Susie, you have strange hobbies.

It's like this. I take a topic that interests me as the subject for a story. The more research I do, the more interested I become in my research because I like to learn new things and my interest grows with the more I know. Like, would I be as interested in cuckoo marriages if I didn't already know they were ( Read more... )

This is the conclusion of my essay on Forster, Potter, and the Transformative Power of Love. Part One is HERE. Part Two. Part Three.

Conclusion

J.K. Rowling tells us in Deathly Hallows that Dumbledore and Grindelwald's relationship lasts barely two months. When Aberforth mentions it, it is reduced to mere "weeks." And yet, in her interviews after the ( Read more... )

This is Part Three of my essay on Forster, Rowling, and the Transformative Power of Love. Part One is HERE. Part Two is HERE.

Second Argument

For a more complete argument about the lot of women in Forster's day, you must read the work of his friend* Virginia Woolf. Here's The Tragical History of Judith Shakespeare from A Room of One's Own for a ( Read more... )

This is Part Two of my discussion of the works of E.M. Forster and how they relate to Harry Potter, homophobia, sexism, and my philosophy. Part One is HERE.

Continuation of First Argument

Paragraph Ten: Tenth Paragraph. E. M. Forster was born (according to the biographical note in my copy of ARWAV) in 1879*, and attended King's College, Cambridge. ( Read more... )

Introduction

Paragraph the First, in which I begin with a tangent: We (and I can only speak for Americans here, though I think this is certainly true for all Western English-speaking nations, and many other nations as well, though perhaps in slightly different ways) live in a sick and twisted society.( Part One: Harry Was Just A Patsy )

Susie: So, how was Lost?
Mom: Oh, it was just awful!
Susie: [laughs] They all die at the end?
Mom: Yes, they all die at the end!
Susie: Wait, did they all die at the end, or were they all dead all the time from the beginning?
Mom: Yes. No. Some you see die, some you don't. But then they're all standing in this church in Kaimuki and they open the door ( Read more... )

1. There is a real-life, honest to goodness website on the real internet called rentboy dot com. I am still amazed.

I actually had some intelligent (ahem) thoughts about this, or rather about prostitution. Mostly that I think it is intrinsically linked to marginalization. Which is why I think making it illegal only exacerbates the problem, and that ( Read more... )

Dearest Readers! Please read this article and tell me what you think! I found it very educational.  :)  Love, Susie.

P.S. Do NOT read the comments! (shudders) I know that's common sense on the internet, but...ick. I'm still disturbed by how despicable some people are when they think they're anonymous.

Good Afternoon and welcome to another blog post wherein I, your host, talk about a lot of things I know absolutely nothing about and pretend that I'm enough of an expert to impact your daily thinking! Thank you for being here! It's great to be back. Today I'm going to talk about something I've been thinking about for a while, but now is the right ( Read more... )

Or so everyone's favorite ambisexual fire-Jotun would say...and did. Ahem.

Swallows are BACK! (Huzzah!) And, obviously, so are flying insects. Bluebirds have been back for a while, and Uinta groundsquirrels are waking up all over. Daffodils in the yard, green grass everywhere, and even the conifers have the verdant flush of summer green to their ( Read more... )