Two views on post modernism and commentary on how it is quite detrimental to society, especially groups that need to band together to affect change in said society. Filed under: Culture Tagged: Postmodernism
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Canadian Dimension: The Popular Front: An “Alternative Year in Review” of 2016 Pop Culture
Photo by Geoffrey Gallaway 2016 was quite the year. As the calendar winds down, some people are talking about 2016 as one of the worst years in human history, or at least in recent memory. Indeed, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver captured this popular opinion in the show’s year-end
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Rogue One – Emasculating Males Globally – The Whinging Awakens…
One Star Wars movie with a female lead? Unacceptable – but two? The male tears are flowing strong and fast on the comment section of the Rogue One trailer. Of course, someone had to make it official, so here a few updated movie posters featuring the sentiments of dudes who
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Against Tyranny – Timothy Snyder
Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so. Here are 20 lessons from across the fearful 20th century, adapted to the circumstances of
Continue readingScripturient: Eheu fugaces, Postume…
Alas, Postumus, the swift years slip away. Those words are one translation of the opening line of the 14th Ode in the second book of Horace’s carminas, or songs: Eheu fugaces, Postume, Postume/labuntur anni… * For me, it’s his most moving piece, a bittersweet acceptance of mortality; the inevitability of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Male Violence and Control
“It is important to make the distinction between men’s supposed loss of control and their use of violence for the purpose of control, because this goes right to a root cause of their violence against women. If the problem is that men simply cannot control their tempers, then the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Sexism Alive and Well in 2016 – as its always been.
I would like to thank a recent commenter here on DWR for the placement of a tidy swarm of bees squarely in my bonnet. The honour, of course, goes to Godless Cranium for this nugget of wisdom shared on a previous thread: “And I’m not saying sexism doesn’t exist or
Continue readingScripturient: No, Brian: Elvis isn’t in the CBSP
At the Nov. 28 Council meeting (seen here on Rogers TV), Deputy Mayor Brian Saunderson blathered on in cliché-rich, lawerly manner (starting 1:14:05) about how much the Elvis Festival means to his “Community-Based Strategic Plan” (1:16:18) – that committee-based wishlist which was neither strategic nor a plan. What does he
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: On Female Erasure – Gender
I completely need this book. Filed under: Culture, Feminism Tagged: Female Erasure, Gender, Gender Roles, Radical Feminism, Society, The Scourage of Idenity Politics
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Christian Pop Culture Beyond Salavation
There was a time when religion commissioned great and wondrous art. Awe-inspiring cathedrals were built by the most grand and innovative architects. Beautiful music for masses were composed by the greatest musical minds in history. Religious paintings were created with skills and passion that have yet to be matched, even
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Feminist Quote of the Day – Hypersexualization and Porn Culture – Gail Dines
http://appropriately-inappropriate.tumblr.com/post/152749317685/nevertrustamanwho-hypersexualization-and-female Filed under: Culture, Feminism Tagged: Gail Dines, Porn, Radical Feminism, The DWR Feminist Quote of the Day
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Naomi Wolf – The Beauty Myth
Filed under: Culture, Feminism Tagged: Feminism, Institutional Sexism, Naomi Wolf
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: A New Title for Black Friday – Lemmings Day!
Happy Lemmings Day! a.k.a Black Friday Should we besmirch this plucky rodent’s escutcheon by associating Lemmings as the embodiment of greed and feral-consumerism known to a good chunk of the western world as ‘Black Friday’? It isn’t really fair (hey, just like capitalism) to play on the misunderstood ‘suicidal tendencies’
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Quote of the Day – Allan G. Johnson on Privilege
“The oppressive effect of privilege is often so insidious that dominant groups complain whenever it’s brought up for discussion. They feel impatient and imposed on. “Come on,” they say, “stop whining. Things aren’t that bad. Maybe they used to be, but not anymore. It’s time to move on. Get over
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Male Gaze and Female Armour – Star Wars and GoT
It is nice to see that the revived Star Wars franchise is moving in the right direction with regards to the portrayal of women in movies. Because most of the time we get this: Titillating for the male gaze, but piss-poor at the actual function of armour. Filed
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Wriggly Can of Worms – Professor Jordan Peterson, Free Speech, and the Regressive Left
There is a controversy in Canada going on with with regards to the issue of free speech, Bill C-16, and the refusal of a Professor at the U of T to use the alternate pronouns people choose for themselves. This is the video that started it all (1h). Three viewing
Continue readingcentre of the universe: The Drama …Club
Did I ever tell you about my short-lived career as an actual “ad-man”? *wavy remembery lines* Way back in the once-upon-a-time, there was a drama club. And that drama club was trying to recruit new members. I went to a high school where there was a pretty clear divide between
Continue readingScripturient: The subtle art of Mark Manson
I have a healthy skepticism towards anything labelled a “self-help” book – especially those that aim at making your life happier or more fulfilled through some fad, superstition or pseudoscience. I am, as you know from this blog, cynical towards the unending volume of New Age woo hoo, fads and
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: The Calgary Police Service: Allegations of Harassment and Intimidation
If you’ve ever wondered why women are reluctant to bring forward allegations of sexual harassment, look no further than the furor unleashed when 15 female police officers contacted city councillor and police commissioner Diane Colley-Urquhart to discuss sexual harassment and the culture of intimidation and retaliation they’d experienced at the
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