This month’s link roundup includes a wide range of articles, from masculinity, to blogging, to commentary on Gamestop.
What Hades Can Teach Us About Ancient Greek Masculinity | Wired – Recommended even if you’re unfamiliar with the game Hades. And if you’d like to read even more about ancient greek masculinity, I recommend an article by cartomancer a while back. Among other things, I was amused to learn that classical observers disagreed on whether Achilles was the erastes or eromenos in his relationship with Patroclus. It’s like the ancient version of an argument over which character is the top and which is the bottom.
My Life as a Failed Pundit | Tris Mamone – I enjoyed this first-person account of the stress that comes from trying to have an opinion about everything. I don’t consider myself a pundit, I’m an analytical blogger. There’s some superficial similarity, but I don’t feel the need to comment on any of the hot topics of the day, because nobody is paying me to do so.