Category: Essay
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Rebel Ridge, or Black Superman Fist-fighting the American Justice System
Read more: Rebel Ridge, or Black Superman Fist-fighting the American Justice System“The Kadats of America, Chicago’s most loved young Black drill team, shown performing…” by John H. White Conflict is the engine of history. Necessity is not the mother of invention; spite, disagreement and ambition are. Stormless seas carry no ships and calm waters lack the beauty of ripples. In fiction it is much the same.…
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Series of essays on art and laziness as a form of rebellion
Read more: Series of essays on art and laziness as a form of rebellionWabi sabi and the picturesque The classic Japanese concept of Wabi-sabi is the beauty of the imperfect, impermanent, incomplete and broken. This concept is reflected in the west through the work of the William Gilpin. His writing responded to the grandfather of aesthetic-theory, Edmund Burke, who claimed that the key elements of beauty are smoothness…
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Paying tribute to colonizers – A reflection on colonialist Germany effects on Namibia
Read more: Paying tribute to colonizers – A reflection on colonialist Germany effects on NamibiaImage credits: The IndependentSnapshot of German colonial Africa Over the last decade, the remnants of the dark side of colonialism have been discussed more and more. Moreover, numerous countries that used to be colonies face discussions related to whether it is right or not to have so many influences and tributes honoring big colonizers and…
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The Fantasy of The Female Gaze
Read more: The Fantasy of The Female GazePhoto by Chloe Sheppard Unlike music gatekeepers, I don’t believe TikTok has “ruined” any songs for me. A very important exception is Portishead’s Glory Box though. I am not going to pretend I have known that song for a really long time; the first time I heard it was on an American Horror Story episode…
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Beginnings: Sable’s Coming-of-age Tale
Read more: Beginnings: Sable’s Coming-of-age TaleCredit for the images in the article goes to Shedworks. It is a fresh new year for Writer’s Block with a wholly new board, and so it truly is a new beginning for us all. As we are finding our feet and discovering how we will work as a team, how to meet the expectations…
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