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Preacher's Daughter: PJ Harvey's Apocalypse Now

Music post by Kristin Rawls on September 19, 2011 - 9:19am; tagged anti-war, capital P politics, cultural critique, female songwriters, masculinity, militarism, PJ Harvey, Protest Songs, war protest.

Last week, I wrote about apocalyptic themes and imagery in contemporary music. In closing out that discussion (at least for now), I use PJ Harvey's February LP, Let England Shake*, as a jumping off point to think about about war as apocalypse. In the album, we encounter a crumbling empire beset by militarism. 

Here is the music video for "This Glorious Land" (lyrics here). It's about declining British empire: 

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The Washingtonienne

Article by Juliet Eastland, published in 1999; filed under Internet culture; tagged blogs, capital P politics, interns, sex and etiquette, washington dc.
Blogs, Boys and Bad Manners

“I have a ‘glamour job’ on the Hill. That is, I could not care less about gov or politics, but working for a Senator looks good on my resume. And these marble hallways are such great places for meeting boys and showing off my outfits.” So begins The Washingtonienne, the short-lived blog of one Jessica Cutler, a young Capitol Hill Staff Assistant since dubbed the “New-insky” for her chronicling of kinky sex among D.C.’s power elite.

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Strange Justice

Author:

Jane Mayer

Title of work:

Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas

Issue reference: 
Premiere
Artist/Author: 
Jane Mayer
Jill Abramson
Title: 

Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas

Get angry all over again. An incredibly detailed historical account of the events leading up to Thomas’ confirmation, this tome gives you all the evidence you need to confirm your own sneaking suspicions about the rampant sexism and racism of our lovely political system. See how senators overlooked, hid, and distorted evidence; see how witnesses were ignored and manipulated. We all need to sort through the confusing maelstrom of rhetoric that was the Hill/Thomas hearings. Help is here.

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