I have not listened to Tori Amos in awhile. I shouldn’t have stopped, she’s still great. Amos wrote “Spark” after suffering a miscarriage. She discussed the song in an article from Q magazine in May 1998. “Y’know, once you’ve felt life in your body, you can’t go back to having
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Dead Wild Roses: Theramin Trees – The Why Behind the Channel
I’m a fan of TT’s channel and the work that he does. Adding a patreon option to his toolkit may allow him to produce more thoughtful videos. https://www.patreon.com/theramintrees Filed under: Education Tagged: Signal Boost, theramin trees
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: All About Love: bell hooks.
Just started reading Hooks’ treatise on Love. Only twenty two pages but already word-gold is present: One of the most important social myths we must debunk if we are to become a more loving culture is the one that teaches parents that abuse and neglect can coexist with love.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Feminist Frequency – Sword and Sorcery
A review of the game Sword and Sorcery, a game that challenges some of the gaming conventions of our time with the bonus of feminist analysis. 🙂 Filed under: Gaming Tagged: Feminist Frequency, Sword and Sorcery, Video Games
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Canadian Colonial Legacies – The Inconvenient Indian
We here in Canada often like to think of ourselves as the ‘good guys’. Our history somehow a few degrees shinier, more pristine than the the bloodstained record our American neighbours seem to bandy about with pride. Like any colonial narrative though certain distortions are present and sometimes the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Easter Disservice – Contradictions you have Swallow.
I appreciate the hard work Matt Barsotti has done over at Jerico Brisance in putting together this lovely infographic, just in time for Easter Sunday. 🙂 Get the PDF here for clarity and future reference purposes. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Christian Foolishness, Christianity, Easter, Helpful Infographics, The DWR Sunday Religious
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: On sex, gender and Socialist Resistance
The Arbourist: Ah, Socialist Dudes on the Left still don’t get it. Glosswatch’s saga with having her piece published, then dubiously editorialized. Originally posted on glosswatch: I originally wrote this piece for Socialist Resistance – in response to an idea that came from them, not me – but asked to have
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Oh, to a Wild Rose – The Sweet Smell of Schadenfreude
Why isn’t unabashed self interest paying of for meeeeee? The politics in Alberta usually annoy the hell out of me. How can the people of this province continue to elect a party that is puts the interests of Big Oil first in every fiscal decision. For the latest example please
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Romantic Music Interlude – Grieg, Edvard: Lyric Pieces Book 3 {6. To Spring}
Lyric Pieces (Norwegian: Lyriske stykker) is a collection of 66 short pieces for solo piano written by Edvard Grieg. They were published in 10 volumes, from 1867 (Op. 12) to 1901 (Op. 71). The collection includes several of his best known pieces, such as Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Bryllupsdag på
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Finally Explained: The Difference Between Nerds and Geeks.
All in two captioned video caps no less! Filed under: Humour Tagged: Cultural ‘Identities”, Humour
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Anita Sarkeesian: ‘How to be a feminist’ – The Fallacy of Choice Feminsm
Boom. Hi there my empowerful third wave friends. Let’s grab our learning hats and listen to Anita describing what, to my ears, sounds a lot like crusty old second wave feminism. You know, the variety that gets shit done. Let’s not forget that gamer men are still assholes. Filed
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Bubble Burst – The Physics of Space Battle
Star Wars Episode III had some great moments, the Battle of Corsucant is one of them. John Williams expertly set the scene, the base drum setting the martial tone early. Thank you Star Wars for a dramatic rendition of what space battle might be like. Unfortunately, it resembles nothing of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Earth Hour? Whelp, I blew that one all to Hell.
Now where did that power spike come from? Arbourist: *sheepish grin* Dammit CBC you just ratted me out! It is machinations like this (not reminding me about earth hour) and the insipid commercials on Radio 2 that are straining our relationship! “Canadians joined millions around the world Saturday night
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Meet Our Lord, Terence the Honey Badger
Like all of our imaginary friends gods, Terence deserves a little respect as his way – the way of the honey-badger – can be the only true way to heaven. Cool Hard Logic examines the toxicity of religion and the spurious arguments that are used to defend adult’s imaginary friends.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Computer Colour is Broken – Minute Physics
Given that computers are excellent at computation, one would think that we’d let them do a little bit of extra work to make colour blending look good. Apparently not. Filed under: Science Tagged: Colour, Minute Physics, Science
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday British Pop Interlude – Duran Duran
Damn, but I really liked these guys back in the day. Until I saw this CBC clip, I never knew how they got their name. And of course, one of my favourite songs. Hold Back the Rain. One of my many guilty pleasures. 🙂 Filed under:
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Shedding Is Coming.
Brace yourselves… Filed under: Humour Tagged: Humour, Shedding is coming, White Cat
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: DWR Feminist Quotes of the Day – Andrea Dworkin & Charnie Guttell
Many women, I think, resist feminism because it is an agony to be fully conscious of the brutal misogyny which permeates culture, society, and all personal relationships. “Women, under separate masters, are the most divided of oppressed groups. And men prefer a willing slave to a forced slave, hence
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Ode to Yahweh
I’m glad to report that NonStampCollector is at it again. This collaborative effort with 43Alley is a wonderful return to his old form. Enjoy all the benefits that “An instant, fruit-based moral education” has to offer. Filed under: Atheism, Humour, Religion Tagged: Fruit based moral education, NonStampCollector, Ode to Yahweh,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: FireFox is Experiencing a Problem with Windows.
So I’m guessing a call to technical support is in order? 🙂 Filed under: Humour Tagged: Firefox, Humour, Windows
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