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Monthly Archives: December 2011
La Dolce Vita: The Tale of a Hero of OUR Time
Fellini’s film La Dolce Vita depicts a series a series of episodes in the life of Marcello, a tabloid journalist who feels nothing bus contempt for his work and aspires to higher things, yet is sucked into the decadent lifestyle … Continue reading
A Hero of Our Time: Postscript
On coming home, I got up on my horse and galloped into the steppe, for I love riding a spirited horse through the tall grass, with the desert wind in my face, greedily drinking in the fragrant air and looking … Continue reading
Poetry Tuesday: Frost Edition
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse … Continue reading
Not Just About Equality
Every time my judgment slips and I decide to talk to a feminist (usually a humanities graduate student) I hear the same thing: “Feminism is just about equality.” Sometimes it’s “feminism is the radical notion that women are people.” No, … Continue reading
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How to Make Women Wiser
What I should have quoted in my post on vanity: It is a most amazing thing that young people never consider they shall grow old. I would, to young women especially, renew the monition of this anticipation every hour of … Continue reading
Poetry Tuesday: When Lovely Woman Stoops to Folly, Then and Now
When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray,— What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, … Continue reading
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A Note, To Whom It May Concern
I just checked this blog’s email address for the first time in months, and discovered that some people actually seem interested in emailing me. I can’t imagine why, but I apologize for my neglect, and promise that I will reply … Continue reading
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New Addition to Blogroll
New addition to blogroll: Curmudgeon Loner Complementarian Lonerswho has just made an interesting argument that abortion leads to divorce. Word frequency data doesn’t touch causal linkage, of course, but hey, data is fascinating. (Data from google ngrams. This is frequency … Continue reading
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Tolstoy On Sluts And Rakes
While I was writing my post on Mary Magdalane, I vaguely remembered a passage from Tolstoy’s War and Peace. I managed to find it, and offer it here without comment. The passage concerns Anatole Kuragin, the libertine who seduces Natasha … Continue reading
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