http://trilema.com/2013/how-to-enter-failville/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Thu, 07 May 2026 09:04:24 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 http://trilema.com/2013/how-to-enter-failville/#comment-158513 Ken Russell's 70s : The Boy Friend, Tommy and Altered States on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Thu, 07 Jan 2021 22:16:22 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=50452#comment-158513 [...] Boy Friendi is... well, I suppose a decent cinematic attempt at half a vaudeville show (specifically missing, as you no doubt can guess, the actually interesting part). It benefits [...] [...] Boy Friendi is... well, I suppose a decent cinematic attempt at half a vaudeville show (specifically missing, as you no doubt can guess, the actually interesting part). It benefits [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2013/how-to-enter-failville/#comment-146962 Margaret Cavendish, Retard of Newcastle-upon-Tyne on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Wed, 08 Jan 2020 14:37:47 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=50452#comment-146962 [...] Some things in an order. Cavendish concluded the collection by stating that she was aware that she did not write elegantly and that her phrasing and placement of words could be criticized. She said she had difficulty creating rhymes that could communicate her intended meaning. In short, Cavendish stated that she strove to keep meaning at the expense of elegance, as her aim was to successfully communicate her ideas. She also noted that she expected her work to be criticized for not being useful. In response, she stated that she wrote not to instruct her readers in the arts, sciences or divinity, but to pass her time, asserting that she made better use of her time than many others. Cavendish returned to these assertions throughout her epistles and poems. [...] [...] Some things in an order. Cavendish concluded the collection by stating that she was aware that she did not write elegantly and that her phrasing and placement of words could be criticized. She said she had difficulty creating rhymes that could communicate her intended meaning. In short, Cavendish stated that she strove to keep meaning at the expense of elegance, as her aim was to successfully communicate her ideas. She also noted that she expected her work to be criticized for not being useful. In response, she stated that she wrote not to instruct her readers in the arts, sciences or divinity, but to pass her time, asserting that she made better use of her time than many others. Cavendish returned to these assertions throughout her epistles and poems. [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2013/how-to-enter-failville/#comment-145467 Luci del varieta on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Wed, 08 Jan 2020 13:10:07 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=50452#comment-145467 [...] patching things up with blondy schmoopy-of-the-week than with the Soup Nazi." [↩]"What is vaudeville" asks the young slavegirl. And her Master answered : "Back in the day a lot of girls showed up at [...] [...] patching things up with blondy schmoopy-of-the-week than with the Soup Nazi." [↩]"What is vaudeville" asks the young slavegirl. And her Master answered : "Back in the day a lot of girls showed up at [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2013/how-to-enter-failville/#comment-143189 The anti-woman on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:09:13 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=50452#comment-143189 [...] Because I can totally fucking eat you. And sometimes do. [↩]Complete Course of Instruction How To Enter Godville by Frederic LaDelle of Frederic LaDelle Co of Jackson, Michigan. Including The Keynote of Christian [...] [...] Because I can totally fucking eat you. And sometimes do. [↩]Complete Course of Instruction How To Enter Godville by Frederic LaDelle of Frederic LaDelle Co of Jackson, Michigan. Including The Keynote of Christian [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2013/how-to-enter-failville/#comment-143147 Zuleika Dobson, or An Proper Love Story on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:06:29 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=50452#comment-143147 [...] by Frederic La Delle of Jackson, Michigan, published that same year. More broadly known as "How to enter Failville" in cultivated circles. [↩]The original author's unfamiliarity with the Classics is preserved [...] [...] by Frederic La Delle of Jackson, Michigan, published that same year. More broadly known as "How to enter Failville" in cultivated circles. [↩]The original author's unfamiliarity with the Classics is preserved [...]

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