“Everyone’s a little bit racist…”

Not quite a “personal characteristics post” like Spontaneity or Sincerity, but still an “-ity”. And somewhat in line with the category anyway.

I recently read A Room of One’s Own, by Virginia Woolf, on account of a friend’s essay-length blog post that placed it as a necessary piece for understanding the situation of the woman author. It is a great book, an essay told in light, accessible, and enjoyable narrative prose. It’s presented as both opinion and truth, and identifies the trap of writing against rather than about, instead of falling into…

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Whoo…two movies in four days. This review comes after discussing and dissecting the movie with my family, but before reading friends’ or professional reviews.

Possibly the most anticipated movie of the year, James Cameron’s James Cameron’s Avatar was a visually stunning display of modern technology to present a classic anti-colonialism, environmentalist message. Because there was so much hype surrounding this movie, I’m going to break it down into sections.

This review is ridiculously long (3,000 words!), so skim or pick the sections you’re more interested in. For the short version, just read the bolded bits in each paragraph.

The first…

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I went into Sherlock Holmes expecting to be able to cry foul, that it disregarded and discarded the original book series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Happily, I found it to be an exciting and entertaining modern adaptation rather than the travesty I feared. My bad for doubting Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr.

I admit I have only read one or two of the original Sherlock Holmes books, and so am actually not the best to judge whether the movie does justice to the original. (My brother pointed out that I am ridiculous for being willing to censure a…

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