seanessay.com Andy W: “In the future, everyone will be voting for fifteen seconds… from the comfort of their home!” Wouldn’t that be cool, like Star Trek, if digital-age folks could vote from home? But then again, someone from a patriarchal planet might coerce his wife’s vote. I enjoy voting in person—yesterday I went to the […]
Learning More About Art
seanessay.com “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust I delight in combining ideas, as in making a “braided essay.” I just found out at a deeper level that, besides seeing differently, including seeing past our culture’s foliage, not at it… painters combine things […]
Liking Alita the Angel, but not SJWs
seanessay.com Alita: Battle Angel is back in the cheap theatres! Hurray! I once felt moved to defend it from unkind social justice warriors. (SJWs) Here is my old post, condensed: Madeline wrote: “Moviegoers give this film 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, while critics give it 52%… Does anyone see the problem here?” I was on Youtube, […]
A Feminist Life and A Time Travel Novel
seanessay.com I do like people of all genders, and I don’t like having my brain washed out with soap: I’d rather be clear eyed about my lovely society—but as a long ago college student, a believer in Women’s Liberation, told me, “The truth shall set you free. But first it will make you miserable.” That […]
Freedom of Thought for Muslims
seanessay.com “Free your mind, and the rest will follow.” Small town Alberta singer k.d. Lang Dancing with a concept Everybody knows that smaller towns, or more restrictive religions, result in narrower minds. Yes but why? It’s as if, sometimes, peers and relatives can be too restrictive—while right now Russia is one vast rural sprawl, under […]
Children see Statues, the Pope sees Sex
seanessay.com Having grown up back west I could identify with a TV episode of Reba, the country singer, who has a daughter in school. The school principal —a woman, since this is the 21st century— tells Reba something like, “In this school we don’t believe sex exists.” Reba replies, “How’s that working out for you?” […]