Another Sunday another Game of Thrones. Turns out Jon Snow knows something. Great place for a smarmy George Takei, “Oh My!”
GOT- “Kissed by Fire”
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Speculative Art- S. Ross Browne: Self Evident Truths
“Our personal history is often rooted in the identity of our families and what the writers of history, often the usurpers, choose to depict as historical fact. I try to reveal the distinct possibilities of these often conflicting allegories with imagery depicting the contradictions in historical fact, the omissions in historical academia, and the narrative of the imagination of the hope of ones place in history.”–artist S. Ross Browne
Painting- “The Huntress” 2010, by S. Ross Browne
GOT- “And Now His Watch Is Ended”
Another Sunday another Game of Thrones. In which Daeneyrs the Abolitionist becomes “Daeneyrs Unchained.” Cue the James Brown track.
GOT- “Walk of Punishment”
Another Sunday, another Game of Thrones, and one thing is certain–it’s hard out there for a Lannister.
Postcolonial Fantasy and Africa- Against the Word “Tribe”
“The idea of tribes was brought to Africa for several reasons…. It was easier to place people into categories based on perceived divisions of ethnicity than it was to try to understand the multi-layered, fluid identities that prevailed…. colonial authorities found that placing people into “tribes” with “chiefs” was an effective way of creating a political order.”–John Reader
