Aborted Literary Criticism Journal

In contexts of diversity, black people always coincide with its name. You can go to countries in Africa where 99.9% of the population is black and it's by definition diverse. Therefore, diversity without black people is an impossible concept: a country where everyone was Mexican, Asian, White, or Jewish would not be a diverse country, by definition. Conclusion: Without black people, diversity could not exist.

George R. Price proved that it's insane in September 1968. wΔz=Cov(wi,zi) <- the equation that proved that anybody asking you to abnegate yourself is a fool and a coward.

The Case for happiness being man's chief goal: Pro: Nobody wants to be miserable forever. Con: There are certain stories where the hero is happier even with (because of?) great pain and anguish. E.g. The Thing's ( Fantastic Four featuring Reed Richards) perpetual existence as an anthropomorphic rock creature even though, in some sense, he would rather be a human again. These seem analogous to the human story of the unhappy marriage, which is the oldest example of "tied hands" ever written. The Case for quietude being man's chief goal: Pro: It is simpler than the con brought up above. It captures the familiar notion that nobody, really, desires tied hands (like The Thing). Con: It's disrespected. Religions that teach quietism are considered cheeky, and in the Catholic Church, it is even heresy to state that quietude is the preferred end of man. It's a type of doubt. It seems that The Thing, emotionally speaking, is the story of the unhappy marriage. He ...

Poetic innocence is the innocence associated with a good child, born to a kindly family, on Christmas day. Factual innocence is the unwinnable mode and is quite dreadful. Poetic innocence is the word "gift" in the sense of "present". Factual innocence is the word "gift" in the sense of "poison".