Tag Archives: Surrealism

Gaga Feminism & 12th Night

By Robin Bates | Published: March 6, 2015

“Gaga feminism” is a playful challenge to conventional social definitions. Shakespeare can be seen as writing “Twelfth Night” in the spirit of gaga feminism.

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René Magritte and Edgar Allan Poe

By Robin Bates | Published: August 15, 2014

Knowing that surrealist painter René Magritte loved Edgar Allan Poe explains a lot about his work.

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Alan’s Cancer vs. an Exquisite Corpse

By Robin Bates | Published: August 20, 2009

Colleagues of my friend Alan Paskow held another one of our salons Monday night.  Alan is a former professor of philosophy at St. Mary’s College, now retired, who currently has cancer in his lungs.  We have been meeting once a month or so to show our support and to generally reaffirm how important community is.  Monday […]

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