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more about #tokillamockingbird more comments → willwriteforfood: The book and movie of TKAM ripped me apart. I had never read the book growing up nor seen the movie, but when I moved to Alabama 10 years ago, I made ... more » dcetstyle: RIP Ms. Wilcox. Her performance in that movie was so good that I almost felt sorry for her character despite her false accusation against the Tom Robi... more » curiousgeorgiana: Amazing actor. #deaths more » TransFat: Aw how sad. She was in "Number Twelve Looks Just Like You" which is one of my Top 10 favorite Twilight Zones. #deaths more » NellMood: Oh, she was so convincing as Mayella! I think I might have to watch To Kill a Mockingbird tonight. Rest in peace, Collin. #deaths more » Erie: The book in a sense is all about different standards and the difficulty of equality. From the very beginning of the novel Atticus tells Scout that th... more » willwriteforfood: Why do I get the feeling Gladwell has never visited the South, let alone lived there? Atticus Finch's reaction to the outcome of the trial is less Jim... more » SarahHeartburn: I think Gladwell has run out of ideas (or did about two books ago) and is coasting. Another point that I think has to be made: TKAM is a brilliant po... more » Gavagirl: My first intuition is that Gladwell is one of those sneering Manhattanites who can't give anyone south of Delaware credit for basic decency or intelli... more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: So after the last discussion on this, I went on Wikipedia to refresh my memory. Apparently, there has never been a long dissertation on Mockingbird a... more » SydneyGal: But hold on it - it wasn't the "she wanted it" defense to rape, because in this case, there actually wasn't a rape. She was the sexual aggressor. Shou... more » Madlenka: Erm, the "she wanted it" defense is a faulty defense for rape, but no rape occurred here. Finch wasn't saying "she wanted it, so whatever happened wa... more » vivianthelibrarian: "leading some to question whether Atticus Finch is really the champion of equality Harper Lee makes him out to be." Harper Lee created this character.... more » ZemarSea Urchin: Bravo, that novel was painful to read on may levels. Atticus was never a hero in my mind and I could never figure why this novel was so celebrated. I ... more » hollygirl: I'm so sick of Malcolm Gladwell and his too-clever-by-half, ultimately kind of meaningless musings on the world. Yeah, the world was fucked up then an... more » -
#collinwilcox
R.I.P. Collin Wilcox
Collin Wilcox, an accomplished actress perhaps best known for playing Mayella Ewell, the woman who falsely accuses Tom Robinson of rape in To Kill A Mockingbird, has died at 74. [NYT] -
#notablequotable
Atticus! Atticus!
"Boo Radley is a hero. Bob Ewell is a racist and a rapist [...] And yet Gladwell thinks the reason that Atticus has a different "standard" for each man is that Radley has more money!" — Isaac Chotiner [TNR] -
#readingrace
Was Harper Lee's Atticus Finch A Classist?
The 50th anniversary of To Kill A Mockingbird is coming up in 2010, leading some to question whether Atticus Finch is really the champion of equality Harper Lee makes him out to be. Malcolm Gladwell takes the case.
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#leftovers
Nefertiti May Be A Fake • Copulating Corpses Cause Controversy
• Swiss art historian Henri Stierlin claims that the famous bust of Nefertiti housed in a Berlin museum is actually a fake, created in 1912 as a copy on which archeologists could test pigments. • More » -
#leftovers
Sexist Beer Ad Gets The Boot • "To Kill a Mockingbird" Named Most Inspirational Book
• The advertising overlords have ruled that this ad for Courage beer suggesting that a man needs a drink to gather the "Dutch courage" to tell a woman her ass looks fat, is unacceptable. • More »
