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Violsva ([personal profile] violsva) wrote2022-01-19 07:49 pm

Essays I Won't Write

A continuing series that I might as well collect in one place.

It Is Always 1984: The BBC’s Sherlock and the Normalization of the Surveillance State

Vehement or Excited Mental State: Divinity, Disturbance, and Disapproval in Euripides’ Bacchae and The Rocky Horror Picture Show

That’s Not Awesome, That’s Child Labour: Problems with Pop-Feminist Understandings of History

Beautified With Our Feathers: An Optimistic View of the Future of Fanfiction

“I’m Here to Talk to You About the Avengers Initiative”: The Fantasy of the Perfect Job Offer in Modern Media
Alternatively, “Yer a Wizard, Harry”: Same Subtitle
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[personal profile] hitchhiker 2022-01-20 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
i would totally read the last one with great interest, though :)
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[personal profile] oracne 2022-01-20 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I would read all of those. They should show up in a story, or something. Like one of those fantasy libraries with sequels that were never written.
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[personal profile] sanguinity 2022-01-20 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
These are all good essays!