Letting the Unspoken Speak: A Reading List of Historical Trauma in Fiction
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Moral Threat of Profound Loneliness
The Moral Threat of Profound Loneliness (Presidential Address) Paul Carron Baylor University Forthcoming in the Southwest Philosophy Review 39:1 I. Introduction Ours is a wonderful but strange new world. We live in a truly global community, where we can instantly connect with anyone, anywhere on the planet. We are constantly connected to others, yet our students suffer from anxiety, depression, and related mental health problems at unprecedented and alarming rates (Twenge et al., 2019). W...
Jordan Peele finally explains Nope moment that left viewers scratching their heads
Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJordan Peele has finally given fans an explanation for one of the most widely debated moments in his 2022 horror film Nope.The film focuses on two siblings, played by Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer, who encounter a strange UFO near their ranch in Agua Dulce, California.One of the other plot threads follows Ricky "Jupe" Park, a former child actor who once s...
Is Mental Illness REAL?
Top 10 CRAZIEST characters from the Ancient World Open in browserIs Mental Illness REAL?Top 10 CR...
An Examination of the Trauma Plot
At The New Yorker, Parul Sehgal reflects on the trauma plot and how it has come to dominate stories both on the page and on screen. Sehgal argues that "The trauma plot flattens, distorts, reduces character to symptom, and, in turn, instructs and insists upon its moral authority. The solace of its simplicity comes at no little cost. It disregards what we know and asks that we forget it, too—forget about the pleasures of not knowing, about the unscripted dimensions of suffering, about the odd a...
6 Artists Who Depicted Traumatic & Brutal Experiences of World War I
By the end of World War I, millions of soldiers were lost in the battlefield, and the way societies related to the military conflict was changed. Many German artists and intellectuals, such as Otto Dix and George Grosz, volunteered for service, inspired by what they saw. They captured the effects of World War I. These artists were united in their belief that art could be a political weapon, showing the war with utter clarity. Bold, new, avant‐garde movements such as Expressionism, Dadaism, C...
Shaping the Pain: Ancient Greek Lament and Its Therapeutic Aspect
Andromache’s lament / Creative Commons Although tragedy belongs to literary tradition, it is a trustworthy source for ancient Greek ritual practice. By Dr. Đurđina ŠijakovićResearch AssociateInstitute of Ethnography, SASA, Belgrade Introduction In this paper, which is the first part of a wider research, I focus on different aspects of ancient Greek lament. One of its most important aspects is the therapeutic aspect: by verbalizing, r...
In Rainbows | Bright Wall/Dark Room
Home Issues Films Contributors Submissions About Subscriptions Merch Issue 36: IdentityIn RainbowsLindsey Romain illustration by Brianna Ashby and Harper Ashby R – I am four and my mother is braiding my hair so I can look like Dorothy. I think all children have this need for affectation; there was my Ariel phase and my Belle phase but there is most important...
Philosopher AI - What is the literary significance of a missing finger?
Philosopher AI - What is the literary significance of a missing finger?SourceURL: https://philosopherai.com/philosopher/what-is-the-literary-significance-of-a-missing-fin-0ab935 Philosopher AINew topicWhat is the literary significance of a missing finger?➹ Share ⟳ Try againFirstly, I have read the work of the philosopher Edmund Burke. He speaks about how people act and perceive one another in society. His theories on human nature derive from a basis of experience as well as observation.29 Aug...
Eight go mad in Arizona: how a lockdown experiment went horribly wrong | Film | The Guardian
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Spreading PTSD Awareness, by Marcy Sugar and Kathy Mitchell | Creators Syndicate
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