Results tagged “Criticism”

Jennie Bristow, reviewing Sarah Moore's Ribbon Culture for Spiked, nails the self-obsessed culture of advertising one's moral quality by fashion accessories. Her review is called Untying the 'ribbon culture'. The moral virtue of wearing ribbons is to show awareness or solidarity with a group of victims. Being a victim has become a way of attracting attention, building political support, explaining the lack of joy in one's life, and selling media product. Cry, cry, cry. Frank Furedi's column about faked victim memoirs, History-as-Therapy, complements the ribbon piece.

The British publisher Icon Books has a series called Introducing .... The books are heavily illustrated, and tend to present in the style of graphic novels instead of conventional texts. I checked out Introducing Critical Theory, by Stuart Sim, illustrated by Borin Van Loon.

In 1936, British publisher, Victor Gollancz agreed to publish a book by Eric Arthur Blair on the imprint of the Left Book Club. Blair had been educated at Eton, but having failed to secure a University scholarship, had joined the British colonial service as a policeman in Burma. He came back to Europe as resolute opponent of colonialism and British snobbery. He was destitute and homeless for a period of time. He became a teacher, an assistant in a bookstore and a writer. His first full book, Down and Out in Paris and London, was published in 1933 under his pen name, George Orwell.