I guess in the future, we’ll have radio presenters and academics, too young to have lived through the Covid era, talking about it - listing the crimes and outrages and reacting in horror but with satisfaction that we are past such things and far too enlightened to let it happen again.
Your exploration of Magdalenes and masks is haunting in its resonance. The way you thread together historical erasure, performative identity, and the weight of unmasking reveals how little has changed—only the stage. A masterful excavation of the stories we’re forced to wear and those we choose to shed.
An excellent article JP , my dad's sister got herself into trouble as they say when he was thirteen and was shipped off to Canada , it was over forty years before she came back for a short visit . Will we recover from this period in the future ?? it is hard to see it because the family unit is so weakened .
I guess in the future, we’ll have radio presenters and academics, too young to have lived through the Covid era, talking about it - listing the crimes and outrages and reacting in horror but with satisfaction that we are past such things and far too enlightened to let it happen again.
Your exploration of Magdalenes and masks is haunting in its resonance. The way you thread together historical erasure, performative identity, and the weight of unmasking reveals how little has changed—only the stage. A masterful excavation of the stories we’re forced to wear and those we choose to shed.
An excellent article JP , my dad's sister got herself into trouble as they say when he was thirteen and was shipped off to Canada , it was over forty years before she came back for a short visit . Will we recover from this period in the future ?? it is hard to see it because the family unit is so weakened .
Well that’s thirty seconds I’ll never get back.