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Commonwealth of Common Wealth

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Nathan

Utopia, by Sir Thomas More, translated and introduced by Clarence H. Miller – This book introduced to world the fictional country that even now is used to mean an ideal society, from the Greek meaning either “no place” or “good place.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Economics, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Politics, Relationships, Religion | Tagged anxiety, charlie holmberg, clarence h. miller, colonialism, drew barrymore, Edward Wagenknecht, ever after, jen lancaster, king henry viii, martyrdom, maslow's hierarchy of needs, moon, raphael hythloday, sir thomas more, slavery, star mother, stars, sun, the emerald city of oz, utopia, utopia americana, welcome to the united states of anxiety | Leave a comment

The Pink Saving the Blue

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Nathan

I had suggested back in this post, in a somewhat tongue-in-cheek fashion, that L. Frank Baum’s Sky Island could count as a white savior narrative, as the white American travelers save the island (or at least the Blue Country) from … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Characters, Current Events, Ethnicity, Fairy Tales, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Prejudice, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged blue country, boolooroo of the blues, button-bright, cap'n bill, colonialism, flatheads, glinda of oz, gods of egypt, manifest destiny, matt damon, nome king, nomes, ozma, pink country, racism, skeezers, sky island, the great wall, the last samurai, tom cruise, trot griffiths, white savior, whitewashing | 1 Comment

Foreign Relations in Fairyland

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Nathan

Since Oz is a country entirely surrounded by a desert that turns any living flesh that touches it into dust and sends up poisonous fumes, its foreign policy is largely at its own discretion. Jack Snow’s The Magical Mimics in … Continue reading →

Posted in Jack Snow, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Politics, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged adrienne martinez, billina, boboland, captain salt, captain salt in oz, colonialism, deconstruction, dorothy gale, ev, everett avila, foreign policy, fred meyer, glinda, henry blossom, imperialism, invasion, jellia jamb, jenny jump, jeremy steadman, joe bongiorno, kaliko, kenneth shepherd, king skamperoo, lucky bucky in oz, magic belt, menankypoo, mr. thinman in oz, nome king, ozamaland, ozma, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pirates in oz, rinkitink in oz, stratovania, the baum bugle, the blue emperor of oz, the emerald city of oz, the emerald ring of oz, the little wizard stories of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the road to oz, the royal explorers of oz, the tail of the pink goat, the wishing horse of oz, the wonder city of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok and the nome king, tin woodman, war, wizard of oz | 3 Comments

Rise of the Machines

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Nathan

Recently, another segment of Bill O’Reilly being a cranky old man came to my attention. Apparently President Obama won the election because of “the machines.” No, not because robots voted for him (I would imagine a lot of robots would … Continue reading →

Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Fox News, Politics, Snobbery, Technology, Television | Tagged american exceptionalism, bill o'reilly, colonialism, dinesh d'souza, generations, greg gutfeld, president barack obama | Leave a comment

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