Category: Essay
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The Disappearance of the Hatchet Job
Read more: The Disappearance of the Hatchet JobIn 2012, review aggregator website The Omnivore launched the Hatchet Job of the Year award, given to the “the writer of the angriest, funniest, most trenchant book review” of the last year in Britain. The prize was a year’s worth of potted shrimp donated by The Fish Society. By now defunct, the award was only…
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I Feel Therefore I Am: Wes Anderson, Donald Trump, and New Sincerity
Read more: I Feel Therefore I Am: Wes Anderson, Donald Trump, and New SincerityLet’s talk about Wes Anderson’s H&M Christmas ad and Donald Trump because the two may have more in common than you might think. The Christmas ad shows a train struck by bad winter weather which means that the passengers will unfortunately not be able to get home for the holidays. As luck would have…
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Revoke Your Membership, Gary!
Read more: Revoke Your Membership, Gary!Because I am somewhat difficult, something has been nagging at me again. As with last time, I’d like to walk it through a bit, see where we can get. I will set the scene.
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Embracing Solitude
Read more: Embracing SolitudeDespite what movies like Into the Wild (2007) might like us to believe at times, our Western culture is certainly not a friendly place for lone wolves. Most of us would, for example, feel uncomfortable when sitting by ourselves in a bar or restaurant – and I certainly recall myself wondering at times, when I…
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Objectified Scotsmen and Hunky Gladiators, or on the Sexualisation of the Modern Man
Read more: Objectified Scotsmen and Hunky Gladiators, or on the Sexualisation of the Modern ManOne of the things that I like to show friends is the Tumblr page Wtf Bad Romance Covers which is filled with tacky and camp covers of Candlelight Novels. Every Thursday is “Objectified Scotsmen Thursday” and on this wonderful day the blog delights its followers with cheap covers with entertainingly awkwardly posing “Scottish” hunks,…
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