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A Critical Introduction to Mao

Timothy Cheek

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Mao Zedong's political career spanned more than half a century. The ideas he championed transformed...

Jpb (34 KP) rated Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) in Movies

Feb 2, 2021

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

2020 | Adventure, Fantasy

6.1

(42 Ratings)

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DC step it up

Besides the fact that this film is badly written, full of plot-holes, has watered-down characters (some of whom are more caricature than character), is full of questionable decisions, and somehow looks worse than the previous film--besides all of that--this film is possibly the most anti-feminist thing I've had to sit through in recent memory. Which I'm pretty sure is the opposite of what they are supposed to go for.

Wonder Woman seems less intelligent, morally dubious, and extremely reckless in this film. You also have a WW1 piolet get into a up to date fight and fly it, it just that so happens to be primed and ready to go.

Come on DC you can do better

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Christine and the Queens recommended My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West in Music (curated)

"I love every album by Kanye, and I covered part of "Heartless" from the 808s & Heartbreak album [in]. But if I had to pick just one, I would pick My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. I remember listening to it for the first time, and it was like a proper, physical shock. It still feels really modern. It sums up everything I love about Kanye: excess, the production, memory, the future. It's comic, it's tragic, it's extravagant—and at the centre there's this one voice, and it's an angry man battling his demons. It's very much an album in format, as well—I wouldn't choose just one song. It's an experience. Sometimes I forget about this album, voluntarily, and I go back to it and discover something else. It's like a hydra, with a hundred heads."

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Kelly Rettie (748 KP) rated The Tattooist of Auschwitz in Books

Oct 22, 2020

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Heather Morris | 2018 | Biography, History & Politics, Religion

8.7

(74 Ratings)

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Very emotive

I have just finished this and it took me a few tears and had to have a wee break while reading it. It tells the story of Lale, while he was in the concentration camp and how he survived. Fairly graphic in parts, but then the detail of how he met and fell in love with who would become his wife. I found this a stern reminder to appreciate the freedom I have now, even with its limitations of the current pandemic and for that I am so grateful to this book. I feel the Heather Morris did this mans memory proud with this piece and to read his sons afterword brought tears to my eyes again. So glad I finally read it.