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Apparently Little Women was reimagined as a pulp fiction novel, I’m guessing in the 50’s when smut got big.  I’ll do some research, but for now I just really enjoy this cover. Original post by cdame2of

After a lot of thinking, er no, feeling, I’ve decided to take back what I said in class about Little Women. I love it. It’s timeless and warm, comforting like an old country song.  Upon finishing the book, I realized … Continue reading →

The protagonist of Miller’s Crossing, Tom,  harkons back to Hammet’s Ned Beaumont, the cynical idealist that keeps his friends close and his enemies closer.  It would appear that just as much as his gambling habits, Tom’s hat is an equally … Continue reading →

Culture has ever evolved, and ever it evolves. Temporal circumstances seem to fuel this constant evolution of culture. We saw scientific advancement fuel the Enlightenment, and we saw the Enlightenment fuel Romanticism. We saw segregation fuel the Harlem Renaissance, and … Continue reading →

I like to look these movies up on IMDB after I view them, so of course I did for this one. It perplexed me that Beth was made younger than Amy, and my original theory was that they wanted a … Continue reading →

Just a shameless plug for my online portfolio www.serenae.com Original post by arynna

Permit me a moment of film geekdom, in which I ramble on (probably at length) about how incredibly awesome I think George Cukor is. Together, he and Howard Hawks directed most of my favorite Golden Age movies. There is, I … Continue reading →

I keep going back to Engelbart’s assertion that computers shouldn’t be easy to use. Do I agree with it? I know I don’t believe that computers should be difficult to use just for the sake of being difficult, but they … Continue reading →

As I stated in class yesterday, I love the book Little Women. The first Louisa May Alcott book(s) I read was actually Eight Cousins and Rose in Bloom. I still have the falling apart copies my mother gave me as … Continue reading →

I’ve been meaning to blog this for quite a while now. What does everyone else think of this video? I saw it (partially) as a statement on the media’s influence over us, but perhaps it’s also saying something about human … Continue reading →