![]() ![]() It must be practiced with grace,Īims at virtue and wisdom. Real love is love of the beautiful sould, good character, and intelligence. The common people have degraded homosexual love by making it mere physicalĪttraction. Two kinds of Eros exist: (a) heavenly and beautiful (b) vulgar and base. Eros is seen in terms of military prowess Eros is the chief casue of virtue and happiness. Lovers will give up their lives for each other, e.g. An armyĬomposed of lovers would be invincible. Love of man for youth stimulates noble and courageous deeds. In the meantime, dinner has been served, and the guests have decided not to get blasted, but instead to talk about `Eros'.Įros deserves to be honored because of his antiquity, as the source of many blessings,Īnd in particular as the Patron of homosexual love. ![]() Aristodemus is invited to crash the party with Socrates, but Socrates stops along the way to think, and thus arrives late. ![]() Apollodorus had heard the story from an eyewitness, one of Socrates' pupils, Aristodemus, who had been a guest at the party.Īristodemus met Socrates, fresh from the Baths, on his way to the symposium honoring Agathon, who had won the tragic prize at the Theater the day before. 172a-174a Introduction: (dramatic date: 400 B.C.)Īpollodorus of Phaleron tells a friend about a dinner party held in 415 B.C., a few months before the great Athenian expedition against Syracuse set out. ![]()
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![]() ![]() “Happy 1st Anniversary, my love–here’s to a million more.” “Being married to Roxane has brought me the greatest joy a person could ever ask for,” she wrote. She too shared a loving note about the couple’s anniversary and a photo of her in their garden surrounded by huge balloons that spelled out “Happy Anniversary” because Gay loves balloons. Happy post shared by Roxane Gay is an interior designer, known for being the editorial director for PRINT Magazine and for her long-running podcast, Design Matters. I didn’t think marriage was in the cards for me. As I wrote this she just started singing again. All the time and she makes up lots of lyrics for her songs. She is a little scary and definitely sexy. “Yesterday she surprised me with a backyard full of balloons! She surprises me often. It wasn’t how we planned it but it was perfect,” she wrote. And then we had a small party in our backyard with wine and food and a few friends. “One year ago today, Debbie Millman and I eloped at a place called Instant Marriage LA.com. The acclaimed Bad Feminist author shared that with a heartwarming message about the person her wife, Debbie Millman, is, along with a gallery of images of the couple together. In case you missed it, Roxane Gay is a married woman, and as she shared on Instagram on Sunday, she’s been one for a whole year now. ![]() ![]() ![]() I read this book after having watched the George Clooney film and I have to say the book is 10 times better. The Solaris ocean may be a massive brain that creates these incarnate memories, though its purpose in doing so is unknown, forcing the scientists to shift the focus of their quest and wonder if they can truly understand the universe without first understanding what lies within their hearts.īook Worm’s Thoughts: 4 stars. Others examining the planet, Kelvin learns, are plagued with their own repressed and newly corporeal memories. When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the living physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Synopsis from Goodreads: A classic work of science fiction by renowned Polish novelist and satirist Stanislaw Lem. ![]() ![]() In his book, The Principal of Psychology(1890), American thinker and psychologist William James launched the term to indicate what he referred to as ‘the mind stuff’ in human mind. It was within the psychology that the term “stream of consciousness” was first launched. Joyce organized his novel in 5 chapters which trace the protagonist’s life, Stephen Daedalus, from boyhood to young manhood. Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) is among the biggest of contemporary novels through which he makes use of the ‘stream of consciousness’ approach. The works of Irish author James Joyce are distinguished by their eager psychological perception and use of varied literary techniques most notably “stream of consciousness” which is an attempt to write down within the manner through which ideas and memory really work in our minds. ![]() ![]() Writers of the primary decades of the 20th century turned fascinated by the internal lives of teeming impressions, and by the psychological actions of meaning – making which represent our personal internal lives. ![]() ![]() I wanted a husband who paid taxes and would take his car to a mechanic for routine maintenance. I wanted a different life though, so I’d gone away to college, and later, I’d tried to carve out a life in the beige community where mothers brought their children to school in minivans and joined the PTA. It was the way of the world, or at least, it was the way of our world. I’d seen more than one woman slapped around by her man, and to be truthful, it had never really bothered me much. I couldn’t lie to myself anymore there was one place in the world where he’d never reach us. ![]() ![]() Every ache, every pain, and every bruise reminded me that we had to escape. My heart told me that nothing good could come from heading back to the place I’d grown up, but I knew we had nowhere else to go. I’d spent the last five years running, and now, it seemed I was going to have to retrace every excruciating step. ![]() How could someone make decision after decision attempting to get away from their past and somehow end up right back where they started? To Johni, who told me I should write a book. ![]() ![]() And AWS is at the vanguard of this push by the tech companies - hiring government officials with relevant experience at a far swifter pace than two of its biggest cloud computing rivals, Microsoft and Oracle, according to a review of those companies’ job postings. And as Silicon Valley becomes more essential to making the government run, it is trickier than ever for lawmakers to figure out how to check the industry’s power.Īmazon’s cloud computing business is a particularly notable example because it often hires those positioned to gain access to government business. ![]() ![]() The hiring spree highlights how tech companies are becoming more entrenched in the operations of the government itself - and indispensable to Cabinet agencies and national security operations - even as politicians shout about the danger of letting them get too powerful. ![]() ![]() ![]() Though it wouldn't seem likely for Addie's mother to get a happy ending, the story closes on a hopeful note, with Addie eventually being adopted by her stepfather and taken back to live with her half-sisters in the lovely country home they've created with the stepdad's fiancee, and the mother receiving "parenting lessons" from the state (she's pregnant again, and apparently the father-to-be is willing to stick with her despite being lied to, etc.).ĭuring the story Addie reaches several epiphanies, coming to terms with her dyslexia, her notion of heroism (Soula, who in the end had to call social services, takes a big role here) and normalcy (which Addie defines as having enough stability in her home so that she doesn't have to wonder if her mother will be around this week or whether she'll have enough food left in the cupboards to feed herself). But Addie's mother has an all-or-nothing approach to life: a food fiesta. Addie makes friends quickly with the kids at school as well as with her neighbors at the the gas station/convenience store across the street-Soula, a woman fighting a losing battle with cancer, and Elliot, the man that helps Soula manage the store (and also happens to be gay). This poignant and joyful novel is filled with meaningful moments and emotional resonance. A moving story about 12-year-old Addie's attempts to make the best of her new living situation as she and her dysfunctional mom (she reminds me a lot of the mother in Jeannette Walls' The Glass Castle) move into a trailer following a divorce. ![]() ![]() Children's fiction / realistic fiction ages 10-14. ![]() ![]() ![]() I quite enjoyed the book–it’s entertaining and action packed. The setting is rich and new–populated with some pretty great characters I’d love to see more of. Clae frees Okane and takes him as a second apprentice.īolender has created what I hope is the start of a series. When Laura and Clae kick out an Infestation in the house of a rich man, they take one of his servants as payment–one with a natural aversion to Infestations, and was suffering from severe and repeated abuse from his ‘master’. The art of using magic to defeat monsters is a dangerous and dying profession, but one that’s about to become extremely important again. Their city’s Sweeper team is smaller than most, as the city of Amicae lies to it’s citizens–it tells them they’re free of naturally occurring monsters, and that any occurrence of Infestations are purposefully put there by vengeful members of the mob. City of Broken Magic, by Mirah Bolender, is a refreshingly original fantasy novel which follows Laura as she pursues her dreams of becoming a ‘Sweeper’. When amulets are empty or damaged, that’s when magical monsters they call Infestations can take hold–and infestations like eating living things. ![]() Sweepers come to the rescue when citizens forget to check that their magical amulets are still full of magic and operating without damage. Laura has been apprenticed to Head Sweeper Clae for a few months now, and work hasn’t stopped being dangerous and weird. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This could lead to discussions of other forced marriage situations in today's world. The main characters are very much against this and oppose it in the book. ![]() There are very strong themes of women's rights based around the tradition of kidnapping women and marrying them. However, it is implied that Briar is sleeping around. However, be warned if this is not something your family wants to read about. I think it is very important to expose children to a more accepting view of differences. There is a lesbian romance here but this was one of the best parts in my opinion. I think the message of family always sticking together is really strong. It does have a slow start and I was a bit annoyed by the way the main characters were arguing all the time - but this is a realistic portrayal of what happens when people grow apart and how they are able to get back together. While I feel that this book isn't as strong as her others, there is a some great writing here. ![]() ![]() In the evenings, they play with the cat and cook together for 5-year-old Yuuta and at night they sleep (platonically, of course) on the same futon while Yuuta snores in the next room. On an impulse, Natsuru skips out of summer soccer camp and asks Suzumura if he can stay with her and Yuuta instead. When he finds an abandoned kitten and gives it to Suzumura, Natsuru is invited to her rundown house and discovers her secret: Suzumura and her little brother Yuuta live completely alone, without any parents to take care of them, while they wait for their dad to return from a crab-fishing job in the Pacific Northwest. He’s at the age where he loves soccer and doesn’t care about girls, but that’s before he meets Suzumura, tall and boyish and quiet, a girl whose eyes seem to look on a different world than anyone else. ![]() Ever since his father died, 11-year-old Natsuru lives with his mom, an author. ![]() |