An odd thought, surely, that so much of our lives these days is spent clicking to and fro, in pursuit of wonder. So rest at ease, gentle reader, for your search ends here. My tastes are impeccable. Or are they? Follow the links to be sure!

“Allies are forces and guides that intervene at pivotal points to reinforce, encourage and empower the quester, to help her move from where she is to where she wants to be.”

– From The Sound of a Silver Horn: Reclaiming the Heroism in Contemporary Women’s Lives, by Kathleen Noble

Please visit the sites of my allies:

  • Buffy Focus Group
    In Winter of 2004, Ms. Stuller co-created and co-facilitated a two-credit focus group called, “Buffy as Archetype: Rethinking Human Nature in the Buffyverse.” This class combined textual analysis of episodes of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer with selected readings of theoretical perspectives on human nature.
     
  • Callisto Ltd.
    A California-based firm founded and run by Sharon Mercer that develops corporate history books based on oral histories. Mercer is a lovely person and an exquisite writer.
     
  • Glamourous Rags
    Writer and critic Roz Kaveney's site features excerpts from her books as well as essays, reviews, fan fiction, and a link to her LiveJournal site, Silence Exile and Crumpets.
     
  • J Stuller Communications
    Jay Stuller has straddled the worlds of corporate communications and mainstream journalism for more than three decades. After taking an early retirement and starting J Stuller Communications, he’s established himself as an independent practitioner, offering communications consulting, executive speechwriting and seminars on corporations and the media.
     
  • The Program in the Comparative History of Ideas (CHID)
    The University of Washington’s CHID program promotes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of intellectual history as evidenced by the unique opportunities offered to its students (such as the option of leading or participating in a student run Focus Group).
     
  • Slayage
    The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies.
     
  • UW Daily
    A finalist in the 2005 Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker awards, the University of Washington Daily is one of the nation’s ten best collegiate newspapers.