Clubbing is one of those supposedly ubiquitous student activities along with drunken traffic cone antics, watching Neighbours and leaving all your work until the last minute, though I managed to largely avoid it. Personally, I prefer social activities where you can interact with people on a more meaningful level than bellowing over music while doing […]
I had a look at the blog’s visitor statistics, and noticed that I’d got a slight bump in hits from one particular site. Investigating further, I found that someone had linked to my post on Fantasy and Imagination from The Comics Journal Message Board, where a very interesting and articulate discussion on Making Superheroes “Mature” […]
The modern person is in the grip of a new psychological consciousness – one that is extremely pre-occupied with the self. We have become a culture of Narcissism. So says Andrew Fellows in his paper “The Culture of Narcissism“, which can be downloaded from the L’Abri website. He also has a series of four lectures […]