I have Politics and English on Friday I had Politics and English on Friday so I needed a way to blog about the two… and I’ve found one, in the shape of Basil Hallward:
While we’re on the subject of Dorian, here are some pictures I’ve been trying to post since October:
Well, his face wasn’t as pretty as it is in the book.
I’m not sure which of the following I’ve already talked about, but I had to take an extended arm-break from revision this evening so I’m doing it the YouTube way:
1) “Not only is it, erm, erm, how do you say… right.” Bye bye Augustinian theodicy!
“… As a punishment for having a sort of schizophrenic discourse with a god who was created by man to explain the existence of feet in the absence of the knowledge of the existence of Tony.” Bye, er, any of my previously held religious beliefs?
2) Can I just copy and paste this into every answer ever please? (my bet is he was all for the Tory/Lib Dem coalition.)
3) “You only need to pray in a particular spot to a particular version of a particular god.” ‘Amen to that’ is the only response I can think of right now…
“He’s largely undiverted by the starving masses, or the inequality between the various classes…” Hello, problem of evil and suffering. Ah, Mackie’s Inconsistent Triad, how are you this evening?
4) This may or may not be about religion but I mostly like how it sounds.
5) “Isn’t this enough?” Hey, Richard Dawkins.
“Wow, that’s a good point, let me think for a bit. Oh wait my mistake that’s absolute bullshit.” Hey, teleological argument (it’s okay, I’m doing the cosmological argument. It’s got Ways).
6) Because it’s time to bring back the shameless MCR references (having just read the post back I think Aquinas helped jog my memory).
7) This is actually just about school in general, and the only bit that’s relevant to school is 9:30-10:30, but the rest, incidentally, is also hilarious (and quite true).
I’ve mentioned MCR, Tim Minchin and Ezra Miller in one almost-constructive post. Hallelujah.
(Okay now that’s reminded me of this and now I’ve kind of also included something about being queer… my job is done, and anyone who got through this post in less than forty minutes, videos and all, gets to guest-blog.)
Today is World Press Freedom Day.
As Indifferent Ignorance is a member of, if not the press then at least the media, I feel a distinct obligation to point you all towards The Independent‘s Voices In Danger campaign, which aims to publicise stories of journalists who have been persecuted for doing their job. So far this year, 356 journalists, bloggers and citizen journalists have been killed or imprisoned for their work. (Citizen journalism is what I do, but analysing the actual news, not MCR stuff).
Along with most of this site’s regular readers, I live in a society where there has recently been a lot of press coverage about, er, press coverage. Interestingly, there are calls to reduce the UK’s freedom of the press, essentially because some members of said press engaged in decidedly criminal behaviour in order to write and publish their stories… which seems to be the excuse some governments give when they arrest their journalists…
I see a circle forming, but I’m too tired to analyse what it all means, so while I have a sleep/get on with life (I’ll probably pick this up next year, or when more Leveson fallout happens), you can all enjoy this nice map detailing press freedom.
One wonders about the goings-on in Eritrea…
Oh, and you can play guess the country’s press freedom index, with bonus points for spelling and/or correctly identifying the country’s position on the map. It’s all good Pointless practice…
I’d seriously consider buying this.
The restaurant food would be made entirely of egg and wheat-free food (in fact while I’m at it I’d make it gluten-free too, and possibly organic - locally grown yes?). I’d write in the back rooms, employ a bunch of other people to hold the fort when I’m gallivanting around the globe promoting said writing and, since I’m that rich, I’d make the place carbon-neutral, packaging and all.
Now, where did I put that spare £100,000?
I really need to do some multi-tasking because yesterday my Picture of Dorian Gray audiobook sent me to sleep for four hours, and I didn’t get all the work done I need to if I’m going to pass looming exams. So we’re going to revise together!
Subject #1: Psychology
Question: How many links from the syllabus can Francesca make to the film We Need to Talk About Kevin? (There are a few spoilers coming up.)
Answer: at least three.
I should add that as I’m not a trained psychologist, and Kevin is fictional, I can’t actually decide what turned him to genocide. I can speculate though… This is fun, we should do it more often. Maybe Jesus Christ Superstar for RS.
Let’s try this out… It’s been popping up for years on the stats page…
All right then, I think this is where you can find Indifferent Ignorance on Bloglovin. It’s basically a way to keep up with blogs you like without filling up your email inbox (although there’s the option to get an email from them when I post, which for those of you who subscribe and follow me on Twitter will result in a Francesca hat-trick, fun).
Now trying to work out if I want a scary girl, a scary naked girl or an Eiffel Tower follow button for the sidebar. The best representation versus the weirdest versus funny/eye-catching versus lesbian followers versus France…
Help please?!
HMV sent me an email saying it’s out of administration, and it had better stock The Shocking Miss Emerald or it might go back…
Tip: go with the accordion player, Maria, he looks very content.
Actually drafted this post a week ago, and was told later in the day that I look like Caro. Not going to complain; she has very impressive hair.
I’ve been trying to work out how to wax poetic on Margaret Thatcher without doing a cheap impersonation of the rest of the British media, so instead I’d like to encourage you to buy this fortnight’s edition of Private Eye. It’s a magazine which is definitely not like the rest of the British media – it’s funny, for one thing, and reports news for another. It’s also edited by Have I Got News for You‘s Ian Hislop (whose wife Victoria, incidentally, writes excellent novels) so if you’ve ever watched that show and laughed, you should be reading Private Eye regularly.
Just noticed that ‘Tim Minchin’ is a category on here. Kind of curious as to what Mrs Thatcher would have thought of this, assuming she was never a Tim fan:
