The other day (and in the words of the amazing Ed Byrne “when I say the other day that really means between now and…. ever”) I was having a conversation with my 20 year old son who is currently reading The Divine Comedy by Dante, more specifically, he is reading Dante’s Inferno. And let me… Continue reading Classic Literature is Not to be Trusted with your Children
Tag: fiction
Just because it isn’t real, doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
My daughter is writing a paper at the moment about Freedom and she was discussing with the family how she was going to compare the ‘Kony 2012’ movement with the women’s rights movement. And during this discussion on how ideas start and spread I pulled out one of my favourite Gloria Steinem quotes: And then… Continue reading Just because it isn’t real, doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
