I have a nasty cold. It is no fun. I intensely dislike feeling like my head has been stuffed full of cotton wool and my…
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Women & World Religions comps booklist, take II
This has been a very strange semester so far, and I’m less than a week in. Amongst other things, my Women & World Religions comps…
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Trigger warning: this documentary review covers female genital mutilation. Don’t read further if you are easily squicked, please. ~ * ~ *~ *~ *~ *…
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On schoolwork Only two and a half weeks left in the semester, and my comprehensive essay is coming together nicely — thank goodness. I’ve got…
Continue ReadingCave of Forgotten Dreams, pt. 8
Alas, it gets worse. The narrator rambles on in the same demagogic vein about the “mutant albino” crocodiles, ending with a close-up shot of one…
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Closer in to the camera crew on the walkway we see swells of stone that half-shelter the pregnant mare’s niche. Painted on one is a…
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It is at this point that the absurd scene (mentioned previously) with the spear thrower occurs. Interestingly, nothing at all is said about the greater…
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From the discussion of the little bone flute, we then shift to an outside shot with Wulf Hein, an “experimental archaeologist” who is wearing a…
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Also shown during the tour was a wall with a series of red rhinos with, underneath them, “positive” handprints (i.e. you paint your palm, then…
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When I say Herzog is excessively artsy in the film, I wish I were just joking. At one point in the film he’s standing there…
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