What do we do after the orgy?*

As we wake up to a series of price hikes, education budget cuts, ever-worsening corruption and human rights abuses, things begin to look a bit too much like an orgy. The orgy in question was the euphoric moment when the

A Modest Proposal: Ban All Those Books!

In Culture and Imperialism, Edward Said argues that much of western culture have been historically implicated in the Western project of empire-building. Said concentrates on literary texts, particularly the novel, to expound on this connection. While some novels may not directly

Instead of an Explanation

To speak without shame about books we haven’t read, we would thus do well to free ourselves of the oppressive image of cultural literacy without gaps, as transmitted and imposed by family and school, for we can strive toward this

There Never Seems to Be Enough Time

There never seems to be enough time to update this virtual space. There are more important things to do. That I can do so now is more of an accident than a conscious and planned act. One of the things