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...exotic “other” permeates the themes of the book, with otherness taking the shape of sexuality, religion and the polity in the Middle Ages. Ungestalt is also found in modern depictions of terror, with what Groebner refers to as “lustful and aggressive self-victimization.” Although most European societies are maintaining an ever increasing level of peace and order, he stipulates that the violent news coverage trend in the media keeps growing. Groebner argues that people need fear and violence, regardless of its actual predominance—or lack thereof?...
...North. They shuffled their bodies with haughty huffs but I bore it, just as I should have. But when I got to the man at the end, an elderly fellow who was more than a little tone deaf, I tried to wedge past only to receive the most self-righteous eye roll I’d ever seen.“Well, I’m sorry,” I said in a real acute whisper.“No you’re not,” he shot back. Then he immediately went back to singing...
...free speech. The vocal and offensive rhetoric of this small group is so clearly preposterous, absurd, and uninformed that they act as the very best argument against themselves. Though they may have little societal value, they affirm the necessity of an open marketplace of ideas and show that the self-regulation of such a market can actually work. Facebook.com groups organizing counter-protests for today sprang up with haste. The group for the counter-protest in Lexington has over 100 attendees. These counter-protests will act as the rational response to the potent hatred of the WBC. Of course, residents...
This sounds pretty sad, I know, and I used to resent this self-destructive behavior, wallowing in post-text shame. But after three years in college, I’ve learned to embrace it. In fact, I’m proud to be a textual harasser. In my opinion, a little love or lust note never hurt anyone...
...means not to emphasize meaning but rather to draw attention to a phrase that the poet considers exceptional. Nilsson has a bad case of this affliction. In the closing poem, “Cleaning the Icons,” she writes of “a naughtment of the self;” both the italicization of “a” as well as the use of “naughtment” emphasize only mind-numbing pretension. Yet on the next page itself she writes of “souls of cork,” an utterly...