She-Ra is a colourful children's show about princesses. It's also a powerful case for the power of difference.
Hordak and the Simulacrum: What can we learn from She-Ra?
Category: philosophy
Life on Mars and Lost Modernism
Given the Netflix algorithm decided it was going to push the 2007 BBC cop drama on me -- and I also want to check out for certain research purposes -- I watched Life on Mars recently, along with making my way through some of its spin-off/sequel show Ashes to Ashes. The first thing I … Continue reading Life on Mars and Lost Modernism
The Haunted Haircut
Initially, I was thinking of writing something with a title along the lines of, ‘Keir Starmer has failed his first test as leader.’ Because, let’s face it, he has: within a month at the top, Starmer has given the Conservatives more than enough room to paint their pandemic response as a success, despite the UK … Continue reading The Haunted Haircut
Roger Scruton (1944 – 2020)
Conservative philosopher Roger Scruton died last week. I'm not interested in particularly praising or trashing his philosophy, though that won't stop me: his ideology is not one I share, his view of the world is one I reject, and his views on race, gender, and sexuality were totally awful. His philosophy was rather dull and … Continue reading Roger Scruton (1944 – 2020)
Time Can Be Rewritten 