Reviews – The Four Discoursemen

One elephant in the conservative’s room

I I recently finished reading Patrick Deneen’s book Why Liberalism Failed. I hadn’t actually heard of it until recently, when it was pointed out to me that my claim that the big state is the close friend of individualism was already the central thesis of Deneen’s work. (Unsurprisingly, my ideas aren’t exactly original: and norContinue reading “One elephant in the conservative’s room“

‘Lego Movie 2’ as Death of Masculinity

The First Discourseman Lego Movie 2 does not kill the man. He is already dead. It flogs the corpse and holds him up high, for the world to see.

The Handmaid’s Tale: A Review

The First Discourseman I read The Handmaid’s Tale hoping to be challenged, tentatively expecting to have my patriarchal worldview shattered. At the very least I expected a fast-paced, strange dystopia, of an America simultaneously terrifying and familiar. Alas, I experienced none of these things, and for most of the book I found myself struggling toContinue reading “The Handmaid’s Tale: A Review”