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Tag Archives: literature
I hate Jean Valjean
Let me put it this way: the hero (or, one of the heroes) of Les Miserables is a dude who, having learnt important moral lessons about stealing from the Catholic Church, becomes the prosperous mayor of a town and factory … Continue reading
Because moral ambivalence is way more interesting than Disneyland
I kind of like it when questions pop up in the search terms through which people have found my blog. One of the more recent, no doubt pointing them to this post, was: why does the moral ambivalance of “the … Continue reading
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Tagged faux morality, hunger games, i like conflict, literature, terok nor homegirl, you're a wizard harry
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The religious fundy’s basic lack of empathy
A few people pointed me at this wonderfully abysmal “comment” on the Hunger Games books, which I have not read myself but have on the book-buying list. The author gets fairly preachy about the terrible violence being done and how … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s-families-first, bob mccoskrie's boner, hunger games, judgemental wankers, literature, religion
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Down Under Feminists’ Carnival XL: bigger, better, more punnage
Welcome to the 40th Down Under Feminists’ Carnival. I am your stunning hostess, Queen of Thorns, “QoT” to my friends and “single-handed destroyer of progressive NZ politics” to my trolls. I’m entirely enamoured of the fact that 40 in Roman … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s-families-first, abortion, academia, beauty standards, bettina arndt, blinded me with science, blogosphere, bodily autonomy, body policing bullshit, bras are tools of patriarchy, breasts, bridal industrial complex, david parker, disability, domestic violence, double standards are double the fun, dufc, fat, geekiness, george rr martin, health, heteronormativity, hone harawira, identity politics, literature, michael lhaws, nom nom nom, parenting, pay gap, poverty, pregnancy, privilege is bliss, pro-choice, pro-life isn't, pseudohealth, race, rape: it's not fucking okay, recommended reading, religion, reproductive rights, right to zygote life, scarequotes, sex industry, social media, transfolk, welfare, women who rock
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Literary analogy fail: caucus race edition
So Hilary Calvert said a stupid thing. A really, really stupid thing in a series of stupid things. I just want to throw my postgrad-English thought into the ring, on the subject of making literary references. Because on the one … Continue reading
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Tagged election 2011, how stupid ARE you?, literature, race, through the looking glass, we are so fucked
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Rape is not your analogy even when you don’t know what “analogy” means
[TW for rape, facetious rape comparisons and abuse of the English language] As broken by In The Gateaux, some wonderful human being on the Act on Campus bookface page decided to link to an article on compulsory student association membership … Continue reading
