January 2011
14 posts
come on up to the house: sequinedk: “In that... →
sequinedk:
“In that difference lies the racism implicit in the abortion/slavery analogy Santorum employs and Klein defends. The analogy necessarily holds that the enslaved were the equivalent of embryos—helpless, voiceless beings in need of saviors. In this view of American history, the…
The Ambiguous Tales of the Fantastic Mr. Taylor:... →
jtaylor:
It seemed to Myop as she skipped lightly from hen house to pigpen to smokehouse that the days had never been as beautiful as these. The air held a keenness that made her nose twitch. The harvesting of the corn and cotton, peanuts and squash, made each day a golden surprise that caused excited…
Don't Go Back To Sleep
crashinglybeautiful:
For years, copying other people, I tried to know myself. From within, I couldn’t decide what to do. Unable to see, I heard my name being called. Then I walked outside. The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds...
“When all the rivers and valleys and forests and hills of the world have been...”
– ~Arundhati Roy, “The Reincarnation of Rumpelstiltskin,” (2000)
The Reincarnation of Rumpelstiltskin -- Arundhati...
Published on Monday, November 27, 2000 by Outlook IndiaPower Politics by Arundhati Roy Remember him? The gnome who could turn straw into gold? Well he’s back now, but you wouldn’t recognize him. To begin with, he’s not an individual gnome anymore. I’m not sure how best to describe him. Let’s just say he’s metamorphosed into an accretion, a cabal, an assemblage,...
