Saturday 25 July 2020

ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ'S SPEECH ABOUT MISOGYNY

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Following sexist harassment from Republican Ted Yoho, referred to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest Democrat in Congress gave a powerful speech in the House of Representatives to denounce the abuse faced by women in Congress and across the nation. Read here and here.

She said: “You can take photos and project an image to the world of being a family man and accost women without remorse and with a sense of impunity. It happens every day in this country”.



Friday 24 July 2020

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON’S THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published in 1886. The names of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the two alter egos of the main character, have become shorthand for the exhibition of wildly contradictory behaviour, especially between private and public selves. 






Sunday 19 July 2020

THE OUTLANDER SERIES

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Outlander 3: in arrivo l'attesa reunion tra Claire e Jamie

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Outlander is a Starz Original Series based on the Outlander series of books by Diana Gabaldon.
It follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. After she demonstrates her medical abilities, rebel Scottish Highlanders keep her as a healer for the clan. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives. The Outlander series spins the genres of romance, science fiction, history, and adventure into one epic tale.
Here’s eight reasons as to why you need to watch this show, or perhaps even rewatch it for the second or third time!



Monday 6 July 2020

ALDOUS HUXLEY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD

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Published in 1932, Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley. The book presents a nightmarish vision of a future society, set in a futuristic World State, inhabited by genetically modified citizens and an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that are combined to make a dystopian society which is challenged by only a single individual: the story's protagonist. Read here.
Read the novel here


Wednesday 1 July 2020

JULY


"To see the Summer Sky
Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie -
True Poems flee"
Emily Dickinson