Can we talk about that which cannot be named? On June 12 forty-nine people were massacred at a nightclub in Orlando. Alberta’s political leaders expressed their horror at the senseless slaughter. All but one of the politicians recognized that the … Continue reading →
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Dead Wild Roses: Socialization & Patriarchy
Tatsuya Ishida creates the internet comic Sinfest. Sometimes his insight hits the proverbial nail on the head. Filed under: Culture, Social Science Tagged: Gender Roles, Patriarchy, Sinfest, Socialization
Dead Wild Roses: Why We Need to Stay Connected to Reality – Nick Turse
Our society is being influenced negatively by the consumerist culture that we, collectively, have taken our hands off the tiller and have let the market decide what is best for us and our cultures. The idea that we can consume our way to happiness, well-being, or even a more just society would not compute […]
Dead Wild Roses: Pornography is Cultural Violence – Julia Long
How profitable an industry is seems to be related to how regulated said industry is. Consider the length of time necessary to regulate tobacco and disseminate the information that, yes indeed, smoking is bad for your health. Pornography, also bad for your health and your relationships, is in the same category and for the […]
Scripturient: Boris Godunov
I’m not sure why Boris Godunov, moves me like it does, but it has a curious, emotional effect on me. It’s a sprawling tragedy mixed with politics and betrayal, weighted down by brooding and scheming characters, a fickle mob, a holy fool, a …
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Hollywood Misogyny – The Headless Women
Did you need your daily LoLsob, well check out the headless women of hollywood tumblr and bathe in the cool waters of women decapitated, anatomized and passively portrayed for the male gaze. Misogyny, fresh from the pop cultural centre of the universe, to you, faithful readership. Whoo-haa….:/ And dudes, do note the link regarding the […]
Dead Wild Roses: DWR Feminist Quote of the Day – Role Reversal in Street Harassment – Mary Anne Franks
Filed under: Culture, Feminism Tagged: Mary Anne Franks, Street Harassment
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: A Word for Everything – German Envy – “Politikverdrossenheit”
I spent my years learning French in Highschool(and now forgotten). Now with double the disappointment as I realize how word-awesome German is. Consider this small list: Weltschmerz – world weariness. Schadenfreude – a feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the troubles of other people Backpfeifengesicht – It describes someone who you […]
Things Are Good: Architecture Should Be A Story
For architect Ole Scheeren, the people who live and work inside a building are as much a part of that building as concrete, steel and glass. He asks: Can architecture be about collaboration and storytelling instead of the isolation and hierarchy of a typical skyscraper? Visit five of Scheeren’s buildings — from a twisted tower […]
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Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Separate but equal: False equality and the political exclusion of children
Photo: Gordon Parks/
The Gordon Parks Foundation, from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, exhibit.
Earl Collins and his daughter, Doris Jean,
in St. Louis. Posted on the newyorktimes.com,
Dec. 24, 2015.
Contemporary d…
Continue readingScripturient: Marketing Wow
Advertising and marketing, design and public relations, influence and persuasion – they all fascinate me. I love to listen to Terry O’Reilly’s show on CBC (both Age of Persuasion and Under the Influence). I’m actually reading on…
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: On Childhood: Introduction
Henry Darger,
“At Jennie Richee. Hard pressed and harassed by the storm” (details).
The original work is
in the collection of
the American Folk Art Museum, New York.
“Children are beautiful because they po…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Rebecca Reilly-Cooper: What I believe about Sex and Gender (Part 2)
Rebecca Reilly-Cooper continues her examination of sex and gender in part 2. (Did you miss part 1?) Gender 10. The oppression linked to sex begins at birth, operating through the social imposition of gender. Gender is the label that feminists use to describe the value system that prescribes and proscribes forms of behaviour and appearance for […]
Scripturient: O tempora, o mores!
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. Marcus Tullius Cicero wrote those words in the short book about a Roman court case, Pro Lucio Murena (For Lucius Murena). They mean, in English, Not…
Continue readingScripturient: On the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death
“Is There Such a Thing as a ‘Bad’ Shakespeare Play?” asks a recent article on the Smithsonian website. It adds, “Shakespeare, despite the efforts of notable dissenting critics and writers to forcibly eject him, has occupie…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: -Newsflash!- The Commercial Rape Trade Harms Women
Prostitution hurts women. It doesn’t matter whether the trade in commercial rape is legal or not – reducing women to the role of fuckable object corrodes their body, mind, and soul. But it can’t be all that bad for everyone, right? Let’s see what Rae Story, one of the ‘lucky’ high class escorts has […]
Dead Wild Roses: The Lie – Andrea Dworkin
-‘The Lie,’ Andrea Dworkin. 1979. Letters From A War Zone, 1993.Filed under: Culture, Feminism Tagged: Dworkin, Pornography, The Lie
Continue readingScripturient: The Bard’s Best? Nope…
To help celebrate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birthday (April 23), the website Mashable has put together a “battle” for the “Best Shakespeare Play Ever.” It’s done up as a sort of sports playoff gr…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Threat of Sexual Violence – Being Female in Society.
“I think the weirdest thing about having teenaged boys yell: “suck my dick bitch.” at me is that there’s nothing I can say to them that will make them feel the way that makes me feel. I have lived my entire life with this threat of sexual violence hanging over my head: I’ve experienced it […]
Dead Wild Roses: “Eloquence” is, essentially, Code for Values Associated with Masculinity.
-“We harbor an ideological bias against the feminine voice, rooted in positive primal associations with masculinity.” Some highlights from the JSTOR article On Men and Women’s Public Speech. “Gunn uses speeches delivered by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in their 2008 contest for the Democratic nomination to illustrate how gendered norms about speech create a […]