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258 days ago
If can forgive the theatre nerds (aged 50+) at the cafe for not being aware that Hunter S. Thompson is not primarily known for being a “famous literary critic,” maybe you can forgive me too. Goodness knows I need to read up.
Cited in Gregory, K 2005:
. . . [Vicky] Funari wonders if the organization of strip clubs and their actors, as a symbol of perversity, serves to “normalize” the “outside” world, or whether the commercial exchange simply mirrors societal norms. (Funari, 1997: 26)
A parallel to orientalism?
Abridged 400 days ago
Macbeth, succinctly for a 3-year-old
Isaac: Why are the three witches bad?
Papa:
Because they told him to do something that wasn’t nice
And he was stupid enough to listen to their advice.
Savage update 475 days ago
My hero. Dan Savage doesn’t live to shop.
Spending money to go places and do things? I’m always up for that. But going places just to spend money and acquire things? No thank you.
Yay.
Also recently, his Stranger piece on end-of-life issues (like euthanasia) tells the story of his mother’s passing.
(The Stranger allows comments to all articles, from its blog to columns to features, so ignore that stuff at the bottom and breathe easy.)
Bechdel alert 480 days ago
It’s dead easy to login and get Amazon reader to show you the whole chapter of State by State on Vermont by Alison Bechdel.
Also, The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For drops November 12, 2008. An apparently up-to-date collection, which means around 2 years of new strips, 12 pages of new material, but apparently NOT the bonus stories from the back of the 11 earlier books. Ex libris yourz truly, natch.
Imbibe 567 days ago
An image this forum tells me is from The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book has some wisdom o’ th’ booze:
Recalling certain gentlemen of other days, who made of drinking one of the pleasures of life—not one of its evils; who achieved content long ere capacity was reached or overtaxed; and who, whatever they drank, proved able to carry it, keep their heads and remain gentlemen, even in their cups. Their example is commended to their posterity.
If only my content could be so easily achieved when my capacity is this overtaxed!