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Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Sunday, 17 March 2024

Nerd Church - Should We Judge Older Books By Modern Standards?

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  Warning: this post discusses racism, ableism, and general prejudice, including reference to dehumanising language and slurs I've been...
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Sunday, 23 April 2023

Nerd Church - It's Bannau Brycheiniog, Deal With It

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In the spirit of friendship with our English neighbours, before we start I would like to wish you all a Happy St. George's Day!...
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Sunday, 26 February 2023

Nerd Church - The Roald Dahl Edits Are Capitalism, Actually

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Warning: this post discusses general bigotry, as well as more detailed anti-Semitism and racism, and other related topics.  Links...
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Sunday, 12 February 2023

Nerd Church - Versions of History

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Warning: this post discusses various historical shenanigans, which means it ends up covering topics including but not limited to:...
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Sunday, 8 May 2022

Nerd Church - Rich Vamps: Dracula and The Blood of the Poor

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 Warning: this is probably obvious, but we're gonna talk blood, death, and murder You ever notice that vampires are filthy s...
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Sunday, 10 April 2022

Nerd Church - Even Franz-Freaking-Kafka...

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  Ever heard of a writer called Kafka? If it was up to him, you probably wouldn't have.  But millions of people know his name ...
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Sunday, 30 January 2022

Nerd Church - Of Monsters, Mice, and Men

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  'Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries read...
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Sunday, 28 November 2021

Nerd Church - Dunkirk Spirit

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  I don't know whether this counts as creative non-fiction, or a short story, or what - but it was something that I kind ...
Sunday, 14 November 2021

Nerd Church - War Is Failure

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  (Warning: this post discusses war, violence, and the Holocaust) Since it's Remembrance Sunday here in the UK, I thin...
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Sunday, 26 September 2021

Nerd Church - Of Tigers And Men: 'A Killing In Tiger Bay' and The Cardiff Five

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Warning: this post discusses a murder case, and related themes such as blood and violence.  It also discusses racism, instituti...
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Sunday, 5 September 2021

Nerd Church - The Long Reach of History, 20 Years After 9/11

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Warning: this post contains discussions of terrorism, war, murder, and related themes. Note: I have done my best wit...
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Friday, 18 June 2021

Friday Fics Fix - Pride Fics Fest: Jack the Lass

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Welcome back to Pride Fics Fest! That period in June where I stop pretending straight and fanfiction have anything to say to each oth...
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Sunday, 13 June 2021

Nerd Church - I Watched Jojo Rabbit: Part 3 - The Bittersweet Tale of Captain K

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Sunday, 6 June 2021

Nerd Church - I Watched Jojo Rabbit: Part 2 - Facing History

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Welcome to the next instalment of I Watched Jojo Rabbit, aka 'Cee rabbits on about Jojo Rabbit !*' (And no, ...
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Sunday, 30 May 2021

Nerd Church - I Watched Jojo Rabbit: Part 1 - The Survival of Humanity

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(Warning: due to the subject matter of the film Jojo Rabbit, this post discusses: war, Nazis, Hitler, the Holocaust, bigotry, indoctr...
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Sunday, 16 May 2021

Nerd Church - 'I Shall, This Night, Be Engaged In A Struggle For Freedom': The Fight For The Vote in the UK

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(Warning: this post discusses political struggle, including murder by the military. It also refers to historical capital punishment and...
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Friday, 21 August 2020

Review Time! - Queer As A Five-Dollar Bill by Lee Wind

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(Warning: this post discusses Homophobia and bigotry, including physical violence)  *** All Amazon.com links in this post are commission l...
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Sunday, 7 June 2020

Nerd Church - Paul Robeson and His Beloved Wales

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1920s London. An unlikely meeting that would forge an unbreakable bond. I figured, given the ongoing racial injustices and pr...
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Tuesday, 25 February 2020

Book Review! - Talk Softly And Carry Your Big Stick With Pride by Ariel Jean Bailey

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OMG she still reviews! 😅😎  *** All Amazon.com links in this post are commission links. This means I earn commission from purch...
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Sunday, 26 January 2020

Nerd Church - Auschwitz: 75 Years Later

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