5 Crush Worthy Book Characters: From Austen to Shakespeare

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The 5 Most Crush Worthy Male Characters From Books

Brandy Anderson

There is something peculiarly special about “falling” for a character in a book, particularly if you first read the book without having seen any performed adaptation of the story. Even if the writer gives specific cues as to how the character looks or sounds, your mind’s eye still gives full materialization to him or her. I read all of the books on my list below before I ever watched an adaptation of them so I had a particular idea of what each of these characters would look and sound like without any actor to influence my mind’s picture. For the purposes of this article, however, I wanted to include a picture of each one because photos just made lists like this prettier, don’t they? Most of these characters have had numerous actors portray them, but I’ve chosen a photo…

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Love Triangles: Annoying? Sure, But We Love Them Anyway

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LOVE TRIANGLES: ANNOYING? SURE, BUT WE LOVE THEM ANYWAY

Top 5 TV Love Triangles

Brandy Anderson

Love triangles run rampant throughout fiction; some work and some don’t, but there’s no doubt that audiences love them. The annoying thing about love triangles in general is that they often result in two guys fighting over one girl and the girl ends up being objectified as some sort of ultimate “prize”. That’s obnoxious. However, there is something undeniably addictive when it comes to watching two attractive people competing against each other for the love of another attractive person. Silly? Yes. Unrealistic? Usually. But, oh so fun to get caught up in. Out of the infinite amount of tv love triangles out there I’ve narrowed it down to 5 (tricouples?) who really hooked me at one point or another.

5. Derek, Meredith, Finn

Grey’s Anatomy

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10 GREATEST GIRL POWER HEROINES

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10 GREATEST GIRL POWER HEROINES

(Books, TV, & Movies)

Brandy Anderson

I love stories, I love fiction, I love make-believe. My love of story telling isn’t restricted to one or two genres, either. I’m an equal opportunity fiction lover. However, there is one thing that is maddening which runs through the veins of all types of fiction: patriarchy. Many of my favourite characters are males; however, it is insanely frustrating that for every ten or twenty solid male characters there is only one strong female character. Why is this? Mostly, it is because men have dominated much of the world throughout history and, unfortunately, this domination also includes fiction. Many male authors fall into the trap of writing flimsy female characters because they either don’t understand women at all or they’re simply fulfilling some silly male fantasy.

This is not always the case when it comes to male authors, of…

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Underground

reminds me of my time London.

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Underground

Pushed through like grapes in a juicer

I lose ten pounds

Elbows introduce me

To that rude pretty boy

from Westminster

He thinks his striped suit makes him fancy

I think he’s a monkey with spiked hair

The magic stairs transport us

To the secret world of tubes

Packed in like nachos

Arms flail again

Zoom, dim, cough

Fluorescents flicker

I like the dirt down here

Flood gates open

Mind the Gap

Rushing bodies go back up

Leaving the station

I can breathe again

That makes me sad

by Brandy Anderson

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How the Harper Government Committed a Knowledge Massacre

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So the Harper Government is essentially burning books now; how very Nazi of you, Harperittes.

I’m suddenly reminded of the first time I read Fahrenheit 451 as a young teenager. There were many horrors in that book, to be sure, but to my literature-loving heart, the book burning was the most heart breaking of all. And now, the “real life” Harper government has decided to purge the world of hundreds of books. Huffington Post reports: “The massacre was done quickly, with no record keeping and no attempt to preserve the material in universities. Scientists said precious collections were consigned to dumpsters, were burned or went to landfills.”

Hundreds of years worth of records, research, observations have been destroyed by the Canadian government.

I’m thoroughly disgusted, shocked, and beyond saddened at this literary genocide.

 

How the Harper Government Committed a Knowledge Massacre | Capt. Trevor Greene.

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No Logic In Holy War: Paradox of Religion in Crusades

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Love Thy Enemy . . . But Only When We Say To

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Brandy Anderson

Holy wars make no logical sense because religions are fraught with varied contradictions, making it difficult to support any religious claims; this is clearly seen when examining the medieval Crusades. One only has to compare several passages from the Christian bible to see violent contradictions making it difficult to make clear sense out of the didactic material. Such indiscretions when it comes to the teachings and its own professed morality discounts any plausible use of Christianity as a basis for war.

An account cited in The Ethics of War recalls “the pagans were overcome and our men seized many men and women in the temple, killing them or keeping them alive as they saw fit” (103). This practice of determining life and death for captured enemies matches the teachings found in the Christian “Deuteronomy 20” texts where…

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