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What Does Superversive Mean?
Modern storytelling, whether it be in the form of songs, poems, television shows, movies, or books has been progressively tearing down our cultural foundations by trying to convince the audience that lies are truth, ugliness is beautiful, and evil is good. Superversion is the antidote to such societal decay.
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The Fairy Tale Horror, Little Red Riding Hood
When I decided to analyze Little Red Riding Hood, I was not expecting to find a story that bludgeoned the reader over the head with a spiked bat. But that’s exactly what this version of the story does. It’s a full fledged horror story that has a moral for the kids, but there’s also a moral for the adults reading it.
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The Fairy Tale of Hansel and Grethel
This is a children’s story. It’s meant to be read to children. The themes of starvation, death, betrayal, murder, and cannibalism might be jarring to modern audiences (it’s a long way from If You Give A Mouse A Cookie) but I think it’s very important. Children need to grapple with these topics so that they can be inspired to overcome. This story teaches children to have faith in God, to have hope in the face of danger, and to aspire to vanquish dragons.
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Two Foundational Principles for Dialogue
There are two non-negotiable beliefs that are essential to healthy dialogue.
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The Pilgrim's Courage
The Pilgrim’s Progress has a particularly inspiring passage about courage. It’s when the protagonist, Christian, faces off against evil in the form of Apollyon.
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RSS is Wonderful
Inspired by Web Rings from the 90s, I created a tool for serendipitous discovery of blogs called RSS Discovery Engine. Similar to how web rings work, I make the assumption that interesting blogs will tend to link to other related blogs, and therefore, linked blogs are likely to also be interesting.
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Building Strength of Character
I hope the principles in this article can be used to edify ourselves and our communities.
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Into the Nether: Linux
Come with me on an adventure as I discover how to make Linux look like the systems in movies that inspired me when I was young.
