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Essay

“Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” As Inspiration for Big Brother

Perhaps, whether he was aware of it or not, somewhere in the back of George Orwell’s mind, he was definitely borrowing from J. Fred Coots (try not to make the automatic leap to “cooter” with a last name like that) and Haven Gillespie’s lyrics for “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” (or, depending on your level of properness, “…Coming to Town”) when he created the … Continue reading “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” As Inspiration for Big Brother

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Essay

Moi les hommes, je les déteste: A Confluence of Misogyny-Based Censorship in France

While France prides itself on being a nation of liberté, the unspoken caveat is that one usually needs to be a man to enjoy such liberté. The feelings of “retro-ness” that women in the country have long felt, whether about gender or racial discrimination (see: Virginie Despentes’ recent comment on the discrepancy between those affected by COVID-19), has reached such a fever pitch that they’ve … Continue reading Moi les hommes, je les déteste: A Confluence of Misogyny-Based Censorship in France

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It’s “1984” All Over Again

Over the weekend that marked the inauguration of one, “President” Trump, a surge in the sales of George Orwell’s cautionary, prophetic classic, 1984, occurred. Written in 1949, still rather freshly after the end of World War II, the novel tells of a dystopian society set in, obviously, 1984. Though Orwell was slightly off the mark in what would happen that year, he was accurate in … Continue reading It’s “1984” All Over Again

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