Tag: Theme: Imperialism & Colonialism
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What’s In A Uniform?: Imperial Attitudes Reflected in Starfleet’s Uniforms
Relationships with imperial attitudes reflected in uniform and costuming in Star Trek Originally published in An Injustice! Introduction Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry’s vision of a post-war and post-scarcity future filled to the brim with infinite diversity in infinite combinations, is often posited as a luxury-filled communist utopia in space. In the 24th century within the United…
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The Wicker Man (1973, dir. Robin Hardy)’s Spit in the Face of Cops and Colonialism
Exploring The Wicker Man’s themes of authority and control on its 50th anniversary. Still from The Wicker Man (1973, dir. Robin Hardy), via FILMGRAB. The Wicker Man (1973, dir. Robin Hardy) is a stalwart classic of the horror genre, and particularly the folk horror subgenre. It was re-released in 4K for its 50th anniversary on…
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The Angel
Category: M/M, Character: Bui Ng, Character: Jean-Pierre Delacroix, Rating: M, Setting: 1800s | 19th Century, Setting: Vietnam, Theme: Angels, Theme: Buddhists & Buddhism, Theme: Catholics & Catholicism, Theme: Hunting & Butchery, Theme: Imperialism & Colonialism, Theme: Professors & Teachers, Theme: Resistance & Revolution, World: Magic BeholdenFiction short. A young man lays eyes on an angel. The angel is a smug prick. 2.4k, rated M. 1870s Annam (Vietnam). Bui, a school teacher, falls into bed with an angel — Jean-Pierre Delacroix. For the setting and period, although it’s not explicitly depicted, note references to the colonial violence of the French during the 19th…