, respectively.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/25/readers-remember-mark-e-smith-the-fall

TNP

Glee's Puck hung himself.

Cupcake

@tnp said in Dead Celebrities 2018:

Glee's Puck hung himself.

I wish I could say I was surprised.

Ortallus

@cupcake said in Dead Celebrities 2018:

@tnp said in Dead Celebrities 2018:

Glee's Puck hung himself.

I wish I could say I was surprised.

I wish I could say I was upset. I didn't even know who he was, but after skimming the article, I think he took the easy way out.