All posts tagged disaster
Compassion Fatigue
How have you started the new decade? On a positive note? Gosh, I wish I could say the same, but with everything that is already going in the world, it’s […]
The Last by Hanna Jameson – a startling look into what could be our future
“Maybe I was lucky, watching the end of the world online, instead of living it, reacting to an explosion or a siren announcing one.” Jon Keller is in a […]
Refugees and Dehuminisation: The Art of Jimmy Engineer
1993, 34,361, 3,915; three numbers that represent stark and odorous truths about our society. The first, 1993, tells us when the refugee boats trips began; the second, 34,361, is the […]
Pacific Rim: Uprising Review – Independence Day Meets Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots in This Slight Yet Enjoyably Steely Sequel
Guillermo del Toro’s titanic action film, Pacific Rim, was a surprising success in 2013: an effects-heavy mechs vs kaiju bout that embodied the directors’ passion for all that is larger-than-life […]