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Tag Archives: 2011
Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist Roxane Gay published Bad Feminist in 2014, but it is even more relevant this week. She titled the book Bad Feminist because many women, including herself, often do things that are considered not considered consistent with the Feminist … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Event, Feminism, Literary Criticism, Movies/TV, Pedagogy, Politics/Economics
Tagged #MeToo, 19th Century Women Writers, 2010, 2011, 2012-2017, 2018, 400 Years of Class in America, ACLU, Available Means, Bad Feminist, Brett Kavanaugh, Bush, Caitlin Moran, Catholic Church, Cheryl Sandberg, Chris Brown, Christine Blasey Ford, Democrats, Django Unchained, Domestic Violence, Elevator, Emotional, FBI, Feminism, Feminist Rhetoric and Pedagogy, Gender Trouble, Gillian Flynn, Girls, Gone Girl, Green Girl, Hanna Rosin, Hearing, hope, How To Be A Woman, Hunger, Hysterical, infuriating, Investigation, Jeff Flake, Judith Butler, Kate Zambreno, Katherine Stockett, Lean In, Make-Up, Nancy Isenberg, News, Nominee, Outrage, political agenda, Professor, Racism, Rape, Republicans, Roxane Gay, Senate, Sexism, Sexual Assault, Sheryl Sandberg, Supreme Court, Sweet Valley High Series, The End of Men, The Help, Trump, UNCG, White Trash, Yale University
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Las Cruces 2016
Las Cruces Las Cruces is the City of Crosses. It is 3,908 feet above sea level. The Rio Grande provides the Mesilla Valley with water for agriculture. It has an estimated population of 101,643. It is 56% Hispanic or Latino, … Continue reading
Posted in Event, Travel
Tagged 1988, 2011, 2016, Alamagordo, Amarillo, Arizona, Aunts, Car, Cari Vaughn, Cineport, City of Rocks, Civil War, COAS Bookstore, Dad, Dry Creek, Facebook, Farmer's Market, Fazzoli's, Finding Dori, Foothills, Gilkison Family Reunion, Grandkids, Habanero's, Heat, Hot, I-25, I-35, I-40, I-44, I-70, IHOP, Independence Day: Resurgence, Joplin, Kids, Kung Fu Panda, Las Cruces, Mall, McDonalds, Mexican Food, Mexico, Missouri, New Mexico, North, Observatory, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Orange is the New Black, Phoenix, Play Station, Pool, Radium Springs, Red Lobster, Road Trip, Rt. 66, Santa Rosa, Socorro, South, Subway, Summer, Super 8, Swim, Teshor, Texas, Theater, Traffic Jam, Tulsa, Uncles, Used Books, Vacation House, Vaughn, White Sands, Wyndam Gardens
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Sister Carrie Diaries
The Carrie Diaries Watching The Carrie Diaries on Netflix, something occurred to me. Carrie’s journey from Connecticut to New York City parallels the journey by Caroline “Carrie” Meeber in the 1900 novel by Theodore Dreiser. In Dreiser’s novel, eighteen year … Continue reading
Posted in Flashback, Literary Criticism, Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV
Tagged 15 years old, 18 Years Old, 1857, 1859, 1900, 1984, 2011, Become Rich and Famous, British Government, Candace Bushnell, Cari Lynn Vaughn, Carrie Bradshaw, Castleberry, Charles Dickens, Chicago, Coming of Age, Connecticut, Dorrit Bradshaw, Literature, Little Dorrit, Manhattan, Move To the CIty, New York City, Sex in the City, Short comings, Sister Carrie, Sister Carrie Diaries, The 80s, The Carrie Diaries, The Sex Pistols, Theodore Dreiser, Unhappy, Wisconsin
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Peculiar
Peculiar It has been a peculiar week, more so because I’ve read the sequel to Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children than anything. The week itself has only been peculiar in the usual way that my life varies. When I … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV
Tagged 2011, 2012, 2014, Abilties, Collector, Flea Market Photos, Grandfather, Hollow City, Hollows, Jacob, Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, Monsters, Movie, Narrative, Peculiars, Ransom Riggs, Strange Creatures, Tim Burton Adaptation, Vintage Photos
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Grimm
December 20, 2013 Grimm It has been a Grimm week. Although perhaps formidable emotionally, it comes from watching Season 1 of the supernatural series of the same name. Grimm first aired on NBC in 2011. It is a mix up … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV
Tagged 2011, 3 Little Pigs, Ana, Angel, Animals, Big Bad Wolves, Blood Bath, Blutbad, Buffy, Clary Fray, Coma, Cop, Detective, Eisbibers, Fuchsbau, German, Grimm, Hank, Hexenbiest, Humans, Hunter, Juliet, Killer, Monroe, NBC, Nick Burkhardt, Oregan, Pigs, Portland, Protector, Ray, Red Riding Hood, Rosalie, Royals, Sean Renard, Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Shadow Hunter, Shape-Shifters, Supernatural, The Brother's Grimm, The X-Files, Vienna, Wesen, Witches, Woo
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Real Genius
Real Genius Val Kilmer Val Kilmer came to my attention in the movie Willow. His long black locks and killer sword wielding skills were incredibly attractive. Not to mention he was smart, sarcastic and down right funny at times. His … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV, Music, Poetry
Tagged 1988, 1992, 1995, 2011, Batman, Cari Gilkison, Cherokee, Dream, Eastern Philosophy, Father, Frances Ford Coppola, Funny, George Lucas, Jack Kilmer, Jim Morrison, Joanne Whalley Kilmer, Julliard Academy, Kevin Spacey, LA, Madmartigan, Maggie Gilkeson, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mercedes Kilmer, My Eden After Burns, Native American, New Mexico, Oliver Stone, Poetry, Real Genius, Santa Fe, Sarcastic, Smart, Sword Wielding, The Doors, The Ghost in the Darkness, The Missing, Thunderheart, Top Gun, Top Secret, Twixt, Val Kilmer, Warick Davis, Willow
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Scandal
Scandal: Joanne Whalley I fell in love with Joanne Whalley in the move Willow. I wanted her long wavy red locks and her ability ride horses, shoot bows and arrows and sword fight. And she got to kick and then … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV
Tagged 1988, 1995, 2011, 2013, Christine Keeler, courtesan, Engand, Frances Ford Coppola, Innoence, Jack Kilmer, Joanne Whalley Kilmer, London, Mercedes Kilmer, Mini-Series, Navy Seals, New Mexico, Nude, Palo Alto Movie, Playboy, Santa Fe, Scandal, Scarlett, Sexy, Shattered, Sorsha, The Borgias, Thirteen Year Old, Twixt, Twleve Year Old, Val Kilmer, Vanozza Cattaneo, Warrior Princess, Willow
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Can Love Last?
Can Love Last? Can Love Last: the Fate of Romance over Time by Stephen A Mitchell came out in 2002. I read it in 2011. This book is all about romance and its degradation. Romance is closer to falling … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology
Tagged 1995, 2011, Betty, Brett, Can Love Last, Commitment, Control, Cultivating and Understanding, Death, Degradation, Desire, Fantasy, Forgiveness, Hate, I Love You, illusion, Lack, Letting Go, Lost, Love, Madonna/Whore, Men, Obtainable, Porn, Power, Private, Reality, Revenge, Romance, Safeness, Secrets, Security, Self, Sex, Stability, Suffer, The Fate of Romance Over Time, Unobtainable, What We Do Not Have, Women
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The Evolution of Science Fiction
September 18, 2012 Evolution of Science Fiction The evolution of Science Fiction is filling my slowly passing time this week. I’ve watched three very diverse movies on my days off: Another Earth, TiMER and The Forbidden Planet. The … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV, Science/Philosophy
Tagged 1956, 2011, Another Earth, Dr. Morbis, Dr. Who, Earth 2, Eve, Id, Krell, Leslie Nielson, Rhoda, Seixsm, Soulmate, Star Trek, The Forbidden Planet, TiMER
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