Ryan Gosling hit the red carpet ahead of receiving his big award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
27.12.2023 - 19:39 / metroweekly.com
1984, a gift from elder sister Megan. That also informed my thoughts about truth. Protagonist Winston was plagued by truth and untruth, spending his days erasing unpeople’s paper trails at the Ministry of Truth.
A new novel set in the same 1984 universe, Julia, by Sandra Newman, doesn’t offer many giggles. Told from the perspective of Winston’s titular lover, I will, however, admit to being tickled when Julia considers Winston’s obsession with truth to be kind of odd, pointless, and a drag.If you’re familiar with the story, you know Winston is broken during a torture session at the Ministry of Love. Part of that breaking centers on a simple equation: 2 + 2 = 4.
The Party taught Winston that two plus two equals whatever the party says it equals.When it comes to truth, I find the course of my life has taken me from somewhere in the neighborhood of #TeamWinston to somewhere nearer #TeamJulia. I’ve come to learn that hard truths are sometimes only as hard as dogma might demand.An obnoxious case in point is the currently loaded question: What is a woman? Seems a simple question on the surface, one used to ensure that Trans women are definitely not part of the answer. The question does double duty enforcing bigotry against Trans men, Queer people in general, and anyone who doesn’t fit snugly into a binary view of reality.I have no trouble affirming 2 + 2 = 4.
But I won’t affirm that simple formula without also acknowledging that the square root of 16 also equals four. Or that negative two multiplied by negative two also equals four. Or that there are a million more ways to get to four, and that focusing on one simple formula to get to one simple answer is an insult to the wonder of the human mind.Looking at the binary in
.Ryan Gosling hit the red carpet ahead of receiving his big award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
If Christmas wasn't already over, it is now. Big Santa is down.
Kate Garraway has been seen out in public for the first time since her husband Derek Draper allegedly suffered a devastating heart attack shortly before Christmas. The Good Morning Britain presenter, 56, was seen outside a Tesco store in north London with bags filled with groceries. Despite her husband's hospitalisation, Kate looked to be in the festive spirit as she sported a jumper featuring glittery baubles and a classic red Santa hat.The mum-of-two also wore a long shimmery pleated skirt and white patent boots on the outing.
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Madonna continues her successful ‘Celebration’ tour. The iconic singer has been surprising fans with some special guests while performing her hit song ‘Vogue.’ This time the singer gave an incredible show in Washington, DC, inviting none other than Santa Claus to the stage.MADONNA’S BOYFRIEND JOSH POPPER JOINS HER ON STAGE IN NEW YORK CITY CONCERTMADONNA SPOTTED LOOKING STRONG AND RIDING BIKES AHEAD OF HER BARCELONA CONCERTMADONNA GETS EMOTIONAL ON STAGE TALKING ABOUT HER HEALTH SCAREThe musician was all smiles accompanied by Santa while watching the dancers and judging their dance skills.
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Madonna’s dancers during the pop icon’s show in Washington, DC this week (December 19) – check out the video below.During the singer’s latest show as part of her huge ‘Celebration’ greatest hits tour, Santa took to the stage to be the night’s guest judge for the dancers’ performance of ‘Vogue’.In the video, Santa takes his seat and brandishes a ‘10’ sign, before posing with a series of dancers. However, one dancer in particular opts to straddle Santa’s lap, and the two of them lose their balance and fall to the floor.
Madonna got in some quality time with Santa Claus before the busiest night of his year.