Mel Campbell
@incrediblemelk.bsky.social
Film/TV critic, copyeditor, author and shadow academic on Wurundjeri Woiwurrung country
Congratulations Stuart! 😍
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Congratulations Stuart! 😍
Reposted by Mel Campbell
4) There is absolutely zero requirement that your sword & sorcery story be set in a quasi-medieval European milieu with no people of color.
The world is a big place. There's room for wizards and warriors in every culture in every period.
The world is a big place. There's room for wizards and warriors in every culture in every period.
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
4) There is absolutely zero requirement that your sword & sorcery story be set in a quasi-medieval European milieu with no people of color.
The world is a big place. There's room for wizards and warriors in every culture in every period.
The world is a big place. There's room for wizards and warriors in every culture in every period.
These clothes are less a bold Euro/Japanese aesthetic than middle-aged hippie art-teacher gear: curved & handkerchief hems, draped & deconstructed. I find this look so frumpy in its desperate gaiety; you may as well shout, “I’ve got a shit body under here!” But I wear it because I’ve got a shit body
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
These clothes are less a bold Euro/Japanese aesthetic than middle-aged hippie art-teacher gear: curved & handkerchief hems, draped & deconstructed. I find this look so frumpy in its desperate gaiety; you may as well shout, “I’ve got a shit body under here!” But I wear it because I’ve got a shit body
I’ve never forgotten a tip I read on here: if you need to evacuate your house in a hurry & in a car, pack your dirty clothes hamper, as it already contains a good range of clothes that fit & are seasonally appropriate
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I’ve never forgotten a tip I read on here: if you need to evacuate your house in a hurry & in a car, pack your dirty clothes hamper, as it already contains a good range of clothes that fit & are seasonally appropriate
Don’t even get me started about emergency prep: when I get anxious (eg a few months back, when my neighbour’s smoke alarm started going off repeatedly at 2am) it calms me to plan what to do
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Don’t even get me started about emergency prep: when I get anxious (eg a few months back, when my neighbour’s smoke alarm started going off repeatedly at 2am) it calms me to plan what to do
TIL that CB stands for 'citizens band'! Jeez, that whole media culture seems so arcane now, but some of its terms cross over with military comms or have been fossilised by pop-cultural usage
breaker
roger
over
copy that
negatory
ten-four
fender bender
pedal to the metal
breaker
roger
over
copy that
negatory
ten-four
fender bender
pedal to the metal
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
TIL that CB stands for 'citizens band'! Jeez, that whole media culture seems so arcane now, but some of its terms cross over with military comms or have been fossilised by pop-cultural usage
breaker
roger
over
copy that
negatory
ten-four
fender bender
pedal to the metal
breaker
roger
over
copy that
negatory
ten-four
fender bender
pedal to the metal
"Catch you on the flip side" was also popularised by truckers on CB radio, meaning "see you on my return drive", & came back ironically as Gen X slang (harsh realm!)
On the Flip Side
A New York City listener wonders about the origin and literal meaning of the phrase catch you on the flip side. It’s a reference to the B side of vinyl records. It was popularized as part of truckers’...
waywordradio.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
"Catch you on the flip side" was also popularised by truckers on CB radio, meaning "see you on my return drive", & came back ironically as Gen X slang (harsh realm!)
It’s published by MUP apparently??? They shut down Meanjin and they published this???
www.mup.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
It’s published by MUP apparently??? They shut down Meanjin and they published this???