• By now, you've likely heard about some drama involving nerdy sci-fi festival GeekGirlCon. The best take on this was a long thread spotlighted by Ijeoma Oluo on Twitter:

If you want to know what is going on with @GeekGirlCon please read this ENTIRE thread. Social justice language being appropriated & abused. https://t.co/PF4ebiytAI

— Ijeoma Oluo (@IjeomaOluo) August 7, 2017

• The second-best take is from Teresa Jusino at The Mary Sue, which has the headline "Former GeekGirlCon Volunteers Resign Over … 'Reverse Racism'?"

• In case you missed it last night, the finalists for the Washington State Book Awards were announced. Winners will be...crowned? Do they get crowns?..on October 14th at the downtown library.

• Speaking of the library, SPL unveiled a preview video showing their long-awaited website redesign, which looks pretty slick:

• What kind of an asshole sues LeVar Burton for encouraging literacy?