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The MaddAddam Trilogy, or how I survived my depression.
I’m reticent to publicly delve into Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy because I want to resist coming out of hiding. I’m in a period of drastic change. Change catalyzed by an admission of failure. Things aren’t going well, they haven’t been … Continue reading
My Denial of Death
Every year, around my birthday, I freak out. Often, it’s about my failings, anxiety about my crushing ambition, but mostly, it’s about my inevitable death. My Thanatophobia is why I bury myself in books. Bound and bracketed texts comfort me. Ernest … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Atheism, Birthday, Catholicism, Cixous, Death, Existentialism, Fear of death, God, Make Good Art, Neil Gaiman, Nietzsche, Thanatophobia, The Denial of Death, Writing
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Never Smile at a Crocodile
Swamplandia! You broke my heart. I wanted to like you. Nay, I wanted to love you, but I didn’t, I couldn’t. Karen Russell’s overuse of simile was distracting, but the overall metaphor of the project fell flat. Swamplandia! is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alligators, Crocodiles, Death, Karen Russell, Seth, Swamplandia!, the Underworld
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When She Woke, cafeteria Christian feminist candy
Where to begin with Hillary Jordan’s When She Woke, a misogynistic dystopia, where criminals have their skin dyed according to their crime? Not when Hannah wakes up blood red in a Chrome Ward prison for having an abortion. Not when … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion, Atheism, Cafeteria Christianity, Christianity, Feminism, Hillary Jordan, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale, When She Woke
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The Anti-Film Tarot Art Project
Last night I participated in The Tarot Nook’s Anti-Film Tarot Art Project with the mistress of ceremonies, Kelsey Lynore.This was not your average tarot reading. No mysticism. No bullshit. Kelsey begins every session by placing a ban on any and … Continue reading
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Tagged Analysis, Kelsey Lynore, Tarot, The Anti-Film Tarot Art Project, The Tarot Nook
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Geek Love: subverting the carnivalesque and the grotesque
In light of my forthcoming post on Karen Russell’s Swamplandia!, I’d like to reblog an older post I had written about Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love. Geek Love: subverting the carnivalesque and the grotesque I get glimpses of the horror of normalcy. … Continue reading
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Tagged Arturism, Carnivalesque, Geek Love, Grotesque, Katherine Dunn, Mikhail Bakhtin
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The tyranny of pink.
My husband: The tyranny of pink. Pink is a kind of pre-pubescent white, white that blushes. And, as with every real princess in history, tyranny is the power that lurks behind every principle of feudal purity. We should resist it … Continue reading
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