bog blog (on a frog on a log)

 before I get into this- yes I am aware I have already posted for this time's blog post. (Extra credit..?) However, I am bored and writing this allows me the air of productivity while still procrastinating on the homework I should be working on this weekend. Aha. Alas, never could be a better time to rant about how much I hate Ragtime and subsequently the author.  Quick CW for this post! By no means is it incredibly explicit, but I will describing explicit themes that are described in the novel. This includes mention of rape and pedophellia.  On today's topic: Emma Goldman. By far my favorite character in the book-- up until she sympathized with mother's younger brother. (perhaps a list of opinions on the book's characters next blog post?) Recently in class we have discussed her role in the book, because it is certainly not like the other characters. However, it is. And I'm here to prove it.  First and foremost, to introduce the context. Emma Goldman, as we all kno...

 Now here you may be thinking, what on earth is postmodernism, and normally I would sit here and answer your question. However, I'm quite certain now one on earth  knows what postmodernism actually is. Including, most likely, the people who created it.  Because, you see, postmodernism is somehow entirely hypocritical. If you're completely lost here, postmodernism in essentiality refers to the possession of thought considered the be occurring post, or after the thought system that is modernism. Except, you see, with the contrived beliefs of postmodernism comes the issue that it makes no sense for postmodernism to occur after  anything. Because, dear friends, time is subjective. If you wish to give your brain as few neural seizures as possible, I suggest you follow the general agenda that postmodernism refers to the train of thought that followed modernist belief. Because if there's anything a postmodernist hates more than societal conventions, it's a modernist.  ...