Identity politics sow division and strife within society. We need to revisit the idea that we are all Canadians first and foremost. We come in all different shapes, beliefs, and abilities. Those differences and the acceptance of our actual diversity is what makes Canada a wonderful place to live and
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Scripturient: Review 7: Invasion of Astro Monster – 1965
Godzilla films had already begun to move into the cultural camp mode from the second film, Godzilla Raids Again, and away from the monster-threat-to-Earth and Atomic-bomb-symbol of the first film. It was firmly planted into it by the time 1965’s Invasion of Astro Monster came along (aka Great Monster War).
Continue readingScripturient: Review 6: Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster – 1964
Toho didn’t waste any time cashing in on the popularity of the latest Godzilla movie, and released two G films in quick succession that same year (the only year to ever see two Godzilla films released). But this time, they went all-out in a throw-in-the-kitchen-sink manner because they were rushed
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Passage of the Day – Jo Bartosch – There is no ‘moderate’ amount of reality.
Jo Bartosch writes in The Critic about some of the more recent nuances of the gender debate in the UK. Women espousing a defence of their rights and reality are starting to be heard and acknowledged, and it is about damn time. “Acknowledgment of both reality and personal liberty must
Continue readingScripturient: Review 5: Mothra vs Godzilla – 1964
Toho was not about to let another seven years slip by without a sequel to a successful Godzilla film, but what to do now? The last two films had all featured Godzilla battling another monster (kaiju), and since that worked for audience approval, why not do it again? But this
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Fight for your Children – The Many Months to Desistance – (PITT)
Keeping the communication going. It is your child’s lifeline to you and the reality you want them to embrace. Catch the whole essay here. “My son hadn’t socially transitioned, he still looked like a boy. By midsummer, his exploratory therapist said that he had a breakthrough. The therapist wasn’t
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Protest Gender Ideology in Canadian Schools on June 9th – Keep The Children Home
This is call to action by one parent who is very concerned about the pernicious effects of gender ideology on children. Apparently, he lost his child to the transgender cult – because that is what cults do – insert a wedge between parents and their children to break the bonds
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Inclusion Delusion – Keep Sports Fair and Reality Based.
Identities do not win sports titles – physical bodies do. Sadly, once again we have to fight for the basic rights of females in our society and reaffirm the material reality we all share.
Continue readingScripturient: Review 4: King Kong vs Godzilla – 1962
What was to prove the most successful of Toho’s Godzilla films is, to me, at times one of the hardest to watch in the edited, Americanized edition, even though it included two of my favourite movie monsters. But even in the Toho version, King Kong is not the Kong of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Parents Strike Back – 70% Absentee Rate on Pride Celebration Day
When school boards and school officials refuse to listen, concerned parents take action. Canada is a pluralistic multi-cultural society. It is the duty of our institutions to reflect the diversity that exists in our country. It is not our institutions responsibility to decide which types of ‘diversity’ is acceptable and
Continue readingScripturient: Review 3: Godzilla Raids Again – 1955
The unexpected success of the original Gojira film led Toho to find a quick and cheap way to cash in on the popularity. And within six months, they released the second Godzilla film: Godzilla Raids Again (aka Godzilla’s Counterattack). Since most of the previous film’s crew were already working on
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Trans Suicide Myths – How to Coerce Your Parents
Parents with Inconvenient Truth about Trans is a substack you should follow if you are interested in the pushback against transgender ideology and defending children from harm. “If PITT readers each had a dollar for every time we’ve heard the much debunked, emotionally manipulative “live son or dead daughter” myth
Continue readingScripturient: Review 2: Godzilla, King of the Monsters – 1956
I admit to a nostalgic affection for the American (dubbed) edit of the original Gojira — renamed Godzilla, King of the Monsters — because it was the first film in the franchise I ever saw. It helped give me a love of monster movies I still have, more than 60
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Wildfires and Gordon Lightfoot
“Do the best with what you’ve got.”—Gordon Lightfoot News of Gordon Lightfoot’s death, while not unexpected, still came as a shock. We didn’t think he’d live forever; truth be told we didn’t think about him very much anymore, then boom! he was gone. And I’ve been thinking about him
Continue readingScripturient: Review 1: Gojira – 1954
Like most North Americans, my introduction to Godzilla (aka Gojira) came later than the first (original) film. For me, it was the 1956 American edit of this film (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, with Canadian actor Raymond Burr; review to follow), watched sometime in the late 1950s. I didn’t actually
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Women Do Not Consent to Their Rights Being Taken Away
High school student speaks at Riverside Unified District Board Meeting a couple of days ago. Listen to her. Listen to the anger in her voice. Women & girls do not consent to this re-engineering of society & trampling of our rights. pic.twitter.com/om3N2zm5M6 — Ani O'Brien (@aniobrien) April 29, 2023
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