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The Handmaid’s Tale – emotive torture porn
In the epilogue to Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale a group of intellectuals argue whether Offred’s account of Gilead’s brutal theocracy was reliable. There is no ambiguity in the television adaptation – so far. The viewer is given full omniscience, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aunt Lydia, Brexit, Can we be trusted?, Elizabeth Moss is boss, Fascism, Fred and Serena, Gestapo, Gilead, June Osborne, Margaret Atwood, Misogyny, Moderates are negligent, Nazi Germany, North Korea, Offred, Orwellianesque, Putin, Saudi Arabia, Sophie’s Choice, Stalinism, Stasi, Theocracy, Torture porn, Totalitarian, Trumpian alt-right wet dream, Trumpian wet dream, Wall's built, Westboro Baptist Church, What does Vegas look like in Gilead
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Just get on with it
That’s a message from me to the SNP. Between quagmire of Brexit and the inevitable omnishambolic results of the UK government getting involved in Syria, primarily, you suspect, as a distraction from the former, a sense of urgency has developed … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Brexit nonces, EDL, EU, Holyrood, Independence, Indy Ref 2, omnishambolic, Pound Shop Enoch Powell is a great insult, psephology, SNP, SNP and many Yes voters need to grow some cojones, Syria, Terrible banner but I couldn't find anything better, Tories, Tory Bastards, Unionists, urgency, Waiting for Godot, Westminster, Yes
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Brexit – the final solution to my consumerist paralysis.
Gosh, what a pompous title that is. Brian Sewell would’ve been proud. But yeah, I need a new laptop and have done for well over a year. The current one, purchased in 2010, is slower than a granny at … Continue reading
No Homage to Catalonia.
When I haven’t been killing time mass killing on GTA V online, shopping for Secret Santa prezzies (edible anuses look appetising), or watching Sopranos clips on YouTube (I’d forgotten how bloody funny it was), I’ve been keeping an eye on … Continue reading
You stupid bastards
The only thing sillier than predicting the future is the future itself. Now maybe that’s been said before, in fact it probably has, though perhaps slightly differently. I’ve probably read it and it’s been lodged in the ever shrinking subconscious … Continue reading →