See, to me a complex human being is Virginia Wolff or Nina Simone, but I’m no mathematician.

Whatever your opinions on the current crop of Republican presidential elects (each in their own mind), they aren’t hucksters, at least not in the political arena. Cruz and Rubio, certainly, are very true believers in their brand of conservatism, and Cruz has some pretty amazing, not in a good way, and deeply held…

edit are -> aren’t

That “hustle” is part of why she seems so confident and you lack it. You see, so many of her products rely on the premise that you have things wrong with you: that you are pretty or fashionable enough, so buy my “beauty” products and clothes. Of course, she wouldn’t be a good advertisement if she didn’t project the…

So, Kim Kardashian is the representation of “realness” for you? An interesting position for an obstensible critic to take, one of unfeinged naiviety.

What am I surprised at?

She won’t and sorry, but I see no reason why she should be held up as some example when there are actually brilliant women who do make a difference. Let’s not pretend she is Elizabeth Warren, Melissa Franklin, or of any actual substance. She stands for vapid consumerism, and if that is your thing, so be it. She makes…

Huh?

You think she actually wrote this? You really think she stands for anything besides mindless consumption and base hucksterism?

What I especially enjoy thinking is: is the writing that really gets people into Harvard? Clearly, we are to infer the gynecologist wasn’t getting laid. However, doctor’s knowledge being put into “practical use” would precisely be to examine and help women AS A DOCTOR. That the kid confuses “practical” with selfish…

So, Labrie is a predator and deserves to go to jsil, no doubt. Still how does this sentence ever get written by any writer who considers themselves thoughtful: “The Senior Salute continued not because of a global culture that rewards white, wealthy boys for having lots of sex, but instead because the administration…

Didn’t see the other animated movies, but Don Hertzfeldt is a genius. Watch his stuff.

“When we asked Pooh what the opposite of an Introduction was, he said “The what of a what?” which didn’t help us as much as we had hoped, but luckily Owl kept his head and told us that the Opposite of an Introduction, my dear Pooh, was a Contradiction; and, as he is very good at long words, I am sure that that’s what…

You don’t think that? You could be right, but my sense is that an overwhelming amount of Americans think of Africa as “black.” Of course, the “Middle East” is Arab, which erases the differences between distinct cultures even there. Anyhow, I certainly don’t think there are only “light skin and light eyes” in North…

He traded his old magic for his old throne, away from the “New World” of the Island. See, you cannot simply dismiss the argument that for Protestants and Catholics it was mostly about power. Milton was a sincere believer, and so was Oliver Cromwell, and while yes, certainly people weren’t above setting religion aside…

But then, too, lets remember, Africa was not equivalent, nor is it today with being black. The polarization of the imagination works, as the metaphor suggests, in two directions. Any of course this is also ridiculous, as to think of Africa as “black” does a huge disservice to Africa, composed as it is of such a huge…

Yeah, the Christians really do have a conundrum is the physical being of God. Anyhow, remember that even within white Christianity there was hugely different ways of envisaging God’s bod. So a Swedish Jesus is markedly different from a Greek Jesus or Syrian Jesus. It makes sense that each group depicts the divine…

Are there? I’m genuinely curious. I’ve really only read Geoffroy of Monmouth and Marie de France, so I know I’m missing a lot. Where should I look?

Err what? Only an incredbily stupid person who think POC didn’t exist in the Middle Ages. Anyhow, the Merlin and Arthur stories are set well ahead of medival times, though the dressing of them in medieval outfits shouws who the stories are really medieval productions, having only tenuous link to actual history.

That would be neat if “travelling” was synonymous with “colonialism,” but it is not.