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I teach, I watch tv, I mom.
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This is a good thing and is what great literature does. It gets us to rethink what how we see the world. But it is not necessarily a simple process for every reader and you get bumps in understanding like this one. I'm just trying to explain what I see as a complex process of reading. (2/2)
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Agree that many readers apply preconceived notions of gender to their reading of MB. But that is to be expected. Wells invites us into a world that reimagines gender identity and readers bring their conception of gender to their reading of the books, and find their conception challenged. (1/2)
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But also... the line between Rin and Murderbot becomes blurred once it becomes obvious (though not directly stated) that Murderbot and Rin are the same person. I'm not trying to be argumentative. I just remember stumbling a little over that part trying to figure out if MB was revealing something.
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I agree. But I think that is why people think Murderbot referred to itself as she/her.
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OK, first, I see Murderbot as non-gendered. But I re-read and listen to the books a lot and I did notice that Murderbot once referred to Security Consultant Rin as "her": "I’m Consultant Rin’s contracted SecUnit. Consultant Rin is on the station, and sent me to the facility on her shuttle."
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I agree with you, but I have to give them a little credit at least for voting unanimously *against* Hegseth's nomination. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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That was the Marriage Story year? Agree so much.
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Uh.... have you met me, Prof. C and Prof O? OK, I am not sure O has seen it yet.
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I am always on Team Carrie Coon.
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We used to give our son dinosaur chicken nuggets for dinner. One day, we ran out of dinosaur chicken nuggets and only had the regular ones. So I told him they were dinosaur poop chicken nuggets. He was thrilled.
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I'm not sure I agree it is a necessary film. Could you explain what you mean?
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I wasn't sure how I felt about EP immediately after I saw it, but I did know I was fascinated and couldn't stop watching. A friend pointed out that it is basically an opera; I saw melodrama, which I guess is also a kind of opera (i.e., soap operas). That would explain the assemblage of stereotypes.
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😜
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I asked my husband what he thought and he said Netherlands. I was thinking Belgium, Bruges specifically. If you're looking for good food, stay out of Europe. 🤪
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Link to some of Stephen Crane's poems:
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stephe...
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Someone call Andrea Riseborough to help her out.
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Every accusation is an admission.
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Hugs! I hope you feel better soon.
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Sometimes when I want to get a rise out of my students, I tell them I hate The Lion King. That gets their attention.
I just could never understand why the antelope bowed down to the lion king, and the lions just wanted to eat the antelope.
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Did you ever watch Wynonna Earp?
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I’m so sorry for your loss. Many hugs.
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My husband's anesthesiologist had an Irish accent so I asked where he was from. He said NW Ireland. I asked where and he said Sligo. We'd been to the Enniscrone area and said so. So he admitted he was from Leitrim but didn't think we'd know where Leitrim was. Now I realize he was embarrassed. 🤣
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Nightmare fodder.
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But have you seen Thelma? You might change your mind….
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Megan Bannen's The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy has a bit of Kingfisher feel.
The Murderbot Diaries books, by Martha Wells. Start with All Systems Red. Not cozy fantasy, but very feel-good in a grumpy way.
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So happy you’re here now.
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That is clearly Trump's plate of food and he's holding the empty bags. See the unused plate to his left?