CCLaP Fridays: Women’s Suffrage Memorabilia, by Kenneth Florey

Women’s Suffrage Memorabilia: an Illustrated Historical Study By Kenneth Florey McFarland Reviewed by Karl Wolff The book, Women’s Suffrage Memorabilia: an Illustrated Historical Guide, by Kenneth Florey, examines the stories behind the objects that were instrumental to the suffrage movement. The focus is primarily on the women’s suffrage movement in the United States and the United Kingdom. The study sees the women’s suffrage movement through the lens of political culture, pop culture, and material culture. (Material culture being the actual physical products of the suffrage and anti-suffrage movements.) As with other political movements, the suffrage movement coincided and exploited advances … Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Women’s Suffrage Memorabilia, by Kenneth Florey

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The NSFW Files: The Ages of Lulu, by Almudena Grandes

This week Karl Wolff continues his essay series, The NSFW Files, with “The Ages of Lulu,” by Almudena Grandes, a Spanish novel from 1989 exploring one woman’s erotic compulsions during the reign of dictator Francisco Franco. Continue reading The NSFW Files: The Ages of Lulu, by Almudena Grandes

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On Being Human Redux: Crossover (Cassandra Kresnov, Book One), by Joel Shepherd

I revisit the question, “What does it mean to be human?” with On Being Human Redux, looking at Joel Shepherd’s cerebral actioner, “Crossover,” introducing us to synethetic human Cassandra Kresnov. Continue reading On Being Human Redux: Crossover (Cassandra Kresnov, Book One), by Joel Shepherd

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On Being Human Redux: Further looks at books and movies that examine the question of humanity

On Being Human Redux is an essay series that looks at serial killers, clones, the Culture series, a Beckett play, bunnies in Beatrix Potter and Richard Adams, and adroids. Continue reading On Being Human Redux: Further looks at books and movies that examine the question of humanity

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