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19 Apr 2024

A Tale of Two Toby Jugs

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Fig. 1: Paul Gauguin: Jug Self-portrait (1889) Fig. 2: Friar Tuck character jug made in England (mid-20thC)   I.    The 19th-century French...
26 Feb 2024

Will Absence Make My Heart Grow Fonder of Byung-Chul Han? (Part 2)

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  Cover of the original German edition (2007) [a]     I. According to Byung-Chul Han: "Anti-gravity is the fundamental characteristic ...
25 Nov 2023

Silence is Violence (Or How Wokeism Restricts Freedom by Compelling Speech)

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    I.    I don't know who came up with the slogan Silence is Violence , but it's certainly pithy - as an effective slogan should be...
24 Aug 2023

I on Sports: One Guy's Opinion of Football as a Televised Global Spectacle

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  According to Roland Barthes, professional sport in general - and perhaps football in particular - is a modern phenomenon cast in the ances...
25 Apr 2023

Mourning Post: with Reference to Roland Barthes's Journal de Deuil

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A favourite photo of my mother (taken in 1947, aged 21)     "Does being able to live without someone you loved  mean you loved her less...
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24 Feb 2023

Notes on Young Kim's 'A Year on Earth With Mr. Hell' (Part 1)

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4 Jan 2023

Post 2000: From Journal to Mémoire

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  Torpedo Girl: Valkyrie Crusade   Wiki Fandom     I.   The first written entry on Torpedo the Ark was not a post as such, but a statement f...
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