Daily Archives: September 8, 2011

New Possibilities

Posted on September 8, 2011 by rjohnson37

Shelley Jackson’s “Stich Bitch” reads as if Kurt Vonnegut, Lewis Carroll, and William Faulkner all sat down to simultaneously poke fun at Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein while contemplating the future of what we know as ‘the book.’  The future, for writers like … Continue reading →

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We Are Who We Say We Are

Posted on September 8, 2011 by cgooding3

I’m going to focus this post on a small portion of Shelley Jackson’s “Stitch Bitch” mostly because it was a helllish chapter to slog through, but also because her sections “Body Not Whole” and “Write Mutt” in particular caused me … Continue reading →

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An ode to Shelley, I mean Mary, no, Shelley

Posted on September 8, 2011 by bstearns2

“Body is a patchwork.” And it is in this vein, I write my response to that “Stitch Bitch,” Mary Shelley, Shelley herself, or even the woman pretending to be some version of the two. “I want piratical readers, plagiarists and … Continue reading →

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What the Helvetica?

Posted on September 8, 2011 by jwest8

Finally! Something I don’t have to type so much about. Being a documentarian I know that anything can be documented and be made into a documentary, but that doesn’t make it good or enjoyable to watch. I will give it … Continue reading →

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Postmodernism, Formalism and Expressionalim

Posted on September 8, 2011 by jwest8

I first like to discuss Postmodernism and what it has to offer. It offers purpose and design, presence, depth and a hierarchy. It has a tendency towards more contemporary culture characterized by splashes of objective truth and inherent suspicion that … Continue reading →

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I Need Stitches, Bitches

Posted on September 8, 2011 by ltufillaro

No really, this article made me want to cut myself, I think. The intro about Mary Shelley, the author who wrote Frankenstein, set the mood and I couldn’t get the image of Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas out of my head. … Continue reading →

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Helvetica. Period.

Posted on September 8, 2011 by emaddox

I remember watching “Helvetica” in one of my media art classes at JMU.  I was probably one of the only people that liked the movie then and probably one of the only people who enjoyed it again now.  Yes, in … Continue reading →

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Stitch Bitch

Posted on September 8, 2011 by emaddox

I might be way off base with my comments to this reading but to be quite honest I’m not really sure what this reading was supposed to be about or where it intended to go or what it meant.  It … Continue reading →

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