Hey all! I’m speaking about a relationship model that is most common associated with heterosexual couples. BUT BUT BUT here’s the real truth… It’s a relationship model for any kind of relationship when there is an imbalance of power. And Hollywood can claim that it wants strong women all it wants EXCEPT it released that […]
An Old Relationship Model is awful with Spoilers
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George Seferis – Collected Poems
Born in Detroit, Philip Levine taught American poetry to listen to labor. His plainspoken English carried factories, fatigue, and moral clarity into verse, proving working-class speech could bear philosophy, anger, and dignity. Poetry learned to speak without ornament, for lives previously unheard, and the language never narrowed again afterward ever.
Philip Levine (1928–2015) – The Poet Who Gave Working-Class English Its Permanent Voice
Hello! I’ve started to study Alison Armstrong to better understand how men operate. A thing that she talks about is the idea of ethics – people struggle with them when they have them. People without them don’t give a shit. This is also true about things like shame. And since a lot of my trauma […]
Trauma meets Shame and Sexuality
For the second leg of my attempt to read Saul Bellow’s novels – or, as I’ve read several already, should I say to enjoy Saul Bellow’s novels – in fact, as I’m not that ambitious, make that to get Saul Bellow’s novels – I thought I would go for one that’s even thinner than Dangling […]
Saul Bellow: Seize the Day
Gloria is spending Christmas and the holidays with me and my Hubby. She is very happy! On Christmas Eve I asked her if she wanted to write a letter to Santa. Yes, and no. She felt awkward telling me that she wanted something special. So, we had a heart-to-heart talk. The conversation went something like […]
Gloria’s Surprise Santa Gift
Born December 26, 1891, Henry Miller shattered the boundaries of modern English prose. By challenging censorship, embracing radical autobiography, and reshaping sentence rhythm, he expanded what English could legally, morally, and stylistically express. His work transformed prose into a vehicle of personal freedom, intensity, and unapologetic subjectivity.
Birth of Henry Miller (1891–1980) – The Writer Who Forced English Prose to Break Its Restraints
Born December 19, 1910, Jean Genet reshaped modern drama and literary thought in English through translation and performance. His ritualistic, confrontational language challenged realism, power, and identity, forcing English theatre and criticism to confront marginality as aesthetic force and political stance rather than subject matter.
Birth of Jean Genet (1910–1986) – The Writer Who Forced English to Speak the Language of Transgression
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