Cathy Leaves

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• Links 4/10/16

  Politics: A recent report by the United Nations supports that the United States' history of slavery and racism justifies reparations. Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: September

  Non-Fiction: Michelle Tea: How To Grow Up. A Memoir. Jesmyn Ward (ed.): The Fire Next Time. A New Generation Speaks About Race.Anu Partanen: The Nordic Theory o... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 26/09/16

  Politics: "I am a black Mississippian. I am a black American. I pledge to never be passive, patriotic, or grateful in the face of American abuse. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Rating Boosts

  But such thinking always misconstrued Trump’s nature. It’s not just that he approaches politics as a reality-TV series in need of a ratings boost, or that his... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: August.

  Non-Fiction: Rebecca Starford: Bad Behaviour. Heather Havrilesky: How To Be A Person in the World. Fiction:Kate Tempest: The Bricks That Build the Houses. Kate... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Das Lied Zum Sonntag

  

  DJ Shadow feat. Run the Jewels - Nobody Speak[via Paste Magazine]Angel Olsen - Sister[via Gorilla vs. Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2016 MOVIES

• Links 21/8/16

  Politics:A concise summary of national security policy since 9/11, tackling the question of whether the US is any safer since the attacks and outlining some of... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 8/8/16

  Politics: A few horrifying dystopian entries into "Donald Trump in the situation room" , "Scarborough said the expert told him Trump had asked three times why... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Random Mixtape - This Ain't Your Territory.

  

  oystein sture aspelund: true north [via tumblr]blood orange | augustine. sound of rum | icarus. fakear feat. rae morris | silver. k.flay | less than zero. rae... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• A More Perfect Union

  “Tonight, we’ve reached a milestone in our nation’s march toward a more perfect union: the first time that a major party has nominated a woman for president,”... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: July.

  Non-Fiction: Chantal Mouffe: Agonistics: Thinking the World Politically.James Gleick: Chaos: Making a New Science.Kate Bornstein: A Queer and Pleasant... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 29/7/16

  Politics: The horror of this: Tamir Elijah Rice was boisterous and sweet, a boy in perpetual motion. At school, he liked to pass out papers or help teachers... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• At the Convention

  Following the historic speech by Michelle Obama that will be quoted for a long time, Bill Clinton repaid his debt to his wife in a speech (called... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• A Speech for the Ages

  

  The story that has brought me to this stage tonight. The story of generations of people who felt the lash of bondage, the shame of servitude, the sting of... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 18/7/16 Compact Edition

  

  Politics: Reports about the attempted military coup in Turkey read like someone high up in the Erdogan regime had a close encounter with Seth Dickinson's The... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• The VVitch: A New-England Folktale

  

  In Jennifer Kent's The Babadook, the horror of the film wasn't necessarily just caused by the titular character, but by the isolation and co-dependence of its... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 7/7/16

  

  Politics: Australia voted, but results will likely not be in until next week. Whatever the outcome, Malcolm Turnbull's struggle with the conservative wing of hi... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: June.

  Non-Fiction: Steven Pinker: The Better Angels of Our Nature. Why Violence Has Declined.Dave Cullen: Columbine.Fiction: Robin Wasserman: Girls on Fire.Patricia... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Random Mixtape - Said My Love is an Empire.

  

  gabriel scanu: ghost landscapes [via tumblr]chelsea wolfe | demons. lois | diopter. the kills | bitter fruit. white lung | i beg you. joanna gruesome | i don't... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 30/6/16

  Politics:After Brexit: The different options for the UK to get out of Brexit. The stark regional and generational divide on Brexit. Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO