its almost 3 am
so to give a brief context for this, i have had a 4 month dramatic feud that i was not interested in being in, and it has just ended today with me cutting off all ties with the other person. … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Goldilocks
Whenever I read I’m often struck by similarities to other things I’ve seen/heard and sometimes I laugh a little bit at these moments. The people around me are usually pretty used to the sight/sound of me laughing randomly and sometimes they ask me what’s up. In the absence of people being around me while I’m […] Continue reading →
For Antigone
The Replacements – Androgynous Here come Dick, he’s wearing a skirt Here comes Jane, y’know she’s sporting a chain Same hair, revolution Same build, evolution Tomorrow who’s gonna fuss And they love each other so Androgynous Closer than you know, love each other so Androgynous Don’t get him wrong and don’t get him mad He […] Continue reading →
Naming the unknown –– Antigone’s Claim by Judith Butler
What we have here is The Ambiguous Case of Antigone, where she is “unintelligible and unthinkable”. So… why do people even bother trying to understand her? Here’s why I think so many people have attempted to define and classify Antigone … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Antigone, alone
[For anyone who regularly reads this blog (are there such persons? :)) I should explain that from time to time I’ll be writing posts on particular texts as part of teaching in the Arts One program. Students are blogging about these texts, and when I have time, I will do so too. You can see […] Continue reading →
antigone, essays and illness …
A preliminary note of explanation: I was at Girl Guide camp this weekend (despite feeling slightly under the weather on Friday) and returned with a full-blown cold and no voice whats0ever. Me being me, I decided to do everything I’d normally do on a Monday (with the exception of field hockey practice, which I deemed […] Continue reading →
Fragments
Forgive me, I took a break to read the Bacchae* and just missed midnight! Our master was in despair. We obeyed him and looked inside. We saw her down at the tomb’s end, hanged by the neck, a noose made from her linen robe; and him, his arms around her waist; bewept his bride and […] Continue reading →
AnTiGoNe
Hi Friends, Sorry this blog post is mostly about me disagreeing with things.. First of all, I admit I looked at a few blog posts before starting mine and I noticed a few people talking about female empowerment in … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Born to be different
So I happened by my copy of Antigone in my town’s used book store. I bought it before we had known what editions we would need, but somehow fate led me to buy the exact edition we would be using. … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Ramblings on Antigone
Howdy pals! I’m finally getting around to blogging about Antigone, which is surprising for me because I enjoyed it much more than Gorgias. I found this play fairly easy and enjoyable to read! Not gonna lie, I am a huge Shakespeare nerd (WHY was Othello taken off the reading list omg no) and I found […] Continue reading →