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4,000 votes isn't a large enough sample size especially considering that queer spaces are close gknit resulting in a selection bias. To solve the potential selection bias, we simply need more people to see the poll and participate in it.
Quite simple, it needs to break containment.
I think around about a million or so votes would do the trick.
travelling back to the paleolithic era to explain to a neanderthal that in the future there will be food that is simultaneously disgusting and also the best tasting food you've ever eaten. the neanderthal nods and says "oh yeah we have that" and leads me to a clearing in the woods where a perfectly normal mcdonalds sits.
As a disabled person, Queer Eye season 7 episode 3 made me weep and it’s so fucking important. The hero of the episode is Speedy, an 18 year old who became paralyzed from the chest down after surviving a car accident that killed his mother and aunt.
I’m a cane user so I don’t even have half the problems wheelchair users have, but I was also disabled in a car accident so it home. The Fab 5 put so much care into accessibility and giving Speedy the space to grieve the life he thought he’d have while also reminding him he can still live an amazing life as a wheelchair user.
Even if you don’t watch Queer Eye I can’t recommend this episode enough. If you’re not disabled, I still recommend it because there’s a lot you could learn about accessibility.
How Queer eye manages to stay the best “feel-good” reality show after 7 seasons!
| By Laetitia
Series: Queer Eye season 7 (6 episodes)
Review: without spoilers
We have to say, it’s quite difficult to write a review for a reality TV show. Because it’s absolutely no one’s place to criticize people’s choices or way of life, as we would do for the script or cinematography for a classic series. Of course, we can have an opinion of the show itself, but it’s still a difficult thing to do with Queer Eye. We are so in love with this show, we think we have lost our objectivity a few seasons ago already!
So let’s go back to the beginning, for those of you who don’t know, Queer Eye consists of a team of gay professionals (the Fab 5) giving advice and makeovers so that the “hero” of the episode can have a fresh start in its life. The original show aired from 2003 to 2007 and Netflix decided to do a reboot in 2018. The new team is composed of Antoni as the food expert, Tan as the fashion one, Bobby works on design, Jonathan on hair/make-up and Karamo is the expert on social interactions. Since then, the fan base has grown all around the world and Queer Eye by Netflix has won no less than 5 Emmy Awards (and many nominations!)
Now Queer Eye is in its 7th season (without counting the special in Japan) and we can’t help but being in awe to see that after all this time, the show still managed to renew itself. It’s not repetitive and we have the same pleasure discovering the unique and special journey of the heroes. Of course, depending on the personality or background of the person, we identify more or less with them. But the real strength of Queer eye is also here: sometimes at first glance, you won’t feel very connected to the hero, but it will take you by surprise and you will find yourself sobbing by the end of the episode!
Queer eye also succeeded in being more inclusive and a better reflection of society through the seasons. This 2023’s edition makes no exception, the cast is really diverse and include women, lesbians and disabled (when straight male were the typical heroes of the first seasons). Besides, the Fab 5 maintain realistic expectations for the heroes. We can feel that making a spectacular makeover is not the main goal, but it’s to actually help them in their daily life. Antoni wouldn’t teach them a complicated meal if it’s their first time in the kitchen, Tan and Bobby always consider the hero’s tastes. Jonathan always brings the heroes to a local hair salon with black hair stylist when needed. Finally, Karamo’s advice is meant to help in the long run. In the end, the true change comes from the heroes themselves.
Without giving away spoilers, we can tell you that our favorite episodes this season are also the ones where we felt more emotional. Indeed, we loved following the journey of Stefanie (episode 2) Speedy (3) and Marie (6). But again, even if we do have a preference for those episodes, it doesn’t mean that the others were less entertaining! We really enjoyed the whole season and we are already missing the Fab 5! Finally, if we had to name a “feel-good” show, after all those years and seasons, it would still and even more definitely be Queer eye.
There’s something so satisfying about cooking, and especially for friends. To welcome other people into your home, and feed them well. Such a simple joy but so profound. Providing sanctuary and comfort for those around you is fulfilling in a way I could not have imagined.
I Am Not Your Asian American Doll: a comic for AAPI Heritage Month 2023
I usually spend a lot of time editing and fine-tuning my comics so that they come across as polite and inoffensive. But honestly, I’m really tired of the way Asian cultures and countries are treated / talked about while Asian people themselves are excluded, and thought it was about time I really let my rage out lol.
Do y’all know about Frédéric Thomas? He is a French parasitologist who heard a story about crickets in New Zealand leaping into the water even though they can’t swim, and immediately speculated this suicidal behavior was related to behavior manipulation from an internal parasite. This is before neuro-parasitology was a field at all, and before people really put much stock into parasite’s ability to control animal behavior.
Thomas was certain that studying these crickets would be a huge priority for the scientific world given the implications of a parasite controlling an animal’s actions in such an insidious way. Unfortunately, absolutely nobody would fund Thomas’ expedition to study the crickets, and his grants were all declined. In a wild move that showcases the balls to the wall, near- insanity level passion of a biologist, Thomas declared a hunger strike and wrote a letter to the president of France saying he would not eat until someone took the matter seriously and funded his study on the suicidal crickets. I feel like those of us in research can at least a little bit understand this impulse.
Well the French government actually got Thomas’ message and freaked out a bit at the negative publicity that could arise from a crazy worm scientist starving to death. So they send some government bigwigs to the university to pressure Thomas and his department heads into calling an end to the hunger strike. In the flurry of attention that resulted from this, a Swiss billionaire heard about Thomas’ plight and offered to partially fund the study. The French government was happy to get rid of Thomas and contributed funding as well so that Thomas could head to New Zealand to study his suicidal crickets. He was right about the parasites causing the behavior!
The hunger strike debacle is not even the wildest part of this story. I love biology so much
Okay so get this, after all that Frédéric Thomas gets everything together and flies halfway across the world to New Zealand and… he can’t find the crickets. I mean, he finds some but apparently this species of cricket is really hard to track and as a result Thomas’ team cannot capture enough to yield significant results for their study.
Thomas was forced to abandon the project and leave New Zealand, but before he did he sent a photo of a worm emerging from a cricket back to his colleagues in France. Naturally, the photo was posted in the university break room. While the photo was posted there, it was somehow seen by one of the scientists cousin who worked cleaning pools. In a bizarre twist, the cousin recognized the worm. He claimed to see them all the time in a pool that he cleaned for a local resort and also said that he had observed crickets jumping into the pool at night.
By this time Thomas was back in France but he was highly skeptical that the pool cleaner’s information was correct. He gave the guy a jar and asked him to bring some samples of the worms thinking he’d never hear from him again. Well sure enough about a week later Thomas received a jar that was chock full of worms. Specifically the species Paragordius tricuspidatus, which are parasitic horsehair worms and exactly what Thomas had desperately been trying to find inside of his crickets in New Zealand. He had travelled halfway across the world just to realize that the parasite he wished to study could be found at a hotel about an hour from his house.
Thomas’ wife was delighted when he informed her he’d booked a surprise getaway at a luxury resort, but of course she didn’t know this trip was actually a brain parasite reconnaissance mission. Thomas spent time by the pool at night and sure enough he saw crickets crawling to the water’s edge and hopping in, one by one. Thomas and his colleagues were able to use this location to find a thriving population of horsehair worms to study. Their experiments confirmed that the worms were manipulating insect brains to further their life cycle, and the results of these studies were eventually published in the journal Nature!
Hi Neil! I've been told by writing teachers that if I ever want to publish a novel, I need a portfolio of short stories that I've had published in literary journals. But I'm not really a short story writer. Do you think I need to become one? Thanks :)
I've never met a publisher who, on being shown a novel that they wanted to publish, said "Before we publish this, can we see your portfolio of literary stories?" although I've met a few publishers who, on being shown short stories have said "That's all very well, but do you plan to publish a novel?"
I think it's great for people to write short stories, and a good way to learn their craft and try out different techniques and voices. But no, I don't think you need to become a short story writer in order to write or publish a novel.
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