One 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,Continue reading “Objectified Scotsmen and Hunky Gladiators, or on the Sexualisation of the Modern Man”
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The Ethics of Ambiguity: Recognition Revisited
On overcoming small battles In The Ethics of Ambiguity (1947), Simone de Beauvoir argues that in every relationship – whether it’s between friends, family or anyone else – there is always a distance between two people; a certain small battle and a certain instinct to deny each other as subjective beings that must beContinue reading “The Ethics of Ambiguity: Recognition Revisited”
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