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A Brief History of Misogyny: the World's Oldest Prejudice

Jack Holland

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In this compelling, powerful book, highly respected writer and commentator Jack Holland sets out to...

Charlotte (184 KP) rated The We and the They in Books

Apr 30, 2021

The We and the They

Kyra Ann Dawkins | 2020 | Dystopia, Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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Dystopian horror.......

I say dystopian horror as it's set after Mother Nature has gone on a wild rampage across the earth. The horror part......that comes from something else, although not in a slasher style.

Kara Ann Dawkins has done well with presenting, on the whole, a written monologue of community history. As with most things after a traumatic event (in this case the re-ordering of nature) it's not always possible to get things in the correct order, especially if pen and paper isn't readily available. So, it's kind of like, two steps forward (general telling of events) and one step back (as we learn of certain character's fates).
I like it though, it creates a bond to a character before hearing their history.

I found The We and the They to be quite thought provoking, I was asking myself how I would cope, what would I do in their situation.

I'd recommend as a young adult read as the themes could be upsetting for a younger audience. Settle in with a nice cuppa, a blanket and read about a world that we could easily find ourselves in......though when you learn more about the They you'll understand I don't mean their physicality.

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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated District 9 (2009) in Movies

Sep 20, 2020

District 9 (2009)

2009 | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

8.0

(65 Ratings)

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Not thought-provoking or challenging in the slightest, but as always my boy Sharlto Copley saves this from mediocrity (he single-handedly doubled my rating for it). I'll happily stand alone in being glad this went for loud, beastly body horror over the broad, half-finished, overly obvious metaphor that it introduces but refuses to interrogate in favor of conventional genre trappings at the end. But thank LORD this doesn't get preachy about how an innocuous use of technology is the death of society or some bullshit, like these realist-dingy-future films usually tend to do. Super messy (not only can it not decide when to use its gimmick nor what its purpose is, but why even film half this stuff?), hard to find a shot that lasts longer than five seconds and overall it's pretty polluted both visually and audibly for this to make much sense (the editing... hoo boy). That being said, this is totally lovingly grisly and it ends with an extended segment of Copley in an alien mech ripping random government dudes to shreds and chunks of bloody human meat. Also design-wise - as tends to be the case with Blomkamp - it's a knockout... when we can actually see it.