Randomness for 8/1

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1) A male comic artist puts out webcomics under a female name and sees things from the other side.

2) Saddled with student loans in the U.S.? There are ways to get rid of them without paying.

3) The best places to build wind and solar power by the map, and it’s not where you think.

4) Best way to out a superhero’s secret identity: UV gun. Superhero tan lines.

5) The Machete Order: How to watch the original Star Wars films and the prequels in a way that doesn’t suck too much. h/t LJ user blackhanddpants

6) William Gibson on the visual and thematic virtues of PACIFIC RIM.

7) Vanishing literature: more evidence that our copyright terms are too long.