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On Freedom
Freedom to be ourselves, to thrive, and to change the world. An introduction to the Freedom series on The Good Life.I’m about as free as anyone could be to choose the work he does. It’s notoriously...
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The Dark Knight Returns
See Batman in a whole new light: the darkest of knights comes to home video on September 25.In the world that exists post-Chistopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, it’s almost impossible to imagine the...
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But Think of the Children! What Our Dystopian Moment Teaches Us About...
We’re in a pop culture cycle of kids in dystopian futures. Bruce Peabody explores why.Bad states are having their moment. In these early years of the 21st century we are attracted to dark tales of...
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From BLACK MOON, by Kenneth Calhoun
In Kenneth Calhoun’s Black Moon, insomnia has claimed everyone Biggs knows. Even his beloved wife, Carolyn, has succumbed to the telltale red-rimmed eyes, slurred speech and cloudy mind before...
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Is The Handmaid’s Tale a Cautionary Tale for Our Times?
Jesse Kornbluth reviews Margret Atwood’s famous book._______Washington, D.C.: A judge understood that a cesarean section might kill a seriously ill 27-year-old woman who was 26 weeks pregnant. Still,...
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The Movie is on Screens 4/26. Much Talk Will Follow. Consider Reading the...
On April 26, Hulu premieres a new adaptation of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” starring Elizabeth Moss. If you know the novel, that isn’t exactly welcome news — Margaret Atwood’s book is the ultimate dystopia...
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What Does the Future Hold for Masculinity?
Embed from Getty ImagesUtopia or Dystopia?When you imagine the future, what do you see when you think of masculinity? Does it look similar to today or different? Do you feel happy with what you see or...
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Self-Care for Men in the Third Reich: Staying Healthy and Sane in Dystopia
—Headlines got you down, Son? The KKK is back in the saddle again, riding high on their horses. Regular threats from Communist Countries to blow the U.S. of A. to smithereens with Atomic Bombs. Civil...
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Stilts
Stilts follows the story of Rafe, a young man trapped in an oppressive dystopia where everybody must wear ginormous metal stilts. Rafe takes drastic action to rid himself of his stilts and escape –...
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The Dread of the New Normal
— As I sat in the jail cell, a 10 x 15 room with three dirty yellow concrete walls and an impenetrable glass front, sitting there with 8 or 9 or 10 other guys, a sense of complete dread came over me....
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I Finally Understand Dystopia Now That We’re Living In It
I picked up some cookies made by my daughter-in-law today. I called ahead and let her know I’d be there in a few minutes. When I arrived, I sat in my car while she placed the cookies in the front seat...
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How Dystopian Narratives Can Incite Real-World Radicalism
By Calvert Jones Humans are storytelling creatures: the stories we tell have profound implications for how we see our role in the world, and dystopian fiction keeps growing in popularity. According...
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