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The Second ‘Second Sex’: It’s about translation!
Simone de Beauvoir’s translators and the many critics have turned their disputes into a play where each acts the role assigned by theatrical cliché… As translation contretemps go, the one surrounding French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir (1908-86) and her foundational work of modern feminism, Le Deuxième Sexe, first published in two volumes in French in … Read more
Oldest known images of Apostles uncovered in Roman catacombs
Late fourth-century frescoes of Sts. Peter, Andrew, John and Paul have been uncovered in the Catacombs of St. Tecla, underneath a nondescript office building in Rome. Arachaeologists used lasers to remove centuries’ worth of calcium carbonate deposits which had accumulated over the paintings. Link
Feurio! monochrom #8-10 ist wieder erhältlich
Die Genossen Grenzfurthner und Friesinger entdeckten nach einer stundenlangen und schmerzhaft-verstaubten Inventar-Durchführung im Hause monochrom etliche Kisten monochrom #8-10 aus dem Jahre 1998! Die Verkaufssperre für diese Ausgabe ist demnach aufgehoben und das Teil kann wieder bei uns bestellt werden. Bestellungen einfach über office AT monochrom.at und hier.
Red Dawn was a bad movie
As someone who was a child during the end of the Soviet Era, the following news items cause minor cognitive dissonance: 1) The Russian guided missile warship Varyag is docking in San Francisco this week on a friendly tour coinciding with a visit from the Russian President. At the same time there are three Japanese … Read more