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  • Reading the Anthropocene:  Margaret Atwood’s “The Year of the Flood”

    Reading the Anthropocene:  Margaret Atwood’s “The Year of the Flood”

    Continuing on with my “Reading the Anthropocene” series, today I’d like to talk about the second…

  • Screening Classic Hollywood:  “Magnificent Obsession”

    Screening Classic Hollywood:  “Magnificent Obsession”

    Today on “Screening Classic Hollywood,” I’m going to talk about Douglas Sirk’s 1954 film Magnificent Obsession,…

  • Reading the Anthropocene:  Margaret Atwood’s “Oryx and Crake”

    Reading the Anthropocene: Margaret Atwood’s “Oryx and Crake”

    In this, the inaugural entry in my series “Reading the Anthropocene,” I’ve decided to focus on…

  • Screening History: “The Robe”

    Screening History: “The Robe”

    The focus of this installment of “Screening History” is one of the lesser-known but still quite…

  • Film Review: “Mad Max: Fury Road”

    Warning:  Full spoilers for the film follow. When I first heard that another version of the Mad…

  • The Dust-Heap of the Database and the Specters of the Spectator

    The Dust-Heap of the Database and the Specters of the Spectator

    Originally posted on Metathesis: In 2014, networks launched some 1,715 new television series, a staggering number…

  • “Avengers: Age of Ultron”: A Melodramatic Myth for the Anthropocene

    Warning:  Full spoilers for the film follow. I’ll be the first to admit a fair amount…

  • “While the dearest of friends lays in the cold ground”: Epidemic Disease, Incarceration and Patriarchal Control; The Continuing Story of Josiah Spaulding

    “While the dearest of friends lays in the cold ground”: Epidemic Disease, Incarceration and Patriarchal Control; The Continuing Story of Josiah Spaulding

    Originally posted on Metathesis: After Josiah Spaulding, Jr. was chained to the floor in his room…

  • Only a Being of Senseless Existence: The Continuing Story of Josiah Spaulding, Jr.

    Only a Being of Senseless Existence: The Continuing Story of Josiah Spaulding, Jr.

    Originally posted on Metathesis: Josiah Spaulding outlived almost everyone in his family by many years. He…

  • Weekly Rant: A Letter to the Students of McGuffey High School

    In case you missed it, McGuffey High School in Claysville, Pennsylvania, has entered the national news…

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