As it is eight years since people began protesting in Syria, kids getting locked up for graffiti, a revolution being born – I wanted to write something. Disclaimer for the disjointedness… “We were alone, but we didn’t realise it yet.” Brothers of the Gun Since I started to read The Morning They Came For Us I have understood the feeling inside myself more accurately. Something like … Continue reading Eight Years
This week I’m down with the flu. I read Jane Mayer’s article on Fox and Trump, sold as a journey from partisanship to propaganda, but more readily a reminder to take these freaks seriously. Sean Hannity seems to be running things, he is very docile which pleases his master greatly. His square dog face could be inside the White House in another world in place … Continue reading A Week of Bile
Transitional Justice in “No” – Pablo Larraín. “While transitional justice is normally thought of as a process of social and political transformation, repair and reconstruction, film opens a window into its emotional, human, and personal sides.” (Blum) This is owing to its ability to visually reconstruct the past, which is often harbouring the same emotional difficulties as the present as societies take the time to … Continue reading Closed Box/Open Wound
Commentary on David Foster Wallace, Girl with Curious Hair, chapter four (“Lyndon”). Continue reading “Love is a Federal Highway”
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